by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 26, 2015 | 2015, Articles, God, God’s Sovereignty, Governance, World Issues
This weekend I will not be at Bersih 4. I want very much to be there but I have a prior engagement in Vietnam and, after praying about it, I felt the Lord wanting me to honour that commitment. Many of my friends will be at Bersih 4, many of whom are my brothers and...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 20, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
I had the privilege of teaching a short course on spiritual leadership recently. On the first day of class, a brother came up to me and introduced himself. He was a taxi driver and he was at a talk on spiritual friendship that I had given a few years ago. I will never...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 14, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Governance, World Issues
I learnt one of my most important spiritual lessons from a neighbour, Encik Omar. This happened many years ago when I was living in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. We were chatting one day when he said: “There are times when it seems like Allah is losing. But we know he will...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 8, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Gratitude, Life Issues
One of my favourite Sting songs is “Englishman in New York (1988).” And one of my favourite lines from that song: And you can hear it in my accent when I talk I’m an Englishman in New York Well, you can hear it in my accent when I talk, I’m a Penang boy in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 16, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty
Once in awhile mum would ask me, “Are you a Singaporean?” What she means is, have I surrendered my Malaysian citizenship and embraced Singapore citizenship. I have lived in Singapore for about eight years, since 2007. Previously I had lived in Singapore for seven...