by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 4, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Authors, Discipleship, Obedience & Faithfulness, Relationships, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Just came back from a 12-day trip to KL/PJ. Bernice was with me for the first four days. Haven’t been there since a short trip in early 2020. We stayed with dear friends Shu Leong and Yek Han. I have known them since 1976. I was still in Dental School, and they...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 17, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Authors, Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Bernice and I were at a meeting with some leaders recently. One of the statements I heard towards the end of the meeting caught my attention. The brother said that the movement they were involved in was searching for new language to guide the Christian enterprise...
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 3, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Church, Discipleship, Family, Generations Project, Parenting
Of born Protestants whose parents talked about religion “a lot,” 89 percent continue to identify as Protestant. . . . The “raised religious” who are leaving organized religion aren’t, for the most part, those whose parents found purpose...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Discipleship, Mentoring
Recently a church asked me to teach them about mentoring. I was happy and excited to do this of course, mentoring being one of the key foci of my ministry at this stage of my life. I was particularly excited by this invitation because I was told that they have never...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 22, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Discipleship, Following Jesus, Jesus, Mentoring
“Is he your mentee?” I was asked when someone saw me in a photo with one of the people I was journeying with. I hesitated for a moment and said that I am normally not comfortable with a term like that. Yes, I do mentoring, but I have also understood that Jesus is the...