by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 22, 2023 | 2023, Leadership, Spiritual Friendship, Spiritual Maturity
The most interesting teaching I did recently was a day-long webinar on spiritual formation for Asian leaders. I did this at the invitation of my old friend Chris Leong for MPI (Missions Partnership Initiative). What was interesting was the way this webinar was...
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 | Mar 24, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Christian Identity, Following Jesus, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity, Work & Vocation
D’oh —used to express sudden recognition of a foolish blunder or an ironic turn of events Merriam-Webster Doh Interj. A Gen-X colloquialism conveying an overall feeling of frustration. Slang Define I have taught two courses numerous times. One is a course on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 10, 2023 | 2023, Happiness, Loving Others, Spiritual Maturity
This is a story about simple habits to improve your happiness and fulfilment in life. It's inspired by the key findings of a huge Harvard University study of happiness that's now gone on for more than 80 years. (Bill Murphy, Jr.) Do you want to be happy...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Authors, Christian Living, Discernment, Rest & Busyness, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity
This year I find myself feeling more tired more often. At the beginning of the year, I thought it was grief from my mother’s passing in Oct 2021. Then I had COVID in May, and, when that was over, I thought it might be long-COVID. But maybe all that it is, is my body...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 20, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Growing Old, Life Issues, Spiritual Maturity
In a recent talk, Philip Yancey said that the main reason people read memoirs was not to discover more about the people who wrote them but to discover more of themselves. It certainly felt that way when I read the following from Henri Nouwen’s Sabbatical Journey...
