by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 10, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
There are one or two pluses about being a widower. One key one is having the privilege of being able to walk with other widowers in their grief — assuming that your life doesn’t fall apart the first few years after the death of your wife, that is. I was on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 8, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Everyday for the last few months, I have received ads in my email inbox that pushed products guaranteed to lengthen my penis. At first I was perplexed. Did somebody know something about my dimensions that I wasn’t aware of? I was relieved to find out that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 30, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Once a year the glitterati of U.S. television gather to honour their own. Known as the Emmys, this year’s award ceremony was the 55th. You’ve seen one Emmy you’ve seen them all. Yet there was something a bit different about this year’s Emmys....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 22, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Preaching & Teaching, Relationships
It was a short email. All it said was: “Dear Soo-Inn, Thank you for walking with us.” It was the subject of the email that made it special. It read: “The Emmaus Road”. The email came from one of the students in my preaching class. This was the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 15, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Death & Grief, Family, Life Issues, Widowhood
I am reluctant to speak. I look at you and I have some idea of what you are going through. More than that, I have some idea of what you will be going through. Ten years after losing my wife I am just beginning to get some feel of the solo dance we need to learn after...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 2, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
We first met in 1975. We were in the same residential college at university. We met again on Tuesday night, for dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Singapore. Ours was a friendship that had been forged, tested and lived out through the years. Almost three decades now....
