by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 31, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Church, Leadership
I am not sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing but I am no longer shocked when I hear of a pastor/church leader falling into serious sin. Whether it is the hubris of pride and arrogance, sexual sin, and/or financial impropriety, I take it that church leaders do...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 12, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
Festschrift: A volume of writings by different authors presented as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar. (Merriam-Webster) Last Saturday (December 6) we were in Vancouver to be part of an event at Regent College, my theological alma mater. It was an event...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 21, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
“It takes courage to be transparent.” I was teaching on spiritual friendship a few evenings ago when one of the participants made the above comment during the question-and-answer time. I appreciated the comment because it meant that he understood that spiritual...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 9, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, God, God’s Sovereignty
We had not met for close to 30 years. We were students at Regent College in the early ’80s. I remember a spunky woman of faith, tough and with a sense of humour. We met up again a few weeks ago. She shared about some of the struggles she had gone through in the past...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 27, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
Graceworks had a blessing service for our new office last Saturday (20th September 2014). Our dear friend Kok Hiang from CRU did the honours. We are now at: 22 Sin Ming Lane, #04-76 Midview City Singapore 573969This is the second office we have occupied....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 15, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
The following was one of the case studies we looked at during the recent Annual Fellowship Meeting (AFM) of the Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship (CMDF), Singapore. (It is a composite story drawn from different cases.) You are doing locum work in a neighbourhood...
