by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 7, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
“Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue!” [Eugene O’Neill} I am not too hot about doing my autobiography. Some places in my past are still a bit too intense to revisit. Unfortunately I lead a mentoring ministry called...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 18, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television, Suffering
The boys and I watched Star Wars Episodes 4 and 5 over the Lunar New Year holidays. The special effects definitely looked dated this time round. (What were the Stormtroopers wearing, white coloured paint cans??) However, I noticed that my two boys, though raised in an...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 14, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
I was at a wedding dinner last weekend when the guest next to me discovered I was some kind of clergy. He asked me the question du jour: What is the spiritual significance of the tsunami?? I mumbled something about the fact that we live in a fallen world where...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 30, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
It all began when Andrew my no. 2 son came to my room early last Friday morning (around 3am). He was in tears and had a high fever. We went to the doctor and he said it was probably a bad viral infection. As the day unfolded, it was my turn. High fever, body aches, I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 26, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
There may have been a time when I thought that the Christian life gets easier when one gets older. No longer. I have come to terms that there is no such thing as an ‘easier’ Christian life this side of heaven. Surprise! That’s what Jesus told us:...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 12, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Following Jesus, Jesus, Life Issues, Suffering
Every time I read of a new suicide bombing in Israel or Iraq, I am reminded that certain segments of the Muslim world see themselves as in a ‘hot’ war and are willing to kill and die for their cause. I am reminded that in numerous training camps in Asia...
