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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...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 27, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
Graceworks had a blessing service for our new office last Saturday (20th September 2014). Our dear friend Kok Hiang from CRU did the honours. We are now at: 22 Sin Ming Lane, #04-76 Midview City Singapore 573969This is the second office we have occupied....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 7, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Evangelism, Spiritual Friendship
“Could you take a workshop at our church camp? The speaker who was supposed to do it can’t make it.” The request came from a community that meant a lot to us. And the camp was nearby, in Johor Bahru. We normally would have said yes barring any divine guidance to the...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 11, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
This morning, I had to revisit some difficult moments in my history. My darling Bernice and I had been invited by a good friend, Dr Eliza Lian-Ding, to share with a group of seminary students on what we learnt in building a blended family. There was no way we could...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 20, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
There were many lessons I learnt in my time at Regent College (1981–1985). One key one was the importance of a compelling vision/mission. At that time Regent was housed in two small buildings on the University of British Columbia campus, buildings that had previously...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Spiritual Friendship
Met up with some old friends when I was back in Penang for the Lunar New Year. I have known LS since our pre-university days (1972–1973). I have known her husband, JC, since Standard One (Primary One). That means I have known JC for more than half a century. He...
