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,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 2, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
I am writing this from Guest Room 1, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia (Malaysian Theological Seminary), Seremban. I am here to teach a Doctor of Ministry Seminar (DMin) on a theology of the ministry and the minister. It’s a one-week intensive. The pace is brutal. We...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 21, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
The church is in the news a lot in Singapore these days. Recently the papers carried the story of a sermon that was deemed to be disrespectful of Taoism. A 10-minute audio clip from that sermon had been posted on YouTube. In it, a church pastor, Mr Mark Ng, can be...
