by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 12, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Growth, Leadership, Obedience & Faithfulness, Soo-Inn Tan
Recently I was chatting with a Gen X (born 1965–1980) Christian leader. He said that his leadership board was made up of people in their 60s and 70s. He also said that it was time to introduce some younger leaders into the board. For that to happen, however, some of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2023 | 2023, Discipleship, God's Will, Obedience & Faithfulness, Prayer, Rest & Busyness
The past four mornings I have had the joy and privilege of sharing the morning devotion for the Compassion International Asia leadership gathering. Yesterday morning was my last one and I shared about the Mary and Martha story (Luke 10:38–42 ). Rereading...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Authors, Discipleship, Obedience & Faithfulness, Relationships, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Just came back from a 12-day trip to KL/PJ. Bernice was with me for the first four days. Haven’t been there since a short trip in early 2020. We stayed with dear friends Shu Leong and Yek Han. I have known them since 1976. I was still in Dental School, and they...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Following Jesus, Obedience & Faithfulness, Spiritual Friendship
I take a break from my series on friendship interactions to honour a friend. This morning (5 July 2023) I woke up to a message that my friend, Pastor Ng Kok Aun, had passed away. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. He had been fighting cancer for more than six...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 26, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Obedience & Faithfulness
Often it is hard to appreciate the power of a book until you have read the last page. Similarly, it is often hard to measure the impact of a person's life until he or she passes on. Many of us felt the impact of the death of Timothy Keller. Now that he has passed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 3, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Discernment, God's Will, Obedience & Faithfulness
You know the script. God approaches an unlikely candidate with an audacious offer. God will bless the unlikely candidate and through that person bless many, many more. This is contingent on the unlikely candidate saying yes to the offer. I was reminded...
