by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“1 in 10 will suffer from mental illness” The above was the headline of the November 19, 2011 edition of The Straits Times (Singapore). The article, written by Chang Ai-Lien, senior correspondent, went on to say: More than one in 10 people in Singapore...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 5, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Relationships
“My cancer has come back.” “I don’t think I can save my marriage.” “My child is gay.” “I have lost my job.” Life can be very hard. “…no matter how hard we try to bring order and peace into our lives,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 21, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
Writing the preface for my next book, I was confronted afresh as to how eventful my life has been these past few years. Here is the opening paragraph of the preface: It’s been almost four years since I published my last collection of essays. In that time, I have...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 15, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Rest & Busyness
On any given night in Singapore there is a Christian seminar going on. Probably a few. I discovered this when I moved down here and ran a few seminars of my own. Invariably they would clash with other seminars held on the same evenings. These seminars can be roughly...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Church, Community
We had a Care Group (small group) meet planned for tonight. We were looking forward to it because we were going to welcome back a member who had been away for awhile. But at the last minute many members messaged to say they could not make it. And so we are just going...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 8, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Community
I had to take a church retreat. I was reluctant to go. I had just come back from ministry gigs in Singapore. And before that I had made a trip to Penang on family matters. I was tired. And I hate the long winding drive up to Cameron Highlands where the retreat was to...
