by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 7, 2023 | 2023, Death & Grief, Following Jesus, Obedience & Faithfulness, Spiritual Friendship
I take a break from my series on friendship interactions to honour a friend. This morning (5 July 2023) I woke up to a message that my friend, Pastor Ng Kok Aun, had passed away. It shouldn’t have come as a surprise. He had been fighting cancer for more than six...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 16, 2023 | 2023, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
In his study on friendship, Robin Dunbar discovered that there was a direct correlation between the strength of a friendship and the amount of time the friends spend with each other. He writes: How emotionally close we feel to someone is directly related to how much...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 5, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Community, Following Jesus, Spiritual Friendship
On the evening of 3 April 2023, I had a great time with a pastor and his camp planning committee. They are a great bunch of people and I rejoiced in making some new friends. Apparently, this was the first time they had met up with a camp speaker to connect before a...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 24, 2023 | 2023, Articles, Christian Identity, Following Jesus, Soo-Inn Tan, Spiritual Maturity, Work & Vocation
D’oh —used to express sudden recognition of a foolish blunder or an ironic turn of events Merriam-Webster Doh Interj. A Gen-X colloquialism conveying an overall feeling of frustration. Slang Define I have taught two courses numerous times. One is a course on...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 6, 2023 | 2023, Following Jesus, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
If you are into new year resolutions, I hope strengthening friendships will be one of your commitments. We need to intentionally cultivate friendships in a lonely world because we need friends. Here are five things you can do to build friendships. 1. Spending...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 21, 2022 | 2022, Following Jesus, God, God's Will
Last Saturday (Oct 15th) Bernice and I were privileged to be at an event that celebrated Rev Dr Daniel Chua's 65th birthday. Graceworks was also privileged to help put together the Festschrift to honour him and I had the further privilege to contribute an essay to...
