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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 10, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Community, Gratitude, Life Issues
On the occasion of Singapore’s National Day (August 9) let me put on record my thanks to the Singapore church, and I will name names. I am a Malaysian in full-time church ministry. In this part of the world, a divorce is the kiss of death for public ministry. I did my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 20, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Graceworks, Young Adult Ministry
The best things in my life have been unexpected. Like meeting Bernice across a book table. Or the gathering of almost 40 young-adult ministry leaders in our house. It started innocently enough. I was taking a retreat with Bible Presbyterian young adults and I...
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,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 18, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Young Adult Ministry
Graceworks organized its first Young Adult Ministry forum in November, 2014. Since then the Lord has confirmed our calling to minister to this age group. This article was published in February 2015. Two years on, it is a good reminder of our call to empower and equip...
