by Bernice Lee | Mar 19, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
A couple of Sundays ago, Soo Inn preached at a church we were visiting for the first time. We tend to sit in front but at the side when it’s our first time… in front because we’re usually ushered there; at the side because it’s our first time...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 19, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
[rb_dropcap]W[/rb_dropcap]e are back in Penang for my mum’s 85th birthday. Planning a “surprise” lunch. Wondering what to get her. It’s standard practice to give gifts to people on their birthdays, to bless them, to give them joy. This is especially important for the...
by Bernice Lee | Sep 7, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Loving Others, Suffering
My friend David was diagnosed with Motor Neurone (Lou Gehrig’s) Disease in 1986. He was in his forties and was in a good place both in his career as well as in church. By 1992 he was a quadriplegic confined to his wheelchair and needing help for all his basic needs....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 30, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
“Pastor” is a word I associate with the church, not with the world of banking. So I was pleasantly surprised to hear a bank director share recently that one of the things he could do in a new position that he had assumed was pastor the people that reported...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Corporate Worship, Loving Others
We were in Perth over the weekend. I met a number of friends whom I had not seen for a while. There was a brother I had not met for 40 years. There was a couple whose wedding I conducted 20 years ago. Some of them had walked with me through the darkest days of my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 5, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty, Loving Others, Malaysia, World Issues
Civil liberties groups, the Christian church and opposition politicians in Malaysia have accused the mainstream media of stoking religious tensions with a recent spate of reports alleging that some Christians are trying to convert Muslims. A human rights group,...
