by Tan Huai Tze | May 7, 2026 | 2026, Following Jesus, Leadership, Spiritual Friendship
What a great blessing it is to have friends who bring to us the presence of Christ by their presence! It is something I long for, and something I have experienced, but truth be told, as a pastor of a growing church, I have found ministry to be increasingly lonely....
by Lam Kok Hiang | Apr 30, 2026 | 2026, Community, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 NLT) If you encounter a crisis at three...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 18, 2026 | 2026, Articles, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship, Work & Vocation
We all bear the marks of those who discipled us. Here are three convictions I hold dearly because I was discipled by Dr James Houston (who passed away on March 15, 2026 at the age of 103), and nurtured by Regent College, the school he helped to start. No clergy-laity...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2026 | 2026, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
He paid for lunch. I jokingly asked him if lunch had exhausted his entertainment budget for the year. He said “no”, that he had paid for lunch out of his own pocket, not from some church budget. He wanted me to be clear that this lunch came from his pocket...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 22, 2026 | 2026, Death & Grief, Spiritual Friendship, Widowhood
They are very dear friends. I preached at their wedding ten years ago. But I preached at her funeral late November last year. Early one morning I received a message from him telling me that his wife was in a coma and it looked like she would not recover. They were in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Community, Spiritual Friendship
They laughed and yelled as they teased one another. They looked like a bunch of teenagers. Their average age: 50. Many were very senior in their chosen fields. For four days, they were just old friends, many of whom had not met up in a long time. Last weekend I had...
