by Soo-Inn Tan | May 9, 2025 | 2025, FIT, Meaning & Purpose, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
A long, long time ago, a missionary from another land asked why we were trying to write Sunday School materials for the local context. After all, his country produced the best Sunday School materials in the world and we should just continue to use those. Well, this...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 25, 2025 | 2025, Discipleship, God's Love, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
What are some principles for ministering to young people? Recently I have been clearing out my books and of course I rediscovered some gems that I had forgotten about. One was Hear My Story (2003) by Dean Borgman. Although a bit dated it still contains much...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2025 | 2025, Intergenerational, Third Agers, Young Adult Ministry
“You mean a serial killer who accepts Christ at the last moment of his life gets to go to heaven, while a good person who helped many during her life goes to hell because she didn’t believe in Christ?” “And what about all those people...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 27, 2025 | 2025, Corporate Worship, Third Agers
I was part of a worship conference some time ago. One of the speakers, I believe she was in her 70s, stood up and said that it was very tiring for seniors to stand for a long time while singing songs during worship services. I loudly said amen to that. We are from a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 14, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Discipleship, Intergenerational, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
He was a young doctor, in his late 20s. I am close to 70. He was showing me around his town when he turned to me and asked, at my age, what advice would I give to someone his age? I paused for a while. I don’t usually get asked this. (Wonder why?) And I usually...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 7, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Meaning & Purpose, Third Agers, Work & Vocation
I recently heard an excellent sermon on the call of Moses when he encountered God at a burning bush (Exodus 3:1–7). I have preached on this many times myself. For the longest time we have seen this call at age 80 as a special case. We expect that most people...
