by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 11, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Relationships
She would probably protest. But I would still do it. I would still include her in my list of heroes. At the peak of her career she decided that it was time to get out. Her decision must have looked like career suicide to some. But she took her cues from within. And...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 13, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Suffering, Violence, World Issues
I lost a wife to lung cancer. After been touched by pain and tragedy I can never again be glib about the pain of others. On the anniversary of September 11th I look afresh at the impossible pictures. It is too much. The pain represented there is way too much for me to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 2, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
You’ve seen the pattern before. First God gives you a strength. So you learn to make full use of it. You get used to it. You polish it. You begin to count on it. Then God has to wean you off it. Take Jacob, old heel grabber, aka the deceiver. He survived all his...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 12, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Fear, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues
His wife’s cancer had come back. They last fought the big ‘C’ 17 years ago. It had gone away. For almost two decades. But it had come back. The prognosis was good. But still? What if? They had three young children. His work entailed a lot of...
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...
