by Bernice Lee | Dec 10, 2010 | 2010, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
Earlier this week I had lunch with a dear friend, one of the bravest ladies I know. A breast cancer survivor, she discovered last year that the cancer had snuck up on her again. I’m sure she had her share of long and hard discussions with her Maker following that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 30, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Mental Illness
I remember the night my clinical depression overtook me. It was an evening in 1998. I had the privilege opreaching at a friend’s ordination service. Later that evening I was to join a group of young adults in my church for an evangelistic camp. After the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 22, 2010 | 2010, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television
The wisest quote from the movie RED (2010) cannot be found in any list of quotable quotes from the movie. It comes from the scene where Frank Moses, the Bruce Willis character, visits his mentor, Joe Matheson, the Morgan Freeman character, who is living in an old...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 15, 2010 | 2010, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
I was having lunch with two friends earlier in the week. One of them shared about the struggles of an organization he was helping to lead. Somewhere through his sharing I blurted out “Can I get on the board of directors? Maybe I can help. Maybe I can support...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 8, 2010 | 2010, Afterlife, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming, Life Issues
I suspect this piece will make some people angry but here it is. Recently when we were having dinner with some friends, I was asked as to where I stood concerning the interpretation of the thousand years of Revelation 20:4- 6: I saw thrones on which were seated those...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 19, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Recently a lawyer told me that he was considering leaving his legal practice to pursue a church-related vocation. He had a heart for working with youth. He also felt that he had given too much of his life to temporal work already. Those who know me will know how I...
