by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2024 | 2024, Christian Living, Rest & Busyness
This is the last of four articles on a Framework for Life. It was written with new house officers in mind. Cadence: a regular and repeated pattern of activity (Merriam-Webster) By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2024 | 2024, Christian Identity, Dependence on God, Work & Vocation
This is the third of four articles on a Framework for life. It was written with new house officers in mind. The third component for a framework for life is work. God gave the mandate to humankind to care for His creation. Then God said, “Let us make...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2024 | 2024, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
This is the second of four articles on a Framework for life. It was written with new house officers in mind. If you were to start reading the Bible from Genesis 1:1 onwards, the first negative you will encounter is Genesis 2:18, “…it is not good...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2024 | 2024, Christian Identity, Dependence on God
Last Wednesday the CMDF (Christian Medical Dental Fellowship) had a welcome lunch for the newest batch of house officers. As chaplain I came along. Wasn’t sure if I had to say a few words of encouragement. As it turned out, I didn’t have to. A group...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2024 | 2024, Loving Others, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
I remember the evening clearly. It was a rainy night. We were having dinner at a club a little down the road from P.J.’s famous first A & W restaurant. He was one of the elders of a church that was standing with me at a very dark time in my life. He...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 19, 2024 | 2024, Hope, Meaning & Purpose, Mentoring
I heard a very profound story a few nights ago. He was a retired teacher. In his last year as a teacher, some of his students asked him why he chose to be a teacher. He said that he had wanted to change the world. Then he said that obviously he hadn’t...
