by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 5, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 10, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I just came back from my monthly friendship triad meet. (Three of us meet once a month to share our lives and to encourage each other in our walk with Christ.) As we shared about the key events that had happened to us since we last met, I shared about the death of my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 19, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
I had the privilege of seeing son Andrew being born. I understand now why they call it labour. It is an experience that I, as a man, will never understand. It was hard work. I thought of Andrew being born as I saw my mother-in-law dying. As some of you know by now,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
On August 11th 2011, one of our pet dogs, Dusty, disappeared. Both Bernice and I were not in Singapore. I was teaching in a seminary in Malaysia and beloved Bernice didn’t tell me, so that I wouldn’t be distracted from my work. She told me two days later....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 28, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Can we call those who are dead in Christ back to life this side of heaven? Recently Bernice and I went to hospital to be with a church member whose husband had died suddenly. We were in a room with the body of our friend. His widow was there together with two other...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 26, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
People die every day. Including friends. But when you read about the death of a friend, your first reaction is usually one of disbelief. Last Friday I read a poem posted on Facebook that looked like a eulogy for a friend. If I had been an objective reader I wouldn’t...
