by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
There is still the hint of a headache. Appetite not quite back to normal. Nor energy levels. But clearly the worst of the dengue attack is over. No more high fever. No more body aches. And platelet levels back to normal. Still, almost two weeks have gone by, most of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 4, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Remembrance
Last Tuesday, mum and I visited Dad”s grave. (He is buried at Western Road Christian Cemetery, Penang.) The permanent granite structure had not yet been built. We were told we should wait for about a year to allow the earth time to settle. In the meantime the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 22, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
I don’t blush easily. But no amount of control could stop my cheeks from burning when the congregation burst into “May the Good Lord bless you…”, the usual second verse of “Happy birthday to you?” in our part of the woods. I was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 1, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
He was one of my lecturers at Regent College (Vancouver). A pastor of many years experience, he led a key church in town. He was about twice my age. And he invited me for lunch at the faculty club. As we chatted I had the strangest feelings. Here I was, a kid of 28,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 7, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
Do you know what’s quiet time? You may not if you didn’t grow up in mainstream evangelical culture. Quiet time (QT) is the name given to the evangelical spiritual discipline of regular bible study and prayer. Growing up in an evangelical church, you were...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 5, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I had breakfast with one of my mentors this morning. He doesn’t live in Malaysia and we meet up in person at most once a year. He didn’t know that my dad had passed away. He listened as I shared. He recounted his own experience of the death of his father...
