by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 20, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Have you sung “Above All” by Paul Baloche and Lenny LeBlanc in your worship service? Here is the first verse to refresh your memory: Above all powers above all kings Above all nature and all created things Above all wisdom and all the ways of man You were...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 27, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
The talk was going well. People were engaged. Many were jotting notes. I was looking around trying to make eye contact with the different people in the room. And then something strange happened. The audience stopped looking at me. They began to look at something...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Unity, Church, Media, Movies & Television
One of my favourite movies is Black Rain (1989) with Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia and a number of great Japanese actors. (A large part of the movie takes place in Japan.) The cinematography is beautiful, breathtaking at times. You expect that of a Ridley Scott movie....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 15, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Gender, Leadership, World Issues
“Are women allowed to be leaders in this organization?” I knew I was being naughty but I did want to know. We were having a discussion on vocation and I had tried to make the point that both men and women should be encouraged to discover and pursue their...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 26, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Leadership
I have long come to realise that team leadership is norm. Perhaps, when I was younger, I held to the individualistic, heroic, bigger than life model of leadership (and maybe believed I was on the road to being one.) But life, and the Word, have taught me that the norm...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 5, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, Small Groups
“How are you?” “How was your week?” “Can you name one item of joy and one item of concern in your life?” The many groups that Bernice and I lead are terribly predictable in one aspect — there will always be a time for people...
