by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 25, 2026 | 2026, Community
Recently, Bernice and I had the privilege of ministering at the Evangel Baptist Church camp. Some of you may be surprised to hear this since I have stopped accepting invitations to speak at church camps. In this season of my life, I had decided that I need to be more...
by Lam Kok Hiang | Apr 30, 2026 | 2026, Community, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 NLT) If you encounter a crisis at three...
by Jesselyn Ng | Dec 5, 2025 | 2025, Community, Following Jesus, Loving Others
Karl grew up in a church with a vibrant youth ministry, which he was very happy to be part of. He had a small circle of three close friends who were always there for him—attending services together, praying together, going for meals together. But when their...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 5, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Community, Spiritual Friendship
They laughed and yelled as they teased one another. They looked like a bunch of teenagers. Their average age: 50. Many were very senior in their chosen fields. For four days, they were just old friends, many of whom had not met up in a long time. Last weekend I had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 22, 2025 | 2025, Christian Unity, Community, Discipleship
I made a new friend recently. Alex Tso leads the Campus Evangelical Fellowship in Taiwan. We were both speaking at an IFES East Asia event and had connected. We discovered that we were both alumni of Regent College (Vancouver). Regent College alumni will know the joy...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 20, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Church, Community, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Some of you will know that I have stopped taking church camps (https://graceworks.com.sg/no-church-camps-for-now/). You may be wondering why, then, am I still ministering at church camps. Well, the latest one I took, with the Centre of New Life...
