by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 9, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Loving Others, Small Groups, Soo-Inn Tan
I have had the privilege of working with my friends in Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, to help set up their new discipleship initiative, Discipleship Bands. Here is how they define a discipleship band: A “Discipleship Band” is a group of three or four people, who...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 8, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Christian Unity, Church, Loving Others
I just had an incredible three days speaking at the NUS Varsity Christian Fellowship Freshman Orientation Camp. When I first received the invitation I was stunned. I was a freshman in 1974! I wondered if I what I shared would be relevant. And I definitely didn’t...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 24, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, God, God's Grace, Growth, Leadership
Tonight (23 June) I will be sharing at an FES (Singapore) leadership consultation on “Leaders who Fail.” There is a sense of deja vu here. In 2003 I was part of the first Eagles Leadership Conference and was asked to do a workshop on “Growing Through...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 10, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Christian Living, Christian Unity, Church, God, God's Love, Loving Others
I have often found it difficult to sing the song “I Love You Lord and I Lift My Voice” (Laurie Klein, 1978). It is a lovely, short song of devotion and I often get goose bumps singing it even after all these years. But I struggle to sing it for two...
by Sharyn Ng | May 6, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, Generations Project
In my last commentary Messily Beautiful; Beautifully Messy, I left off with a string of questions on what it would look like if a church truly embraced the different generations and intentionally cultivated intergenerational relationships. Perhaps the real reason I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, Articles, Church, God, God's Love, Preaching & Teaching
Last Sunday I had the privilege of preaching via zoom to Sungai Way-Subang Methodist Church in Petaling Jaya. At the end of the sermon I had the chance to chat with a few folks online. One brother shared that in 1998 he was in a seminar I conducted in the church. It...