by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Dependence on God, God, Growing Old, Honoring Parents, Soo-Inn Tan
I love my mother, but I can’t give her what she wants. She wants to go home, but for now she has to stay in a nursing home. Mum, 91, and suffering from dementia, had a bad fall a few months ago and now needs constant nursing supervision and care. There are not...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2018 | 2018, Afterlife, Articles, Growing Old, Hope, Meaning & Purpose, Soo-Inn Tan
The third third of life, 60–90 and beyond, is a time of loss. It is a time when we bid goodbye to many things. We bid goodbye to a younger body. Our energy levels are not the same. We may need multifocal spectacles or go for cataract operations. Our hearing begins to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Authors, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Discernment, Growing Old, Malaysia, Obedience & Faithfulness, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship, Work & Vocation
Recently I was ministering in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, and took the opportunity to meet up with an old friend, Pastor Lam Kee Hing. (He is a little older than me.) I don’t think I exaggerate when I call him the key leader in the ministry to indigenous...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 17, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan, Work & Vocation
One of the more important courses I am privileged to teach is Biblical Graduate School of Theology’s “Vocation, Work and Ministry” course where we explore biblical teaching on issues like our daily work, ministry in church and the matter of calling. This year the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 10, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
Tonight I will have the privilege of bringing the Word at the wake of Edward Cheah, or Booney-ko as he was known among family and friends. He is the husband of Agnes, Bernice’s cousin. Booney-ko died on Wednesday as a result of a horrendous traffic accident he...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 27, 2018 | 2017, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
This was how I spent my last weekend. Friday and Saturday I helped lead a retreat for key leaders and centre managers of St Luke’s Elder Care (SLEC). Of all the ministry requests for the weekend, this came the latest. I said yes for a number of reasons. The CEO...
