by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2022 | 2022, Books, Remembrance
This is how Frederick Buechner begins his book Speak What We Feel: It is Red Smith who is reported to have said that it’s really very easy to be a writer — all you have to do is sit down at the typewriter and open a vein. (Speak What We Feel [New York, NY:...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 12, 2022 | 2022, Mentoring, Remembrance
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 10, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Obedience & Faithfulness, Remembrance, Sacrifice, Soo-Inn Tan
Screengrab from YouTube Super spoilers ahead! Don’t read this if you plan to watch the last episode of Picard and haven’t done so. GEORGE TOWN: Former director of the Third World Network and The Star columnist Martin Khor Kok Peng has died. He had been ill for...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 26, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Death & Grief, Meaning & Purpose, Remembrance
If the measure of a man’s greatness is not the amount of money in his account when he dies, but the number of lives he has touched, Eugene Peterson, who died on Oct 22 at 85, was a great man. The moment it was known that he had passed on, social media exploded...
by Bernice Lee | Dec 18, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Remembrance
Dad left us a year ago today to go home to his Dad. It’s taken me this long to put my thoughts into words because the emotions have remained quite raw. I try not to live with regrets, but one I do have…that dad slipped away without us being by his side. I’d looked in...
by Bernice Lee | Jul 10, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Remembrance
I was in conversation recently with a newfound friend, Julie, about my adventures a few years ago on the Great Wall of China. As I recalled, we were a motley crew from various countries, eager to see the sights after having completed many rounds of meetings. Our...