by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Life Issues, Rest & Busyness, Work & Vocation
“If you asked twenty good Christians today how they are doing, nineteen of them would reply, busy. But if you asked almost any of the desert fathers, they would have told you that busyness is a sin. You see what has happened? A vice has become a virtue.”...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living
The March 11th 2002 issue of Christianity Today(CT) contains a very poignant testimony by a homosexual Christian man. Remaining anonymous, he writes about his daily battle against his homosexual desires, “a battle that comes at considerable psychological cost to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
Do you know Tim Sanders? He is the chief solutions officer at Yahoo. In a recent article in Fast Company magazine (Feb. 2002), Sanders writes: “The most powerful force in business isn’t greed, fear, or even the raw energy of unbridled competition. The most...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 22, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring
I love to preach. I feel alive when I stand before people and try to communicate God’s word with relevance, accuracy, and passion. Through the years many have told me that I have the ‘gift’. God has gifted me to preach. I feel His pleasure when I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 8, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism
I know that bad news sells. But its getting ridiculous. Each morning’s paper is another rehash of the same old problems at home and abroad. What is worse, there seems to be no real solutions. Sept. 11? Lets toughen up airport security. Enron collapse? Lets...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 1, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others
In his book, EXPLORING SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, Alan Jones describes the first time he received spiritual direction. He was still in seminary. Periodically he had to take walks with his principal. Jones writes:”He (the principal) was an extraordinary and powerful...
