by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 22, 2015 | 2015, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
A few weeks ago my eyes made a decision without consulting me. They decided that they would no longer be satisfied with large print Bibles. From now on they would only read giant print Bibles. I had no say in this decision. I have now purchased a number of giant print...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 8, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Gratitude, Life Issues
One of my favourite Sting songs is “Englishman in New York (1988).” And one of my favourite lines from that song: And you can hear it in my accent when I talk I’m an Englishman in New York Well, you can hear it in my accent when I talk, I’m a Penang boy in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 30, 2015 | 2015, Aging, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Obedience & Faithfulness
Recently I was at a gathering of alumni from Regent College and the Biblical Graduate School of Theology. Regent College alumni were asked to stand up on the basis of which decade they had graduated. The oldest batch were those who graduated from Regent in the ’70s...
by Bernice Lee | Jun 13, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
’Tis the season for church camps here in Singapore. Which means a migratory pattern akin to that of the wildebeests in Africa or the bisons in North America. Well, perhaps we’re not quite like the thundering hordes that cross the Serengeti or the Great Plains, but we...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Death & Grief, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues
We visited a pastor friend last night. In obedience to God’s call, he left the world of business many years ago to enter the pastoral ministry. In his journey, time and time again, he took on difficult church assignments in obedience to God’s leading. You would have...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 14, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Sometimes you read something that is all at once beautiful, wise, and states powerfully what you have already discovered to be true. This is how I felt about the following passage that I read last night: When we find that all that we hope for does not happen, that...
