by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 16, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
I was in the mood for koay teow th’ng (broad rice noodle soup) for dinner and walked to a nearby coffee shop, the ones that had many food stalls. The koay teow th’ng was in high demand and many were waiting to give their orders. Finally it was my turn and the koay...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 9, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
When someone comes to us with a book idea, one of the first things we ask the author is: Who is the intended audience? Who is this book meant for? When one writes for everyone, there is the danger it might engage no one. Last Saturday I had the joy of seeing my latest...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 2, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Photo by Zhiwen Ng I have written on this before and I suspect I will write about this again. I am very disturbed that for many, worship has been reduced to singing songs. Every time a worship leader says “let’s enter into a time of worship” and starts to lead...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 25, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Growth, Life Issues, Loving Others, Suffering
I told her I was back in Penang to see my mum. Mum is 92, with dementia, and I don’t know how much more time I will have with her. She said she was back in Penang to see her brother. He had been in a coma for four months. Her brother was involved in a road traffic...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 18, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
I think Christians on both sides of the Causeway are too thin-skinned. In a recent debate in the Malaysian parliament on a bill to increase penalties for drink driving, a member of parliament from PAS (the Islamic Party), Nik Muhammad Zamawi Salleh, said that all the...
by David Wong | Sep 10, 2020 | 2020, Aging, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues
It’s a frightening thought…when we come to the end of our lives, what we believe will either uphold us or betray us. I moved into my seventies last year. Before then, I refused to think of growing old, just older. But as energy levels decline and memory recall slows...
