by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 15, 2024 | 2024, Community, God's Grace, Gratitude, Loving Others, Spiritual Friendship
I am on a mission to thank the friends who stood by me in my darkest moments. Those of you who know me will know of my ten black years, a period that started with the death of my first wife from cancer and ended with a journey through clinical depression, with a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, Evangelism, God’s Sovereignty, Loving Others
The hottest topic in my Christian chat groups right now and indeed on the internet though this seems to be dying down as we await the next big thing, was one of the elements of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Apparently, there was an opening tableau that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 28, 2024 | 2024, Gratitude, Loving Others, Relationships
Last Saturday I took a Grab to a ministry event in Chapel of Christ the Redeemer which is located on the premises of St Hilda’s School. As usual, I tried to strike up a conversation with the driver. (The conversation was 70% in Hokkien, 30% in English.) ...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 26, 2024 | 2024, Loving Others, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
I remember the evening clearly. It was a rainy night. We were having dinner at a club a little down the road from P.J.’s famous first A & W restaurant. He was one of the elders of a church that was standing with me at a very dark time in my life. He...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 29, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Authors, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship, Young Adult Ministry
In recent conversations with my friends in youth ministry, one theme keeps emerging. They tell me that more and more youth are grappling with depression and this often leads to self-harm. Some threaten suicide. And some succeed in carrying it out. This was brought...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 22, 2024 | 2024, Community, Loving Others, Small Groups
How committed are your small-group members? This year I will have a number of opportunities to teach on healthy small groups. I will probably teach about the commitments test. There are at least three levels that small-group members are committed to in their...
