by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, Corporate Worship, COVID-19, Loving Others
Just came back from a great nine days in Melbourne. Celebrated Lunar New Year there. Since mum has passed on, we didn't go to Penang for New Year this year. We (whole family except son Mark who just started a new job) went to Melbourne because son Stephen...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 20, 2023 | 2023, Discipleship, Mentoring
The best mentoring literature has consistently pointed out that good mentoring is always a mutual experience — both mentor and mentee grow as they journey together. This has definitely been my experience. I had suggested in an earlier article that this mutual...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 30, 2022 | 2022, Young Adult Ministry
My last major ministry commitment for 2022 was speaking at a young adult retreat. This was a retreat for GenPaul, the young adult ministry of Queenstown Baptist Church. They had asked me to speak about spiritual friendship. The Lord had been convicting them about the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 4, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Identity, Growing Old, Seniors Ministry
Dementia: Dementia is not a specific disease but is rather a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Though dementia...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 14, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Growing Old, Seniors Ministry
If I were to ask you how old you were, you would probably answer me with a number. However, a number may not tell me much about yourself except your chronological age. My mum was 94 when she passed away, but for the last ten yours of her life was struggling with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 7, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
The book was good, but the material was intense, and I knew I would need time to process what I was reading. So I “cheated” and read the last chapter. The book was The Connected Life by Todd W. Hall (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2022). What he wrote echoed...