by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 22, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Preaching & Teaching, Relationships
It was a short email. All it said was: “Dear Soo-Inn, Thank you for walking with us.” It was the subject of the email that made it special. It read: “The Emmaus Road”. The email came from one of the students in my preaching class. This was the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 7, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Leadership
I received an email from a church leader recently. He wanted advice as to how his church should conduct a pastor evaluation exercise. The pastor’s term of service was coming to an end and they had to do this. The church leader was a good man. He was fully aware...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 18, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Community
It’s hard to believe that I was once a pastor. For ten years I had the privilege to pastor two churches. I don’t think I will serve as a pastor again anytime soon. Maybe never. But if I ever were to lead a church again, I might as well try something...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 4, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Its been four years since I last taught a course on preaching. I will be teaching one again starting this week. Preparing for the course, I took the opportunity to visit some bookstores to check out the new books on preaching. I wasn’t surprised that most of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 6, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Church, Leadership, Life Issues, Relationships
“So, what plans do you have for the ministry of LEAD?” he asked. “None beyond the rough outline I have already given you. My first priority is helping the team members deepen their friendship.” The above exchange took place at a lunch I had...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 7, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community
I’ve always been drawn to the Emmaus Road account (Luke 24:13-53) because it speaks of one of the most crippling of human experiences – disillusionment. The two disciples had betted their lives on Jesus. They had come to a point in their lives where they...
