by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 23, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Growth, Meaning & Purpose, Young Adult Ministry
I don’t do transitions well. In 1981 I left Malaysia/Singapore to commence my studies in Regent College, Vancouver. It was a dream come true. I would be studying with faculty I highly respected at a school whose unique philosophy I really believed in. And...
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 | Sep 28, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Christian Unity, Church, Mentoring
Michael Low, a good friend of mine, is finishing his studies at Regent College, Vancouver. He has kindly accepted the role of being a living epistle — I have asked him to convey my greetings to the Regent faculty who had blessed me when I was there (1981–1985)....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Obedience & Faithfulness, Young Adult Ministry
Had a Facebook video call with a friend in Pune, India, this morning. He was one of a number of key younger leaders I had met at the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Jakarta last year. He was originally from Mumbai but had been sent by his group of churches to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
empathic: “showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” I don’t often read when I am on a flight but I am glad I read Curt Thompson’s Anatomy of the Soul (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2010) on a recent...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 24, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Graceworks, Young Adult Ministry
Last Sunday afternoon, we had the privilege to conduct a seminar on mentoring young adults in Bedok Methodist Church. The request was a recent one and I was already down to preach at another church that morning, two sermons in fact. But I had said yes to this...