by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2025 | 2025, Intergenerational, Third Agers, Young Adult Ministry
“You mean a serial killer who accepts Christ at the last moment of his life gets to go to heaven, while a good person who helped many during her life goes to hell because she didn’t believe in Christ?” “And what about all those people...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 7, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Gratitude
On my 70th birthday I did two things. First, I went to get a hearing test. I had done this before some years ago. At that time, the audiologist said, “Yes, your hearing is deteriorating but not to the extent to make it worthwhile to get hearing aids. They are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2025 | 2025, Corporate Worship, Third Agers
I was part of a worship conference some time ago. One of the speakers, I believe she was in her 70s, stood up and said that it was very tiring for seniors to stand for a long time while singing songs during worship services. I loudly said amen to that. We are from a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 21, 2025 | 2025, Hope, Obedience & Faithfulness, Soo-Inn Tan
“Humanly speaking we have no hope.” I did a ministry trip to his country recently and an old friend, a senior Christian leader in his nation, said the above. His country has suffered under an oppressive regime for some time now and there was no end in sight. Another...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 14, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Discipleship, Intergenerational, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
He was a young doctor, in his late 20s. I am close to 70. He was showing me around his town when he turned to me and asked, at my age, what advice would I give to someone his age? I paused for a while. I don’t usually get asked this. (Wonder why?) And I usually...