by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Graceworks, Spiritual Friendship
It’s hard not to be reminded of mortality at my stage of life. Almost daily I receive news of a friend who has passed on or a friend who is struggling with a critical illness. I do not fear death per se. I know where I am going, though I hope the transition will...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 8, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Loving Others, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
It was 1974. I was waiting for my A-level results and did a stint as a temporary teacher for a few months. They assigned me to the toughest standard/primary three class. One day, we had a meet-the-parents session. There was a student doing very poorly in class. His...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 19, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Mentoring, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
If my father is dead, or if he was absent and cold, or if he was a tyrant, or if he abused me, or if he was wonderful but is not there for me now, then who is my father now? Where do I get those feelings of protection, authority, confidence, know-how, and wisdom that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 5, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Death & Grief, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
It came as a shock to all of us when we received the news that Don Lewis had passed away. He was only 71 (1950–2021). The second last time I met Don Lewis, he had me in a choke hold. It was Dec 6, 2014, and the occasion was the launch of the Festschrift for W. Ward...
by Bernice Lee | Sep 3, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Graceworks, Spiritual Friendship
This evening (3 September 2021), we’ll see the online launch of Graceworks’ video series, The Friendship Way, as part of the Biblical Graduate School of Theology’s launch of their microlearning portal, Theology for Life. It’s significant that...
by Wei-Hao Ho | Jul 9, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Unity, Corporate Worship, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
The Generations Project is a study that Graceworks embarked on seeking to improve the unity within our churches by increasing the empathy between the different generations. Our hope is that this can be achieved as each generation understands their own formative...
