by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 10, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Family, Following Jesus, Honoring Parents, Jesus
Do you know what it means to be lonely? It is to be the only Christian in a Chinese family when a parent or close member of the family dies. Automatically the family is united in expressing their grief through the prescribed funeral rites. In Malaysia and Singapore...
by Bernice Lee | Oct 7, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
Very truly I tell you, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go. (John 21:18 NIV) Earlier this week I had lunch...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 21, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
“Is this bottle of essence of chicken for me?” I asked. “Yes, ah mah (my mother) asked me to give that to you,” Yati, my mother’s maid answered. I hadn’t taken essence of chicken for a while. Mum used to give it to me a lot...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 30, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
Bernice and I did a lightning visit to Penang this last Monday to Wednesday (Jan 25th-27th, 2010.). We went to visit my mum. Widowed, she lives with a maid in her home in Pulau Tikus. We have asked her to live with us in Singapore many times, but like many Penang...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 13, 2009 | 2009, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. (Proverbs 23:22 TNIV) I was with mum the last few days. This is the first time I have visited with her this year since the Lunar New Year (January). She teased me numerous times...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 26, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
It’s not every day that I get a chance to honour my mother publicly. I did it last Sunday. I was preaching in her church, the Penang Baptist Church, in their Sunday worship service. Some time had been set aside to commemorate mum’s 80th birthday. The topic...
