by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
In his memoir, Now and Then, Frederick Buechner writes about his time at Union seminary. In terms of Union’s history, I couldn’t have gone there at a more auspicious time. It was its golden age. Reinhold Niebuhr was there, and Paul Tillich was there, these two great...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 27, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
Last Sunday evening, Bernice and I hosted a dinner gathering for eight young people. Three were lawyers, two were teachers, one worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one worked for the Ministry of Social and Family Development, and one worked for the Ministry of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
I knew I risked exhaustion. But I decided to do it anyway. At a recent retreat for Singaporean Methodist Youth Workers, I offered to meet with as many of the participants one-on-one who wanted to, with whatever time I had between my talks. This usually meant before or...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 25, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
[rb_dropcap]Y[/rb_dropcap]esterday I taught my last class for my “Introduction to Christian Spirituality” course for Singapore Bible College. This is the fourth time I have run this course and I still have to pinch myself. When I first taught this course I was filling...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 1, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. (1 Corinthians 3:6-7 NIV) Recently I spoke at a camp for Malaysian Care, a Malaysian...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 27, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
I am a man on a mission. I am tracking down all the people who have impacted my life for Christ so that I can thank them. So when Bernice and I were in Vancouver in 2010, we visited with J. I. Packer. He was one of a number of profs who had taught and mentored me when...
