by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 27, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Once in a while Christian friends ask me for help in deciding if they should take up a job offer. These are folks who are already working and now face the prospect of moving to another job. When I am confronted by such a query my first reaction is one of joy. Folks...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 14, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Losing a job hits you at two levels. First you lose a steady source of income. (I am assuming most of us do not have large, independent sources of money.) This is particularly scary when you have mortgages to pay off and your kids are in college. It is surprising how...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 6, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
I suspect the GDP of many countries will dip this month. How can it not when managers and mechanics alike stare hypnotized at TV screens while the soccer giants of the world battle away for the World Cup? And while the GDP of many countries may be suffering, the take...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 31, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Life Issues, Sex
Want a sure fire way of shocking good church folk? Just say ‘sex’. For some reason, sex, in the minds of most Christians, is filed under ‘evil’. Which is an insult to God and a travesty of the facts. Fact: God created humankind as male and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Rest & Busyness, Work & Vocation
“If you asked twenty good Christians today how they are doing, nineteen of them would reply, busy. But if you asked almost any of the desert fathers, they would have told you that busyness is a sin. You see what has happened? A vice has become a virtue.”...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues
“You don’t have to wait till the bus pulls out. I am sure that you have more important things to do”, dad said when I dropped him off at the bus station this morning. He had been visiting and was on his way home. (Dad and mum live in Penang, about...
