by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 4, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness, Solitude & Quiet Time
January 2019 is an interesting month in that it is the first time in a long, long time that I have no speaking engagements on any of the Sundays. I have an itinerant ministry and I have the privilege of preaching at various churches on any given Sunday. But no church...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 4, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Solitude & Quiet Time
I have just come back from a meeting with a spiritual friendship group I am facilitating here in Penang. I come back to Penang about once a month to spend time with mum and every time I am here I meet up with this group of brothers and sisters from my home church. We...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 28, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Prayer, Solitude & Quiet Time
That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he...
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 | Jun 13, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
I conducted an experiment last Tuesday (7th June). I refused to go online till late in the afternoon. It felt good. Was reluctant to go online when I finally did. The reason for the experiment? Something I read in Harvard Business Review recently. (I) always do the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 30, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Solitude & Quiet Time
In a recent speech to the United States Military Academy at West Point, writer William Deresiewicz states his conviction that there is a crisis of leadership in America. He said: . . . for too long we have been training leaders who only know how to keep the routine...