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 | Jul 20, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Hope, Life Issues, Mental Illness
The 2018 World Cup concluded recently, and my darling wife Bernice reminded me that it has been 20 years since my struggle with clinical depression. The 1998 world cup was on. Ricky Martin was celebrating the Cup of Life. I normally enjoy watching a good game of...
by Bernice | May 18, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Dependence on God, God, Hope
Jumped out of bed this morning when the alarm rang. Was a full night of sleep — eight whole hours. No kidding! So, “what’s the big deal?”, some of you are probably thinking. In the last week I have travelled from Singapore to Vancouver to Chicago and back to Vancouver...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Hope, Work & Vocation
I have one more lecture left in this year’s Vocation, Work and Ministry class. It’s a Biblical Graduate School of Theology class that seeks to help people understand the biblical significance of work, both church-related work and, especially, work in the...
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by Bernice | Nov 6, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Death & Grief, Hope, Life Issues
“Are we done? Can we go now?” They seemed such poignant words when I discovered that they were 10-year-old Anna’s last words to her family. She lapsed into unconsciousness soon after and was taken home to God. Anna had suffered an unexpected severe asthmatic attack...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Governance, Hope, Life Issues, World Issues
I hate to lose. Which is why I will never forget the Dental Inter-Year tug-of-war finals of 1974. We were Year 1s. We defeated the Year 4s in a tough semi-final (there were only four teams). Then came the final with the Year 3s. We were equally matched but they had...
