by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 19, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Leadership, Media, Movies & Television
I find myself in the minority. Everyone I have talked to who has seen the movie, Minority Report, has enthused about it. I thought it was just so-so. It starts out as a sci-fi movie and morphs into a who-dun-it. Its actually quite a respectable who-dun-it though the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 5, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Leadership
What sort of people should be leading our churches and our parachurch groups as we enter a new millennium? Recently I revisited my master’s thesis. Entitled “Leadership Qualifications in the Pastoral Epistles”, it sought to understand the leadership...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 14, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Losing a job hits you at two levels. First you lose a steady source of income. (I am assuming most of us do not have large, independent sources of money.) This is particularly scary when you have mortgages to pay off and your kids are in college. It is surprising how...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 19, 2002 | 2002, Articles, Church, Community
Its instructive that a book entitled “The Road Ahead” should be written by Bill Gates. In another generation a spiritual leader would have written it. Or perhaps a political leader. Today it is a businessman who shows us the road ahead. It is indicative of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 5, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Church, Leadership, Media, Movies & Television
“I want to go home.” There is a very powerful moment early in the movie the Gladiator, where the main protagonist, general Maximus, learns that he is to succeed the emperor. The emperor has chosen Maximus as his successor over his own son, Commodus. It is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 22, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Church, Community, Life Issues, Suffering
I met a friend recently. We had met for the first time 5 years ago when we shared a room at a ministry consultation in Hong Kong. I was experiencing deep pain in my life then. I shared some of that pain with him. He listened with kindness and compassion. He prayed for...
