by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 3, 2011 | 2011, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Music
I’m goin’ back in time And it’s a sweet dream It was a quiet night And I would be all right If I could go on sleepin’ (“Best of My Love,” Eagles, 1974) Last week Bernice gave me an early birthday treat. She got us tickets to the Eagles concert held in the Indoor...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 23, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Death, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Recently I have been thinking if I should get a motorbike and ride again. The last time I rode one was a long time ago. Bike riders understand this longing. Riding a bike is so different from driving a car. When you go about in a car, you are essentially moving around...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 16, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I was having dinner with some friends I had known since primary school. I hadn’t seen some of them for decades. We had this dinner partly to encourage one of them whose wife was fighting cancer. While we were eating, one of them turned to me and said: “Do...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 26, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
People die every day. Including friends. But when you read about the death of a friend, your first reaction is usually one of disbelief. Last Friday I read a poem posted on Facebook that looked like a eulogy for a friend. If I had been an objective reader I wouldn’t...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 10, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Communication, Life Issues, Spiritual Friendship
Recently someone asked me if I was going to be less busy this year. I smiled, not sure how I should answer. Where our ministry, Graceworks, is concerned, we should be more focused this year. But the year has begun with Bernice and I doing a lot of listening....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 20, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
This is going to be a tough Christmas for some of my friends. These are friends that lost their spouses sometime this year. This will be the first Christmas without their spouses. It will be rough. . . . almost all survivors experience anniversary reactions. The first...
