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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Corporate Worship, Loving Others
We were in Perth over the weekend. I met a number of friends whom I had not seen for a while. There was a brother I had not met for 40 years. There was a couple whose wedding I conducted 20 years ago. Some of them had walked with me through the darkest days of my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 8, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose
Coming from a Chinese diaspora family in Malaysia, I was given a master plan early in life: Work hard in school so that you can get good grades in your examinations. Good grades will enable you to get into the best universities and qualify you to take the best...
