by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 13, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Relationships
I spent my birthday lunch with an old friend. We met at the Lake Club. As usual, we talked about work, family, friends, church, and key world events. But as always I realized that the meaning of such encounters was more than the sum of the parts. There was, for me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Leadership, Life Issues, Relationships
“So, what plans do you have for the ministry of LEAD?” he asked. “None beyond the rough outline I have already given you. My first priority is helping the team members deepen their friendship.” The above exchange took place at a lunch I had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 2, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Communication, Life Issues
In her excellent book on the “Writing Life”, Annie Dillard advises writers to: “Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case. What would you begin...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 24, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I have a (another) confession to make. In a previous life I was a dentist. Well it was so long ago and far away it feels like another life. But yes, for three years I was a healer of human oral tissues. Dentistry is a controversial profession. For some reason people...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 17, 2003 | 2003, Articles, God, God's Provision, Life Issues, Money
“I know that God has called me to cross-cultural missions. But I want to make sure I have adequate financial security before I go. So I will go all out in my profession till I am 40. Then I will go.” You live long enough and you get to hear your fair share...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 13, 2002 | 2002, Aging, Articles, Life Issues
The one question that most of us avoid is this: “When will we die?” Most of us are part of this universal denial. We live as though we will live forever. Barring the second coming of Jesus to wrap up time and space, and He has taken much longer than any of...
