by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Following Jesus, Obedience & Faithfulness, Spiritual Friendship
I take a break from my series on friendship interactions to honour a friend. This morning (5 July 2023) I woke up to a message that my friend, Pastor Ng Kok Aun, had passed away. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. He had been fighting cancer for more than six...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 26, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Obedience & Faithfulness
Often it is hard to appreciate the power of a book until you have read the last page. Similarly, it is often hard to measure the impact of a person's life until he or she passes on. Many of us felt the impact of the death of Timothy Keller. Now that he has passed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 21, 2023 | 2023, Afterlife, Articles, Death & Grief, Meaning & Purpose
Some people are apprehensive about death because they fear that in the next life they will have to leave behind all that makes life meaningful in this life. They shouldn’t be. What are some things that make life meaningful in this life? Well, many of us...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Death & Grief, Discipleship, Faith, Growing Old, Growth, Soo-Inn Tan
Captain Yugi Nagata: We’re going to die! Alex Hopper: We are going to die. You’re going to die, I’m going to die, we’re all going to die… just not today. Battleship 2002 Last Wednesday I had the privilege of preaching at the Ash Wednesday service of my church...
by Bernice Lee | Apr 15, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Death & Grief, Jesus' Death
Death: We are uncomfortable in its presence, and we try everything we can to avoid it. We even avoid talking about it. We use a variety of euphemisms instead, as if we’re afraid that Death itself might overhear. Passed away. Departed from us. Gone to a better place....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 25, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Death & Grief, Jesus, Jesus' Death, Jesus' Resurrection, Life Issues
The last few days, two people close to us passed away. It seems to be a season of deaths. The most significant loss I suffered was the death of mum in October last year. The Christian narrative is that those who die in Christ go home to the Lord (Philippians 1:23)...
