by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Money
Ever had this happen to you? You are attending a worship service and the pastor gives a special welcome to Mr. X who happens to be one of the following: 1. A senior politician. 2. Very rich. 3. A successful sportsman 4. A professional highly regarded in his field. 5....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 25, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Church, Community
Have you checked out the March 21st issue of TIME? (I have the Asian Edition.) The lead story alone, on Mary, mother of Jesus, would justify a Newsweek subscriber like myself picking up this issue. But I found myself more drawn to a short article in the health section...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 14, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Church, Community
Most of us have probably heard of Gore-Tex fabrics, fabrics which have a transparent plastic coating that makes them waterproof and wind proof but keeps them breathable. What you may not know is that the company that produces them, W. L. Gore & Associates, was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 8, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Remember the hymns vs. choruses’ war? When the charismatic renewal appeared on the scene in the early 70’s, it brought with it its own music. And worship music became the front line of the renewal movement. You just knew that a congregation had been...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 22, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Loving Others, Spiritual Gifts
The late Henri Nouwen begins his book, ‘The Road To Daybreak’ by describing a visit he received from a member of Jean Vanier’s L’Arche community. Because he had to go to work (he was on the faculty of Yale Divinity School at the time), he had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 30, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Church, Young Adult Ministry
In the March 2002 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, studies the rising incidence of “acts of lethal violence committed by ‘ordinary’ teenagers from ‘ordinary’ communities”… (The...
