by Soo-Inn Tan | May 7, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Gratitude, Life Issues
Are you someone who says “thank you” easily — and mean it? Are you someone who goes through life aware of the grace you receive? (I guess I needed a lot of help in this area because the name my mother gave me, Soo-Inn, means “conscious of grace...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 23, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
I have long suspected that, given enough time, empirical science will come to conclusions that were always taught by Scripture. Take the following report for example: In 1985, when researchers asked a cross-section of the American people, “How many confidants do...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 6, 2009 | 2009, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
When I get older losing my hair many years from now, will you still be sending me a valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine? (“When I’m Sixty-Four”, Lennon and McCartney, 1967) Yesterday (March 5) was my birthday. How old am I? Let’s say...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 5, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Relationships
“My cancer has come back.” “I don’t think I can save my marriage.” “My child is gay.” “I have lost my job.” Life can be very hard. “…no matter how hard we try to bring order and peace into our lives,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 16, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Family, Life Issues, Marriage, Sex
This morning I received an ad in my email in box pushing a tablet that promised to increase my “manhood” by three inches. Haven’t had much of such ads for a while but recently they seemed to have returned with a vengeance. Of course I constantly get...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 10, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Money
“Psssst. Give an altar call now and half the church will come forward.” I was speaking at a church camp recently when the pastor of the church whispered the above suggestion. No, I am not that anointed a speaker. As part of my talk, I was personalising the...
