by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 5, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
The acoustics were horrible. The volume was unforgiving. But it was U2 in concert and it was on my bucket list, if I had one. Last Saturday, Bernice and I were at the first U2 concert in Singapore, courtesy of the kindness of sons Mark and John. Listening to the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 31, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Community, Soo-Inn Tan
Image from http://kendallvanderslice.com/we-will-feast Indulge me. Once in awhile I return to my dream of setting up a house church. And then I imagine what a regular meeting will look like. The last time I did this can be found here: Dinners with Jesus. Well, I am on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Discipleship, Discipleship, Soo-Inn Tan
I will be speaking at three Vancouver churches this weekend — one seminar, one adult Sunday school class, one sermon and one consultation with some church leaders. Independently, all three have asked me to speak on discipleship. I wondered why, seeing they have access...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
Photo credit: Alteregocomics.com [Spoiler alert for Avengers: Endgame (2019)] Rocket: No, Groot! You can’t. You’ll die. Why are you doing this? Why? Groot: We are Groot. [Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)] How many of you watched the movie Gladiator (2000)? How many of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Community, Relationships, Soo-Inn Tan
Photo credits: Adelene C A few evenings ago, Bernice and I attended the 88th birthday bash of her fourth aunt. The theme of the evening was Peranakan. Peranakans are an ethnic group descended from Chinese settlers from the southern provinces who came to the Malay...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Growing Old, Soo-Inn Tan
A common friend told me that J had started dialysis and that he didn’t look too well. I visited him on Wednesday and was a little ashamed that it took a health crisis for me to make the time to go see him. We were friends who had grown up together in Penang. I have...
