by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Family, Preaching & Teaching, Rest & Busyness, Work & Vocation
“Dad, you love ministry more than me.” Once, one of my children said that to me. Of course life is usually more complicated and resists being reduced to one statement. But, essentially, he was right. I graduated from theological college in my early 30s and began my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 11, 2026 | 2026, Aging, Family
A few days ago, Bernice and I were at the supermarket. At this time of year, Chinese New Year music was playing, and suddenly I was gripped with melancholy. I thought of the many Chinese New Year family gatherings we used to have in our family home in Penang. Those...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026, Death & Grief, Spiritual Friendship, Widowhood
They are very dear friends. I preached at their wedding ten years ago. But I preached at her funeral late November last year. Early one morning I received a message from him telling me that his wife was in a coma and it looked like she would not recover. They were in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 16, 2026 | 2026, Aging, Dependence on God, Third Agers
Is an 80-year-old person old? Are his or her best years behind him/her? When I first read the story of Moses and his mission to rescue his people from Egypt when he was 80, I assumed that he was an exception to the norm. It was a special case and Moses had been given...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 9, 2026 | 2026, Aging, Battling Sin
Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend. (Christina Rossetti, 1861) I was planning to return to this column by writing some inspirational piece to begin the year....
by Priscilla | Dec 26, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Articles, Dependence on God, Generations Project, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness, Third Agers
Dr Calvin Chong The Gospel of Luke is filled with accounts of the overlooked and underestimated in society—marginalised women (1:39–56; 7:36–50; 8:1–3), the poor and economically burdened (1:52–53; 4:18; 6:20–21), social outsiders (2:8–20; 5:12–16; 10:25–37;...
