by Bernice Lee | Oct 23, 2026 | 2026, Community, God's Grace, Spiritual Friendship
As the crow flies, Soo Inn and I are now over 12,000 kilometres away from home in Singapore. This morning, as I was powdering my nose (literally) in front of the mirror, my thoughts wandered to a conversation I had had with some friends here in Vancouver. This...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 1, 2026 | 2026, Death & Grief, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
Good friends together at the launch of Serving God’s Community, a festschrift to honour Ward Gasque, 2014. I first came to Regent/Vancouver in 1981 to begin my theological studies. Bernice and I last came here about seven years ago. We are back again, but...
by Samara Chee | Sep 4, 2026 | 2026, Loving Others, Spiritual Friendship
For university students in fast-paced, modern Singapore, there are a million and one things competing for our time and shaping our beliefs. Not only is there social pressure to achieve good grades, participate in multiple co-curricular activities, establish a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 21, 2026 | 2026, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
“You were one of my mentors.” Someone said that to me recently. I was surprised. We had worked together about 30 years ago, at a very difficult time in my life. He and the other leaders of the organisation I worked with, tried their best to help me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 23, 2026 | 2026, Christian Living, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
During our pilgrimage to Iona, Stanley our pilgrimage leader shared a reflection from Hebrews 12:1–2. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 10, 2026 | 2026, Discipleship, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
Last year I had the joy of publishing Growing People Relationally, a book that tried to put together my main convictions about spiritual mentoring and discipleship after 40 years of ministry. This July, 22, I will be teaching a course by the same name for Trinity...
