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by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 13, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Persecution
Today, the cross is the most popular symbol of the Christian faith. But the fish was probably the earliest of all Christian symbols. Christian tradition holds that under persecution (mostly during Nero’s reign over the Roman Empire, but intermittently throughout the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
In his memoir, Now and Then, Frederick Buechner writes about his time at Union seminary. In terms of Union’s history, I couldn’t have gone there at a more auspicious time. It was its golden age. Reinhold Niebuhr was there, and Paul Tillich was there, these two great...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 18, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Rest & Busyness
I am back in Penang to see my mum. Needed to take care of certain things for her here. I envisage more such trips next year. I am here about once a month now. Yet every time I am here, I feel I need to be here longer. Or more often. Mum can’t relocate to Singapore....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 27, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
Last Sunday evening, Bernice and I hosted a dinner gathering for eight young people. Three were lawyers, two were teachers, one worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one worked for the Ministry of Social and Family Development, and one worked for the Ministry of...
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by Bernice Lee | 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 | Oct 23, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Once I was in a small group that was discussing a sermon I had just preached. It was the first of two sermons on the deeds of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:13–26). It was a tough day for one of the group members to be confronted by the demands of...
