by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Authors, Discipleship, Obedience & Faithfulness, Relationships, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Just came back from a 12-day trip to KL/PJ. Bernice was with me for the first four days. Haven’t been there since a short trip in early 2020. We stayed with dear friends Shu Leong and Yek Han. I have known them since 1976. I was still in Dental School, and they...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 29, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Christian Living, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship, Spiritual Maturity
I am at the tail end of a short visit to Kuala Lumpur / Petaling Jaya, mostly for work and to attend the wedding dinner of our good friends’ son. In between, I am squeezing in as many meet ups with friends as I can. I haven’t been here for awhile. Meeting up with my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 21, 2023 | 2023, Christian Identity, Discernment, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
Who are you? Growing up as a Chinese in Malaysia in the ’60s and ’70s, my father would periodically remind me that I am a Chinese in a Malay world and I needed to work extra hard to survive and to thrive. There was little talk of emigration in those days....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 14, 2023 | 2023, Loving Others, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
Encourage: to give somebody support, courage or hope (Oxford Learners Dictionary) When he heard that my father had passed away, he cancelled all his appointments and took the first available flight to be with me. My dad was in Penang. My friend was in the senior...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Following Jesus, Obedience & Faithfulness, Spiritual Friendship
I take a break from my series on friendship interactions to honour a friend. This morning (5 July 2023) I woke up to a message that my friend, Pastor Ng Kok Aun, had passed away. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. He had been fighting cancer for more than six...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 30, 2023 | 2023, Discernment, Spiritual Friendship, Work & Vocation
In my third year of seminary I had a very strong urge to go to Oxford to pursue a DPhil. I ran the idea by a friend and mentor. He said he thought that my doing a PhD would be a stretch. When I suggested that maybe I should do a DMin, a doctorate in ministry which was...
