by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 5, 2024 | 2024, Death & Grief, Hope, Jesus' Resurrection
I had the privilege of bringing the Easter sermon to a church we are close to last Sunday. Early in Holy Week I received news that a family in the community had lost a son. He had taken his own life. I struggled with how I should present the Easter sermon. I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 23, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, God's Will
Bernice and I lost our first spouses to cancer. They were outstanding followers of Christ and it would seem to make sense that they should have had many more years of ministry and parenting. But God had other ideas. These are times when divine logic is...
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, Aging, Articles, Death & Grief, Discipleship, Faith, 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...
