by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 28, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
The first song I dedicated to Bernice was the Beatles’ “In My Life” (1965). Those who know our story and the lyrics of the song will know why. This remains our song, well one of them anyway. Each time I encounter the song I remember the time of our...
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 | Mar 11, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
grief n. the anguish experienced after significant loss . . . (American Psychological Association) I find myself grieving at many worship services. Nothing wrong at these services. The sermons were Bible-based and spoke to me. The worship leaders were sensitive to the...
by Wei-Hao Ho | Jul 9, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Unity, Corporate Worship, Loving Others, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
The Generations Project is a study that Graceworks embarked on seeking to improve the unity within our churches by increasing the empathy between the different generations. Our hope is that this can be achieved as each generation understands their own formative...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 1, 2021 | 2020, Articles, Community, Corporate Worship, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan
A few weeks ago we were ministering at a Brethren assembly. During the open worship time, elder Dhanabalan shared an exhortation from John 13:34–35: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 2, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Photo by Zhiwen Ng I have written on this before and I suspect I will write about this again. I am very disturbed that for many, worship has been reduced to singing songs. Every time a worship leader says “let’s enter into a time of worship” and starts to lead...
