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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2019 | 2019, Articles, Discipleship, Discipleship, Soo-Inn Tan
I will be speaking at three Vancouver churches this weekend — one seminar, one adult Sunday school class, one sermon and one consultation with some church leaders. Independently, all three have asked me to speak on discipleship. I wondered why, seeing they have access...
