by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 6, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
“But faith goes up and down doesn’t it?” I was encouraging a young friend to consider water baptism. Her first query concerned her faith or the apparent fluctuation of her faith. It was a good question and I tried to help her understand the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
Their stories are different. But they have arrived at the same place. They are now agnostics. They are no longer sure if there is a God. Or if it is possible to know for sure if there is one. Some come from committed Christian families and had never thought through...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 25, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God's Will
You never promised me a Rose Garden You never said it would be easy You never promised me a leisure lifetime You only said you’d never leave me? [‘Rose Garden’ Stevie Nicks] Change my heart O God, make it ever true, Change my heart O God, may I be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 15, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
Got a black magic woman Got a black magic woman I got a black magic woman Got me so blind I can’t see That she’s a black magic woman She’s tryin’ to make a devil out of me [“Black Magic Woman” Peter Green] God will make a way Where...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 8, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels The record shows I took the blows and did it my way [“My Way” P. Anka, J. Revaux, G. Thibault, C. Frankois] Trust...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 26, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Prayer
I knew a girl once. She very much wanted a boy friend — bad. She was a good Christian girl so she knew the boy had to be a Christian too. She was a good Christian girl so she knew that she should ask God for what she wanted. She did her part. She made friends....
