by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Authors, Christian Living, Discernment, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity
This year I find myself feeling more tired more often. At the beginning of the year, I thought it was grief from my mother’s passing in Oct 2021. Then I had COVID in May, and, when that was over, I thought it might be long-COVID. But maybe all that it is, is my body...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2022 | 2022, Books, Remembrance
This is how Frederick Buechner begins his book Speak What We Feel: It is Red Smith who is reported to have said that it’s really very easy to be a writer — all you have to do is sit down at the typewriter and open a vein. (Speak What We Feel [New York, NY:...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 12, 2022 | 2022, Mentoring, Remembrance
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 5, 2022 | 2022, Evangelism, Loving Others, Relationships
Here’s a question to my brothers and sisters, and to myself: “Do you have any friends who are not followers of Jesus? Good friends?” This may be a question we have to take seriously because it appears that this was the main way people were brought to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 29, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Family, Honoring Parents, Relationships
Who are our heroes? Usually, they are people who do spectacular things and whose stories appear in the papers and in social media. Let me introduce you to one of my heroes — Uncle Henry. He was the father of a member of one of our small groups. He passed away on 24...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Graceworks, Spiritual Friendship
It’s hard not to be reminded of mortality at my stage of life. Almost daily I receive news of a friend who has passed on or a friend who is struggling with a critical illness. I do not fear death per se. I know where I am going, though I hope the transition will...
