by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 5, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Church, Leadership
When the news first broke that the late Ravi Zacharias had been accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour, my first response was — I don’t know if this is true but it is definitely plausible. Having been in church-based ministry for more than 35 years and, indeed...
by Dev Menon | Jul 31, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Leadership, Politics, World Issues
Stage 1: Apathy I guess it could have been because I was young and barely able to vote… But even when I went to the UK, and all my local peers were so enthusiastic about policies and parties, many of us from conservative Asian countries did not resonate. We...
by Pak Wah Lai | Jun 26, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Church, Leadership, Life Issues, Money
Don Flow, founder of Flow Automotive, once spoke about the role of money for business in this way: Money is like blood to a human being. Just as a human being cannot live without sufficient blood, so also a company cannot flourish without money. Yet, just as no human...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 22, 2018 | 2018, Articles, Church, Leadership, Spiritual Gifts, Work & Vocation
When I first did the Wagner-Modified Houts Spiritual Gifts Questionnaire, a questionnaire that helped one discover one’s spiritual gifts, I was surprised to discover that my primary gift was teaching. I thought it would be leadership. But leadership came in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 12, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Community, Leadership, Relationships
empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. (Oxford Dictionary) The October issue of Fast Company features an article on Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft. Nadella has done well. . . . he’s generated more than $250 billion in market...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Family, Leadership, Parenting
If I were deciding on a career today and did any sort of vocational testing, I am sure I wouldn’t have done dentistry. I would probably have ended up in law, or management or mass communication, but no, not dentistry. Fine detailed handwork is just not me,...
