by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2026 | 2026, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
He paid for lunch. I jokingly asked him if lunch had exhausted his entertainment budget for the year. He said “no”, that he had paid for lunch out of his own pocket, not from some church budget. He wanted me to be clear that this lunch came from his pocket...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 1, 2025 | 2025, Leadership, Mentoring, Ministry & Training
As some of you may know I have phased out taking church camps from my ministry menu for now (read about it here). But I am open to taking some retreats for those in ministry. I have a burden for those on the front lines and if I can encourage them in some way, they...
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 | May 9, 2025 | 2025, FIT, Meaning & Purpose, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
A long, long time ago, a missionary from another land asked why we were trying to write Sunday School materials for the local context. After all, his country produced the best Sunday School materials in the world and we should just continue to use those. Well, this...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 25, 2025 | 2025, Discipleship, God's Love, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
What are some principles for ministering to young people? Recently I have been clearing out my books and of course I rediscovered some gems that I had forgotten about. One was Hear My Story (2003) by Dean Borgman. Although a bit dated it still contains much...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 22, 2025 | 2025, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
I was about to email Laurel Gasque to request an endorsement for a book on spiritual mentoring I am writing. But before I could, I received the following news from Susan, a common friend. A few hours ago Michelle Gasque went to visit her mother (her “mum”...
