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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 9, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Confession time. A few days ago I turned 46. Yup, four more years (God willing) and I hit the big five. The signs are all there. Hair is greying – rapidly. The battle of the bulge has been lost. And cute babes I meet now call me ‘uncle’. So, birthday...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 2, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I had two key conversations last week that reminded me that cynicism was rife, even in Christian circles. A senior editor was complaining to me that it was so difficult to recruit journalists these days. Perhaps the Malaysian economy is really picking up and people...
