by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 24, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Corporate Worship, Loving Others
We were in Perth over the weekend. I met a number of friends whom I had not seen for a while. There was a brother I had not met for 40 years. There was a couple whose wedding I conducted 20 years ago. Some of them had walked with me through the darkest days of my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 8, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
I just got back from a retreat with some of my church members. We went to an Indonesian island retreat centre called Telunas. Had a great time except for the second day when I had diarrhoea. No need for a blow by blow description of how that day went for me. As a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 6, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
All of us who preach on a regular basis have experienced this: There are times when a sermon you preach is just perfect. You were calm and focused. You did everything you were taught in homiletics class, good eye contact, appropriate hand movements, etc. The...
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....
