by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 21, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Spiritual Friendship
Writing the preface for my next book, I was confronted afresh as to how eventful my life has been these past few years. Here is the opening paragraph of the preface: It’s been almost four years since I published my last collection of essays. In that time, I have...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 15, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, Rest & Busyness
On any given night in Singapore there is a Christian seminar going on. Probably a few. I discovered this when I moved down here and ran a few seminars of my own. Invariably they would clash with other seminars held on the same evenings. These seminars can be roughly...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 16, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Church, Media, Movies & Television, Preaching & Teaching
Last night, Bernice and I decided that whenever we drive away from a place where we were ministering, e.g. a church where I had just preached, we will play the Mission Impossible theme song on the car CD player and wear black sunglasses. OK, maybe watching Mission...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 5, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Church, Community
We had a Care Group (small group) meet planned for tonight. We were looking forward to it because we were going to welcome back a member who had been away for awhile. But at the last minute many members messaged to say they could not make it. And so we are just going...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 16, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Church, Leadership
Why do key Christian leaders fall? Why do people who have been used mightily by the Lord get entangled in the sins of power, sex, or money, or some combination of the deadly three? The question came up when we having dinner with some good friends last night. With...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 3, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
I haven’t had the privilege of leading in a Holy Communion service for a long time. If all goes according to plan, I will have the opportunity to do so this Sunday. And if I do I will try to prepare the congregation to take the elements by my usual exhortation...
