by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 3, 2026 | 2026, Afterlife, Articles, Death & Grief, God's Love, God’s Sovereignty, Jesus, Jesus' Death, Jesus' Resurrection, Soo-Inn Tan
This Holy Week I encourage you to look at the big picture. And the big picture is this — Jesus has come and has taken all the sin, all the brokenness, all the tragedies, all the tears, and death upon His shoulders. He died. The terrible things will still be there for...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026, Death & Grief, Spiritual Friendship, Widowhood
They are very dear friends. I preached at their wedding ten years ago. But I preached at her funeral late November last year. Early one morning I received a message from him telling me that his wife was in a coma and it looked like she would not recover. They were in...
by Ruth Quek | Dec 19, 2025 | 2025, Death & Grief, God's Word, God’s Sovereignty, Obedience & Faithfulness
What would you do if God chose to take away one of your children? Most of us hope never to face such a question. For a long time, I never imagined I would have to answer it myself. Yet, through unexpected sorrow, I discovered profound truths about God’s...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 18, 2025 | 2025, Death & Grief, Family
Do dogs go to heaven? We ask again because we just bade goodbye to Toffee — our canine companion, the doggy member of the family — on Tuesday night. I had just come back from a conference in Bangkok the day before. Bernice was on the way back from...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 17, 2025 | 2025, Afterlife, Aging, Death & Grief, Jesus' Death
Sometimes I think of a dear friend and it hits me afresh that that friend has passed away. Although we know that in the end death comes to all of us, it’s not a truth that we really “know”. We live as though we will live forever unless a debilitating...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 17, 2025 | 2025, Death & Grief, Spiritual Friendship, Widowhood
Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve. — Dr. Earl A. Grollman Yesterday (15 Jan) I met up with a friend for coffee. He lost...