by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 1, 2026 | 2026, Death & Grief, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
Good friends together at the launch of Serving God’s Community, a festschrift to honour Ward Gasque, 2014. I first came to Regent/Vancouver in 1981 to begin my theological studies. Bernice and I last came here about seven years ago. We are back again, but...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2026 | 2026, Discernment, Following Jesus, God, Meaning & Purpose
The first book I am working through in my sabbatical is The Meaning of Your Life by Arthur Brooks. [1] I’ve almost finished reading it and will definitely reread it. I also commend it to you. Like many, Brooks begins by noting the prevalence of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 28, 2026 | 2026, Following Jesus, Malaysia, Mentoring
Two Saturdays ago, on the 15th of August I attended the 56th Thanksgiving Dinner of the Graduates Christian Fellowship (GCF), Malaysia. I had been on staff with them in the mid-’90s. For some reason, I had not attended a similar event all these...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2026 | 2026, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
“You were one of my mentors.” Someone said that to me recently. I was surprised. We had worked together about 30 years ago, at a very difficult time in my life. He and the other leaders of the organisation I worked with, tried their best to help me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 14, 2026 | 2026, Discipleship, Growth, Spiritual Maturity
I am teaching a course on spiritual mentoring,"Growing People Relationally", with Trinity Theological College’s EQUIP programme. I have taught some variation of this course a number of times. This time round I remembered the work of Diane J....
