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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 26, 2008 | 2008, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
I never had the patience to enjoy jigsaw puzzles. But I have done a few in my time. The thing about jigsaw puzzles is, the more you work on one, the more you know where the remaining pieces fit. When you start out you have all these pieces in hand but you have few...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I had a terrible toothache. Started on Tuesday. I was still in KL. God was merciful and the toothache started only after I had finished most of what I needed to do in KL. I messaged my dentist in Singapore. A brother in Christ and a dental school class mate (yes, in...
