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...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 16, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Church, Leadership
I was doing my daily bible readings from the book of Acts recently and I re-encountered the episode in Acts where Paul and Barnabas were thought to be the Greek Gods Hermes and Zeus. (Acts 14:8-18) When Paul and Barnabas realized what was happening, this is how they...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 8, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Church, Community, God, God's Word
It appears that everything significant is birthed in blood. Regent College (Vancouver) was no different. When she first opened her doors in 1970, six students enrolled. Two were killed in a car crash before school started. Yet today, Regent is recognized as a cutting...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 8, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Leadership
One argument frequently heard in the defence of ordaining practising gays as church leaders, is the comparison of the gay leadership issue with the issue of women in church leadership. The argument is simple. Just as the world-wide church is slowly accepting women in...
