by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Leadership
I was back in my home church over the weekend. I was there as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Talk about your trip down memory lane. * I had my salvation confirmed in this church. * I received my call to full time church related ministry through this...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 29, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Community
A recent blog entry posed this question: “Can one be de-churched yet faithful?” The blogger based his query on the book “A Churchless Faith” by Alan Jamieson which deals with this phenomenon: “The numbers of people who claim to be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 23, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I just heard that a good friend had received a major promotion. I was glad, proud of him, joyful that a good friend had done well. I was also grateful to the Lord because in this world, good people may not get recognized. No matter how good you are, you take nothing...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 16, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Jesus
This has been a rough week. I have been speaking to a group of youths at a church camp. Youths are not my usual target group. I normally speak to groups college aged and older. This was a group of folks aged 12 – 18. And this guy, who has been speaking to groups...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 8, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Most of us in full time church related jobs don’t get paid much. Hence those love gifts/honorariums/stipends really help balance the monthly budget. So I appreciated the love gift I received when I took a church camp recently. But what I really appreciated was...
