by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 19, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Authors, Dependence on God, God’s Sovereignty, Hope, Soo-Inn Tan
I watch the scenes with deep concern. So many Myanmarese are on the streets to protest against the military coup that overturned a democratically elected government. I see the tanks and soldiers. My heart is in my mouth. We know friends in Myanmar some of whom are at...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 12, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, God, God's Provision, God’s Sovereignty
“No, don’t sweep the floor on the first day of Chinese New Year. You will sweep all our luck away!” Growing up in Penang I associated the Lunar New Year with many instructions like the above. There were a number of things one had to do or not do so as not to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 12, 2020 | 2020, Articles, God, God's Grace, God’s Sovereignty
Not sure how much you believe in these things, but I am an ENTJ according to Myers-Briggs and an Enneagram 8. Among other things, it means I often view situations from the perspective of whether it is fair or not. Therefore, for the longest time, I have struggled with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 20, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, COVID-19, Faith, God, God’s Sovereignty, Malaysia, World Issues
KUCHING: The nation’s first Covid-19-related death was recorded in Sarawak on Tuesday (March 17), the state disaster management committee announced. The victim, 60-year-old Pastor David Cheng (pic), from Emmanuel Baptist Church here, passed away at 11am at Sarawak...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 28, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, COVID-19, Discernment, Fear, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Malaysia, World Issues
Recently, the Anglican Bishop, the Rt Revd Rennis Ponniah, gave a sermon to the Singapore church as the country faced the COVID-19 virus crisis. I thought his main points applied equally well to the Malaysian church as our country faced a challenging political crisis....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 25, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Christian Living, Death & Grief, God, God’s Sovereignty, Growing Old, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness
We just came back from Penang where we celebrated my mum’s 92nd birthday. (Mum has Alzheimer’s dementia, is recovering from a broken hip, and is staying in a nursing home in Penang.) We had a great time with mum. First we took her for lunch at a fish and chips place....