by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 20, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Church, Community, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Friendship
Some of you will know that I have stopped taking church camps (https://graceworks.com.sg/no-church-camps-for-now/). You may be wondering why, then, am I still ministering at church camps. Well, the latest one I took, with the Centre of New Life...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 12, 2025 | 2025, Articles, Christian Living, Discipleship, Holy Spirit, Soo-Inn Tan
Last Sunday the church celebrated Pentecost Sunday. We commemorated the momentous event recorded in Acts 2 when God’s Spirit was poured out on all of God’s people who gathered in Jerusalem. We must remember that in the Old Covenant, the Spirit was only poured out on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2025 | 2025, Aging, God's Will, Third Agers, Work & Vocation
I visited a friend in hospital yesterday and one of the things we talked about was the different stages of being old. Never knew this was a thing till recently. Here is how ChatGPT breaks it down: Young-old: Ages 65–74 * Often still active,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 9, 2025 | 2025, FIT, Meaning & Purpose, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
A long, long time ago, a missionary from another land asked why we were trying to write Sunday School materials for the local context. After all, his country produced the best Sunday School materials in the world and we should just continue to use those. Well, this...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 25, 2025 | 2025, Discipleship, God's Love, Mentoring, Young Adult Ministry
What are some principles for ministering to young people? Recently I have been clearing out my books and of course I rediscovered some gems that I had forgotten about. One was Hear My Story (2003) by Dean Borgman. Although a bit dated it still contains much...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2025 | 2025, Intergenerational, Third Agers, Young Adult Ministry
“You mean a serial killer who accepts Christ at the last moment of his life gets to go to heaven, while a good person who helped many during her life goes to hell because she didn’t believe in Christ?” “And what about all those people...
