by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 27, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Mentoring, Soo-Inn Tan
I am low-key excited about the launch of my next book, Growing People Relationally. Excited because the book deals with a subject that in many ways defines my ministry — spiritual mentoring. Low-key because I still struggle about inflicting another book on the world,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 20, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Church, Community, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Some of you will know that I have stopped taking church camps (https://graceworks.com.sg/no-church-camps-for-now/). You may be wondering why, then, am I still ministering at church camps. Well, the latest one I took, with the Centre of New Life...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 12, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Christian Living, Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Soo-Inn Tan
Last Sunday the church celebrated Pentecost Sunday. We commemorated the momentous event recorded in Acts 2 when God’s Spirit was poured out on all of God’s people who gathered in Jerusalem. We must remember that in the Old Covenant, the Spirit was only poured out on...
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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 20, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Christian Living, Community, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan
Bernice and I were catching up with two dear friends recently. Husband and wife, they were doing critical work for the Kingdom where the Lord had placed them. They were far from being luddites but one of the things we talked about was our shared concern that the young...