by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I am writing this in the quiet of my room in El Sanctuary, a quaint retreat centre near Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia. I am here to speak to a group of bright young adults from Orchard Road Presbyterian Church. I am enjoying my interaction with them. But I came to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I have said it before and I will say it again. Death, even when expected, still takes you by surprise. Yesterday, I received a Whatsapp message from my cousin Colin to say that 4th aunt (Ah Hoon Kor) who lived in Penang, had passed away. She had been ill and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 8, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Death & Grief, Music
Last week (June 1st) was the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ album, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. I was in Form 1 (Grade 7) when it was released. Didn’t really notice it or appreciate it till a few years later. Looking back after five...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 12, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Death & Grief, Governance, Justice, Life Issues
Source: David Yan Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. (Exodus 21:16 NIV) Clearly kidnapping is abhorrent to God. Douglas K. Stuart tells us why. Kidnapping is a capital crime....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 6, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
At 8.20 pm, 25th March, 2017, I received a Whatsapp message from a friend, Steven Toh, informing me that a mutual friend, Meng Hoi, had had a heart attack and had died. My first reaction: “Loh Meng Hoi??????” Because it couldn’t be that Meng Hoi. It...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 20, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I just came back from visiting an old friend in hospital. He is in a coma. Six years my senior, I first met him when I was 15. He was an advisor in the church youth fellowship. He was always smiling, friendly, and approachable. Whenever I had difficulties I would seek...
