by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 19, 2024 | 2024, Hope, Meaning & Purpose, Mentoring
I heard a very profound story a few nights ago. He was a retired teacher. In his last year as a teacher, some of his students asked him why he chose to be a teacher. He said that he had wanted to change the world. Then he said that obviously he hadn’t...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 7, 2024 | 2024, Aging, Loving Others, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
Do you know where is Beaufort, South Carolina? No? Go Google it. I am in Beaufort right now and, since yesterday was my birthday, it was also the place where I celebrated my 69th birthday. It was a very special birthday. I was with my beloved Bernice and with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 1, 2024 | 2024, Mentoring, Obedience & Faithfulness, Work & Vocation
“God has not called you to build skyscrapers but to plant seeds.” Once in a while, I wonder if I should establish a “Soo Inn School for Spiritual Mentoring”. Would this be a meaningful legacy, an institution that would pass on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 9, 2024 | 2024, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
They were the dynamic duo of Bible teaching. OMF missionary Dr Lucille Ramish had a PhD and brought big-picture, academic rigour to the teaching. Another OMF missionary, Mrs June Lane who hadn't had the privilege of graduate studies, brought home the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 2, 2024 | 2024, Discipleship, Mentoring
“Spiritual mentoring is an intentional, relational process for helping people grow in Christlikeness by which one person becomes a spiritual guide for one or several others.” Two Saturdays ago I did a three-hour seminar on spiritual mentoring for a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 27, 2023 | 2023, Discipleship, Intergenerational, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
I have been teaching ministry to young adults for many years. One thing I always mention is that young adulthood is a time to revisit the big questions of life. . . . it is my conviction that the central work of young, emerging adulthood in the cycle of human life . ....
