by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 28, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, COVID-19, Discernment, Fear, God, God’s Sovereignty, Life Issues, Malaysia, World Issues
Recently, the Anglican Bishop, the Rt Revd Rennis Ponniah, gave a sermon to the Singapore church as the country faced the COVID-19 virus crisis. I thought his main points applied equally well to the Malaysian church as our country faced a challenging political crisis....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 7, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, Spiritual Friendship
It was 1995. I was at a major crossroads. I believed the Lord had called me to the pastorate and I had served as a pastor for 10 years. But now I believed the Lord may be calling me to serve in a parachurch organisation. If I were to go in that direction would it be a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I am writing this at 10.53pm on a Thursday evening. I am tired and sleepy but I need to get this done because we send out this weekly ecommentary every Friday. I seriously doubt that I can write this tomorrow because tomorrow will be a full day. As was today. Many...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2018 | 2018, Aging, Articles, Authors, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Discernment, Malaysia, Obedience & Faithfulness, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship, Work & Vocation
Recently I was ministering in Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia, and took the opportunity to meet up with an old friend, Pastor Lam Kee Hing. (He is a little older than me.) I don’t think I exaggerate when I call him the key leader in the ministry to indigenous...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2018 | 2017, 2018, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment, God, God's Will, Life Issues, Mentoring, Suffering
“Shit Happens” Idiom: used to say that bad things happen as part of life and cannot be prevented (Merriam-Webster) I was at a very low point in my life, perhaps the lowest to date. I had lost a wife to cancer, another to a divorce, which led to the loss of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 12, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Christian Living, Discernment
I used to pride myself on my decisive decision making. I guess it has something to do with my personality. According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, I am an ENTJ. Wikipedia reminds us that “ENTJs tend to be fiercely independent in their decision making,...