by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 20, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
“Should I take this job?” Once in a while I am privileged to be privy to the struggles of my friends as they wonder if they should take a new job offer. Of course in the uncertainties of the New Economy some of us are relieved just to be able to put food...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 13, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television
Caught the 46th Grammys last Monday (Sunday night in the U.S.). I was relieved that there were no wardrobe malfunctions. Was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of Earth, Wind and Fire. Middle-aged paunchy musicians can still rock. There’s hope! But there was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
Apart from the four years I was studying in Canada, I have never spent a Chinese New Year reunion dinner without dad. His absence loomed large this year. (Dad passed away October 15th 2003.) I recalled that we always had steamboat for our reunion dinners. In recent...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 26, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
There may have been a time when I thought that the Christian life gets easier when one gets older. No longer. I have come to terms that there is no such thing as an ‘easier’ Christian life this side of heaven. Surprise! That’s what Jesus told us:...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 12, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus, Life Issues, Suffering
Every time I read of a new suicide bombing in Israel or Iraq, I am reminded that certain segments of the Muslim world see themselves as in a ‘hot’ war and are willing to kill and die for their cause. I am reminded that in numerous training camps in Asia...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 5, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I had breakfast with one of my mentors this morning. He doesn’t live in Malaysia and we meet up in person at most once a year. He didn’t know that my dad had passed away. He listened as I shared. He recounted his own experience of the death of his father...
