by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 15, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness
A long time ago, in another life, I worked as a pastor. The highlight of my week then was finding out the worship attendance of the most recent worship service. If the numbers were up, I felt a certain joy, a hidden gladness, a secret pride of my church and my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 1, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Family, Forgiveness, Parenting
Dad was the youngest son of a peranakan family. Mum is the oldest girl from a Hong Kong family. They had their fights. It didn’t help that dad was a people oriented person and mum was goal oriented. Not only did they fight, they continued their fight in me. I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
Last Sunday night I met up with one of my NextUp cohorts. (NextUp is a small group ministry run by Grace@Work that seeks to help emerging Christian leaders clarify their vocations. ) During the meeting one of the members said that there was a danger that you could be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
I am about to write in to a local paper. I am disturbed because today, this paper carried a report that says that the Prime Minister (Malaysia) has asked for all forums dealing with Article 11 (pertaining to religious freedom) to stop. The Prime Minister said:...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 21, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Prayer, Work & Vocation
Please pray for my children, pray that they will do well in their exams.” Every year around the times of the major government exams, I will receive many emails/text messages that are variations of the above. Worried parents want divine help for their children,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 16, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Jesus
This has been a rough week. I have been speaking to a group of youths at a church camp. Youths are not my usual target group. I normally speak to groups college aged and older. This was a group of folks aged 12 – 18. And this guy, who has been speaking to groups...
