by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Happiness, Life Issues, Spiritual Friendship
Are you happy? Apparently you are now able to answer this question scientifically. A recent edition of the Harvard Business Review (HBR) focuses on the topic of happiness (Jan–Feb 2012 issue). Of course their concern is the bottom line. The subtitle on the cover...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 3, 2012 | 2012, Art & Beauty, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Work & Vocation
It was a first for me. I have blessed houses, offices and even a factory I think, but this was the first time I had the opportunity to bless a nail salon. A nail salon or nail bar is a beauty services establishment that primarily offers nail care services such as...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 5, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
“We must be more like Mary.” I was at the first meeting for 2012 of the Dental Prayer Fellowship last Monday morning. There was a report on a mission trip to China. A number of those who went shared that a key lesson they learnt from the trip was that they...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 18, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
“This generation of undergraduates is different. They are hungrier for mentoring.” He was a senior lecturer at one of the main universities here in Singapore and he shared his observation during a lunch-time meeting of a group of Christians who meet...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 28, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
“Don’t you recognise us?” I was a visiting preacher at a church last Sunday when a couple came up to me and asked if I recognised them. I didn’t. I have learnt not to be too embarrassed about such awkward moments because I meet many people in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 30, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
“Pastor” is a word I associate with the church, not with the world of banking. So I was pleasantly surprised to hear a bank director share recently that one of the things he could do in a new position that he had assumed was pastor the people that reported...
