by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 3, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
When I looked at my WhatsApp this morning I saw that my dear friend Daniel Soh had messaged me last night informing me that a common friend, pastor Joseph Seah, had passed away around 11.30 pm. He had been in a coma for some days now and he had been bravely fighting...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 15, 2016 | 2016, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
I was already feeling kinda blue…what with the deaths of David Bowie and Alan Rickman. Felt even worse when I received the news today that JI Packer was afflicted by macular degeneration over Christmas and that he can no longer read or write. Age-Related...
by Bernice Lee | Dec 18, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Remembrance
Dad left us a year ago today to go home to his Dad. It’s taken me this long to put my thoughts into words because the emotions have remained quite raw. I try not to live with regrets, but one I do have…that dad slipped away without us being by his side. I’d looked in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 11, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Life Issues, Suffering
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking to the Cancer Support Group of Pantai Baptist Church (previously First Baptist Church), a church where I served as pastor in the early ’90s. After I had given the message I asked the group to divide themselves into...
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...
