by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
In their book Becoming an Effective Mentoring Leader, William J. Rothwell and Peter Chee talk about the importance of teaching by example (New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 2013, 95–120). They note that teaching by example, or modelling, has been around for a long time...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 6, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
He was an orchidologist and a committed lay leader in his church. And while he understood the spiritual significance of his ministry in church he was never quite clear about the spiritual significance of his work with orchids, something he did well but I suspect with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
Met up with some old friends when I was back in Penang for the Lunar New Year. I have known LS since our pre-university days (1972–1973). I have known her husband, JC, since Standard One (Primary One). That means I have known JC for more than half a century. He...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 19, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 11, 2013 | 2013, Articles, God, God's Love, Jesus, Jesus' Life
Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 4, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
[Warning: Spoilers ahead. You may want to watch the movie The Hobbit (2012) before reading this.] You know The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) may be a movie in trouble when the character you find most “real” is a CGI character. All kudos to Andy Serkis who...
