by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Hope, Work & Vocation
I have one more lecture left in this year’s Vocation, Work and Ministry class. It’s a Biblical Graduate School of Theology class that seeks to help people understand the biblical significance of work, both church-related work and, especially, work in the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Christian Unity, Church, Mentoring
Michael Low, a good friend of mine, is finishing his studies at Regent College, Vancouver. He has kindly accepted the role of being a living epistle — I have asked him to convey my greetings to the Regent faculty who had blessed me when I was there (1981–1985)....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 21, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Dependence on God, Fear, God, Life Issues
Yesterday I did my first MRI examination and lived to tell the tale. I had been having pain in my lower right back on and off for a number of years now. It had always been rare and the pain bearable. Recently the pain had become more frequent and more severe. My GP...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness, Young Adult Ministry
Had a Facebook video call with a friend in Pune, India, this morning. He was one of a number of key younger leaders I had met at the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Jakarta last year. He was originally from Mumbai but had been sent by his group of churches to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
empathic: “showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” I don’t often read when I am on a flight but I am glad I read Curt Thompson’s Anatomy of the Soul (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2010) on a recent...
