by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2023 | 2023, Christian Identity, Evangelism, Loving Others
A man enters a church auditorium to join the worship service. He is the CEO of a major company. How will your ushers treat him? Another man comes for the same worship service. His clothes are shabby and he smells. He is poor and has to wear the same shirt for a few...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 11, 2023 | 2023, Loving Others, Spiritual Friendship
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. (Colossians 3:16 NIV) . . .admonishing is not just rebuking or...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 14, 2023 | 2023, Loving Others, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
Encourage: to give somebody support, courage or hope (Oxford Learners Dictionary) When he heard that my father had passed away, he cancelled all his appointments and took the first available flight to be with me. My dad was in Penang. My friend was in the senior...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 10, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Community, Generations Project, Graceworks, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
When churches began to lose their young people, they started to take seriously the fact that we are living in a unique point in history. We now have many generations living and working together; generations which are culturally different because they have been shaped...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 10, 2023 | 2023, Happiness, Loving Others, Spiritual Maturity
This is a story about simple habits to improve your happiness and fulfilment in life. It's inspired by the key findings of a huge Harvard University study of happiness that's now gone on for more than 80 years. (Bill Murphy, Jr.) Do you want to be happy...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, Corporate Worship, COVID-19, Loving Others
Just came back from a great nine days in Melbourne. Celebrated Lunar New Year there. Since mum has passed on, we didn't go to Penang for New Year this year. We (whole family except son Mark who just started a new job) went to Melbourne because son Stephen...