by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Relationships
Who are our heroes? Usually, they are people who do spectacular things and whose stories appear in the papers and in social media. Let me introduce you to one of my heroes — Uncle Henry. He was the father of a member of one of our small groups. He passed away on 24...
by Sharyn Ng | Jul 1, 2022 | 2022, Articles, God, God's Provision, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
There is the very real possibility that growing older makes one more cynical. We may be able to identify with the Preacher in Ecclesiastes, and his repeated refrain that “all is vanity”. His endeavours to seek meaning in life—turning to wisdom (Eccl...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 20, 2022 | 2022, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Spiritual Maturity
In a recent talk, Philip Yancey said that the main reason people read memoirs was not to discover more about the people who wrote them but to discover more of themselves. It certainly felt that way when I read the following from Henri Nouwen’s Sabbatical Journey...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 13, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Suffering
Christians are not spared the storms of life. This came home to me afresh when I met three medical students in Budapest recently. Coming from Nigeria they had paid a hefty cost to enter a medical school in Ukraine. They were in the 3rd and 4th years of their studies....
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)...
