by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2014 | 2014, Arrogance & Pride, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship, Life Issues
It’s been a long time since I taught on corporate worship. I will have the opportunity to do it at least twice this year. As I revisited the topic I found this article making its rounds on Facebook: “Are We Headed For A Crash? Reflections On The Current State of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Preaching & Teaching, Work & Vocation
I had the privilege of teaching an evening course in a major seminary recently, on the ministry of the laity. The class started with 26 students. Midway through the class we were down to about half that number. We had about 11 students on the last evening. I was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Last Good Friday, at 12.46 pm, I received an SMS from a friend informing me that his wife had gone home to the Lord. She had been fighting cancer and it had been rough near the end. I suspect my friend will have mixed feelings; relief that his beloved wife is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 18, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Community, Death & Grief, Life Issues
We were driving back from Good Friday service this morning when the message came. A good friend’s wife had passed away. She had fought her cancer with courage and faith, surrounded by a family and a church community that fought alongside her. And now we will no longer...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 4, 2014 | 2014, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
Dementia is an irreversible and progressive intellectual disability affecting key functions of daily life and caused by a groups of disease processes… Alzheimer’s disease accounts for two -thirds of cases, and is the best known. (Rosemary Hurtley, Insight...
by Bernice Lee | Mar 28, 2014 | 2014, Aging, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Life Issues
My beloved Soo Inn and I are standing at the threshold of the third third of our lives (as Walter C. Wright puts it). It’s a sobering time. There are more years to look back on than there are to look ahead to this side of eternity. Being part of the sandwich...