by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Preaching & Teaching
In his memoir, Now and Then, Frederick Buechner writes about his time at Union seminary. In terms of Union’s history, I couldn’t have gone there at a more auspicious time. It was its golden age. Reinhold Niebuhr was there, and Paul Tillich was there, these two great...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 15, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
I was in Petaling Jaya rummaging through the stuff in my old room, looking for a missing document when I came across a copy of my ordination certificate. I was reminded that I was ordained by the Georgetown Baptist Church, Penang on the 26th of June, 1988. (For the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 31, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Community, Happiness, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Is there some formula for happiness? I am old enough and have seen enough of life toknow that there are many things in life that are not under our control and so there is only so much one can do to pursue happiness even if a formula actually did exist. And the fact...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 11, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
There are times that I wince when I hear a preacher use big words in his or her sermons, words that presuppose a high degree of formal education on the part of the audience, or technical terms understandable only by those who have had some theological education. I am...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 3, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Church, Spiritual Gifts
I had just preached on how to cope when the Lord doesn’t answer our requests for legitimate things. Someone came up and posed the following question: “I have asked the Lord to give me the gift of tongues but He hasn’t.” The stand of the church, and my own stand, is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 27, 2013 | 2013, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
Last Sunday evening, Bernice and I hosted a dinner gathering for eight young people. Three were lawyers, two were teachers, one worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one worked for the Ministry of Social and Family Development, and one worked for the Ministry of...
