by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 8, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
It was 1974. I was waiting for my A-level results and did a stint as a temporary teacher for a few months. They assigned me to the toughest standard/primary three class. One day, we had a meet-the-parents session. There was a student doing very poorly in class. His...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, God, God's Love, Preaching & Teaching
Last Sunday I had the privilege of preaching via zoom to Sungai Way-Subang Methodist Church in Petaling Jaya. At the end of the sermon I had the chance to chat with a few folks online. One brother shared that in 1998 he was in a seminar I conducted in the church. It...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 24, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Small Groups
Even as I am writing this piece, many of my friends who are pastors and church elders are holding urgent meetings to decide how next Sunday’s corporate worship services will be organised. Larger numbers are now allowed to congregate and worshippers can now sing...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 18, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Preaching & Teaching, Soo-Inn Tan
At my mother’s funeral service, one of her students from teacher’s college gave one of the eulogies. He said that in his time in college, the students respected only two teachers, one of whom was mum. They respected her because she was an excellent instructor in the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 11, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
grief n. the anguish experienced after significant loss . . . (American Psychological Association) I find myself grieving at many worship services. Nothing wrong at these services. The sermons were Bible-based and spoke to me. The worship leaders were sensitive to the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Leadership
The following paragraph from the 23 February 2022 issue of the Singapore Straits Times caught my eye: Companies with a high proportion of board directors and senior executives aged over 60 delivered lower returns on assets compared with others, an inaugural...
