by Soo-Inn Tan | May 16, 2025 | 2025, Graceworks, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
Last night someone asked us what Graceworks is all about. It gave me a chance to try a new tagline that has been on my mind the last few days: “Friendship — At the Heart of All We Do” Our mission statement from the word go was...
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 17, 2025 | 2025, Afterlife, Aging, Death & Grief, Jesus' Death
Sometimes I think of a dear friend and it hits me afresh that that friend has passed away. Although we know that in the end death comes to all of us, it’s not a truth that we really “know”. We live as though we will live forever unless a debilitating...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 28, 2025 | 2025, Dependence on God, Loving Others, Work & Vocation
I was in an online prayer meeting with a group of Christian psychiatrists recently. They shared about difficult cases they were facing. Many shared about how they had done everything possible medically yet there was no breakthrough. Sometimes, attempts to treat...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 7, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Gratitude
On my 70th birthday I did two things. First, I went to get a hearing test. I had done this before some years ago. At that time, the audiologist said, “Yes, your hearing is deteriorating but not to the extent to make it worthwhile to get hearing aids. They are...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 7, 2025 | 2025, Aging, Meaning & Purpose, Third Agers, Work & Vocation
I recently heard an excellent sermon on the call of Moses when he encountered God at a burning bush (Exodus 3:1–7). I have preached on this many times myself. For the longest time we have seen this call at age 80 as a special case. We expect that most people...
