by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 25, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Community, Work & Vocation
Lately I’ve received a few invitations to return to the pastorate. They are all invitations to join pastoral teams. I wonder if the Lord will allow me to return to the pastorate one more time. But of this I am sure. God has to lead the way. I am not looking for...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Leadership
I was back in my home church over the weekend. I was there as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Talk about your trip down memory lane. * I had my salvation confirmed in this church. * I received my call to full time church related ministry through this...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 29, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Community
A recent blog entry posed this question: “Can one be de-churched yet faithful?” The blogger based his query on the book “A Churchless Faith” by Alan Jamieson which deals with this phenomenon: “The numbers of people who claim to be...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 2, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Christian Unity, Church, Community
Most of us are familiar with the story of King Arthur and the Round Table. King Arthur had his knights sit around a round table because he didn’t want his knights jockeying for position and honour. At a round table all were equal. This is a concept familiar to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 19, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Here are the statistics. Lyrics of popular worship song “I could sing of your love forever”, 109 words. Psalms 89 which has the same theme, “I will sing of the LORD’s great love forever”, about 850 words. Big difference. And in the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 20, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
We were tucking into the Super Supreme and the Hawaiian Supreme when no.2 son (Andrew) asked: “Dad what is mid-life crisis?? Interesting that no.2 son should ask this since he is about to turn 15. Dad went into his Wikipedia mode and tried to explain that...
