by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
E-Learning: learning conducted via electronic media, typically on the Internet (Oxford Dictionary) During our recent trip to North America, a number of things happened that reinforced my calling to champion the foundational role of personal relationships in Christian...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 25, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Work & Vocation
I am not surprised that the movie, The Three Idiots is the highest grossing movie in India and the highest grossing Indian movie internationally (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Idiots). Bernice saw it a year ago and highly recommended it but busyness and the fact...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 19, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Work & Vocation
We watched The Three Idiots last Sunday (June 16, 2013), Father’s Day. We were at our church camp and our usual practice is to view one movie together and comment on what we learned from it. In a nutshell, The Three Idiots is, in spirit, an Indian version of The Dead...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Governance, Hope, Life Issues, World Issues
I hate to lose. Which is why I will never forget the Dental Inter-Year tug-of-war finals of 1974. We were Year 1s. We defeated the Year 4s in a tough semi-final (there were only four teams). Then came the final with the Year 3s. We were equally matched but they had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 23, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suicide
I wanted to be Rick Warren. In another life I may have been. A long time ago some thought I would end up as the Rick Warren of Malaysia, a “successful” pastor of a large church, making a major impact for the gospel. And then Hee Ling, my first wife, died from cancer...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 6, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
He was an orchidologist and a committed lay leader in his church. And while he understood the spiritual significance of his ministry in church he was never quite clear about the spiritual significance of his work with orchids, something he did well but I suspect with...