by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 25, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community, Media, Music
“In fact, some of the parts that seem weakest and least important are really the most necessary.” 1Corinthians 12:22 (NLT) John Entwistle died on 27th June 2002. Who is John Entwistle you may ask? He was the bass player for the legendary British rock...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 14, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Losing a job hits you at two levels. First you lose a steady source of income. (I am assuming most of us do not have large, independent sources of money.) This is particularly scary when you have mortgages to pay off and your kids are in college. It is surprising how...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 19, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community
Its instructive that a book entitled “The Road Ahead” should be written by Bill Gates. In another generation a spiritual leader would have written it. Or perhaps a political leader. Today it is a businessman who shows us the road ahead. It is indicative of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 22, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Suffering
I met a friend recently. We had met for the first time 5 years ago when we shared a room at a ministry consultation in Hong Kong. I was experiencing deep pain in my life then. I shared some of that pain with him. He listened with kindness and compassion. He prayed for...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 1, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Loving Others
That Jesse Jackson had fathered a child with a mistress probably didn’t come as too much of a shock to an American public already overdosed on news of the moral failures of her public figures. It surely didn’t come as a shock to God who, being all knowing,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Mental Illness
“The annual cost of depression in America is US$44 billion, as much as coronary heart disease.” (Economist, Vol.349, 8099) What is wrong with this picture? The American economy has been hot for some time. Most Americans can afford to buy the stuff that...