by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 19, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
In their classic book on Spiritual Mentoring, Anderson and Reese give us various dimensions of the practice of spiritual mentoring. They say that spiritual mentoring: . . . cultivates recognition of the already present action of God in the life of the mentoree through...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 17, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Christian Living, Mentoring, Spiritual Friendship
When I first went to Regent in 1981 to begin my theological studies, James Houston was no longer the principal. He was the founding principal but, by then, had taken on the role of Professor of Spiritual Theology. I took only two classes with him, Christian Spirit,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 9, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
I had lunch with Don Lewis on Monday. He is the Church History Professor at Regent College (Vancouver). He was making a lightning visit to Singapore for a friend’s daughter’s wedding. I first met Don in 1981 when I began my studies in Regent College. It was also the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 27, 2016 | 2016, Articles, Christian Living, Graceworks, Spiritual Friendship, Talks & Seminars
In about two weeks’ time, Graceworks will be organising her first seminar of the year. We don’t organise many seminars but this one in particular represents the core mission of Graceworks. God has called Graceworks to champion the course of relational transformation,...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 20, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
I had the privilege of teaching a short course on spiritual leadership recently. On the first day of class, a brother came up to me and introduced himself. He was a taxi driver and he was at a talk on spiritual friendship that I had given a few years ago. I will never...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 21, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
“It takes courage to be transparent.” I was teaching on spiritual friendship a few evenings ago when one of the participants made the above comment during the question-and-answer time. I appreciated the comment because it meant that he understood that spiritual...
