by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 23, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
I met up with a younger colleague in ministry. We had first connected about seven years ago when I relocated to Singapore. He was on staff with another church and we would meet up periodically to talk about ministry and life in general. We had not met for a while....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 15, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
The following was one of the case studies we looked at during the recent Annual Fellowship Meeting (AFM) of the Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship (CMDF), Singapore. (It is a composite story drawn from different cases.) You are doing locum work in a neighbourhood...
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by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 13, 2014 | 2005, Articles, Happiness, Life Issues
“In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don’t worry, be happy…” [Bobby McFerrin] “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 18, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Life Issues, Suffering
Two very important people in my life took long-distance flights recently. Son Andrew flew back to Toronto. And Bernice was flying back from Chicago. You pray, you hope that their flights would be safe and uneventful. They were. I am sure there were those who prayed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2014 | 2014, Arrogance & Pride, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship, Life Issues
It’s been a long time since I taught on corporate worship. I will have the opportunity to do it at least twice this year. As I revisited the topic I found this article making its rounds on Facebook: “Are We Headed For A Crash? Reflections On The Current State of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 17, 2014 | 2014, Articles, Church, Life Issues, Preaching & Teaching, Work & Vocation
I had the privilege of teaching an evening course in a major seminary recently, on the ministry of the laity. The class started with 26 students. Midway through the class we were down to about half that number. We had about 11 students on the last evening. I was...
