by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 16, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Church, Media, Movies & Television, Preaching & Teaching
Last night, Bernice and I decided that whenever we drive away from a place where we were ministering, e.g. a church where I had just preached, we will play the Mission Impossible theme song on the car CD player and wear black sunglasses. OK, maybe watching Mission...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 7, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
They could do Deep Purple better than Deep Purple. The Alley Cats were the kings of the Penang disco scene. They were the premier rock group in Penang in the 1970s. They would go on to write their own stuff and became heroes in the Malaysian music industry. One of the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 9, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
I had to make two trips to the toilet before church. Why? I was preaching that morning. No, I am no novice to the art of preaching. I have been practising this art for close to thirty five years now. I believe it is my primary vocation. But after thirty five years I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Church, Preaching & Teaching
Just discovered that my Saturday is going to be crazy. I will be giving a three-hour seminar on mentoring and then go straightaway to preach at a Saturday service. (When I accepted the gig for the mentoring seminar we had not gone on to Saturday services yet.) Am I...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Church, Media, Movies & Television, Preaching & Teaching
Miyagi: Your friend, all karate student, eh? Daniel Larusso: Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys. Miyagi: Problem: attitude. Daniel Larusso: No the problem is, I’m getting my ass kicked every other day, that’s the problem! Miyagi: Hai, because boys have bad...
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...