by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2003 | 2003, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Would you like to live for three hundred years? The bible tells us that Enoch lived three hundred and sixty five years before God took him. Enlightenment scholarship had a field day with age spans like Enoch’s. No one could possibly live that long. It must be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 27, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
The boys and I went to see ‘Finding Nemo’ last Sunday. Cool dad-son bonding film. I had only one beef about the movie. I hated the way the dentist was portrayed. (Let me declare up front that I was trained as a dentist and practised that noble profession...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 2, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Gratitude, Life Issues
Dear Friend of Grace, Thanksgiving =========== 1. Please thank God with us! Madam Lee’s lab report came back a few days ago. The growth is stage one cancer. Which means it is contained and the prognosis is good. There is still some discussion as to how the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, Suffering
I really wasn’t in the mood to see Matrix: Reloaded. I had just heard that someone close to me had a growth in her colon. Never good news. It’s just that cancer had visited that family twice before. And each time had taken a life. I found myself...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
There is a very powerful moment in the first Star Wars movie, now titled Episode 4. It is the moment when the planet Alderaan is destroyed by the bad guys. We see the moment of its destruction reflected in the response by Obi-Wan Kenobi. Emotionally he is overwhelmed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 4, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suicide
Life is full of ironies. On one hand there are thousands of people who value life. Hence they take whatever precautions they can against diseases like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). On the other hand there are people who choose to end their life. Like...
