by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 24, 2025 | 2025, God's Love, Intergenerational
Lord I come to You Let my heart be changed, renewed Flowing from the grace That I've found in You (1) Last weekend we sang “The Power of Your Love” during worship service. I was surprised that singing the song unleashed vivid memories and powerful...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 10, 2025 | 2025, Community, Loneliness, Small Groups
A recent article on the BBC website reinforced something that we have known for a while — that one can be lonely in a crowd. … other people — counterintuitively — aren’t always the antidote to loneliness. They may even be part of the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 20, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Christian Living, Community, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan
Bernice and I were catching up with two dear friends recently. Husband and wife, they were doing critical work for the Kingdom where the Lord had placed them. They were far from being luddites but one of the things we talked about was our shared concern that the young...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 6, 2024 | 2024, Community, Following Jesus
I was privileged to witness a baptism service last Sunday. There were five baptismal candidates. The oldest was 61, the youngest 24. One spoke in Chinese, the rest in English. There were three men and two women. One was a limousine driver, one an undergraduate, one a...
by Bernice Lee | Nov 22, 2024 | 2024, Articles, Community, Leadership, Soo-Inn Tan
A church member approaches his/her church elders and says that he/she believes God has called him/her to vocational church ministry. How can church leaders decide if an individual is indeed called to that ministry? I prefer the term vocational church ministry rather...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 25, 2024 | 2024, Discipleship, Intergenerational, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
Do you or someone you know need training in how to mentor young adults? Graceworks will be running an event to do this on November 23. (Details below.) There has been a chorus of calls to mentor the upcoming generations. But what is the best way to empower them? Large...
