by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 5, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Corporate Worship, Soo-Inn Tan
ID 119063517 © | Dreamstime.com “As the music plays, let us close our eyes and just worship the Lord.” Have you heard a worship leader say this? I have, and every time I hear this I say, sometimes out loud, no, no no. Why? Because it reduces worship to a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 29, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Authors, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Mentoring, Soo-Inn Tan
I am about to teach a course on mentoring for BGST (Biblical Graduate School of Theology). Originally planned for the end of 2019, this will now take place in the first half of 2020. In preparation for the course I asked some of those I had the privilege to mentor, to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 15, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.(2 Corinthians 10:3–4 NIV) A few weeks ago I received the following...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 8, 2019 | 2019, Aging, Articles, Authors, Soo-Inn Tan
I have a confession to make. When I am out with Bernice, and I see an old couple, I will hum the first few lines of the Beatle’s number, “When I’m 64”. It was my cheeky way of saying “Watch out, old folks ahead”. Well, I turned 64 yesterday (5 March). “When...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 21, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Dependence on God, God, Honoring Parents, Soo-Inn Tan
I love my mother, but I can’t give her what she wants. She wants to go home, but for now she has to stay in a nursing home. Mum, 91, and suffering from dementia, had a bad fall a few months ago and now needs constant nursing supervision and care. There are not...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2018 | 2018, Afterlife, Aging, Articles, Hope, Meaning & Purpose, Soo-Inn Tan
The third third of life, 60–90 and beyond, is a time of loss. It is a time when we bid goodbye to many things. We bid goodbye to a younger body. Our energy levels are not the same. We may need multifocal spectacles or go for cataract operations. Our hearing begins to...
