by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 14, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Family, Marriage
Bernice and I agree that if we had met earlier in our lives, we would have killed each other. At the very least we wouldn’t have gotten married. For those who understand the arcane coding of Myers-Briggs, I am ENTJ and she is an ISFJ. For those who do not know, it...
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by Bernice Lee | Mar 28, 2014 | 2014, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
My beloved Soo Inn and I are standing at the threshold of the third third of our lives (as Walter C. Wright puts it). It’s a sobering time. There are more years to look back on than there are to look ahead to this side of eternity. Being part of the sandwich...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 2, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Family, Marriage, Singleness
Do you have the gift of celibacy? C. Peter Wagner believes that this is one of the gifts of the Spirit. He defines this gift as: …the special ability that God gives to certain members of the Body of Christ to remain single and enjoy it; to be unmarried and not suffer...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 16, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents
I am back in Penang again. I live in Singapore now but I come back to Penang once a month for two reasons. One, I am guiding a spiritual friendship group consisting of folks from my home church, Georgetown Baptist Church. These folks have become dear to me and I am...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 21, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Family, Media, Movies & Television, Parenting
Do you find yourself tearing more easily when you encounter sad scenes in movies you are watching during a flight? I seem to. In recent times, I had to fight back sobs and tears when the horse, Little Blackie, died in True Grit (2010). And I had a really hard time...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 10, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Unity, Church, Family
When people ask us how many children we have, we say “4” but we quickly go on to explain that it is a “2 + 2” situation before they get an exaggerated view of our fertility. Bernice and I have two children each from our first spouses. We lost our first spouses to...
