by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 19, 2025 | 2025, Church, Loving Others, Relationships
I remember the day my first wife died. Many came to offer their sympathies. I was somewhat in shock, but I remember that I was grateful. Then Pastor Lim Soon Hock came. He too had lost his first wife. He didn’t say much, just a few words of wisdom and care. But...
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 | Oct 18, 2024 | 2024, Relationships
. . . we come to know ourselves and others through sharing the stories of our lives. (1) In my first meeting (Zoom) with Rob Loane and the late Randy Reese, leaders of Vantage Point3, I was asked to share a few stories that defined my life, before we talked business....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jun 28, 2024 | 2024, Gratitude, Loving Others, Relationships
Last Saturday I took a Grab to a ministry event in Chapel of Christ the Redeemer which is located on the premises of St Hilda’s School. As usual, I tried to strike up a conversation with the driver. (The conversation was 70% in Hokkien, 30% in English.) ...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 31, 2024 | 2024, Discernment, Meaning & Purpose, Relationships, Work & Vocation
Tomorrow it’ll be June. Soon, we will be halfway through 2024. It’s a good time for a mid-year life check. There are at least four things that make life meaningful. * Communion — our walk with God * Community — our walk...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 10, 2024 | 2024, Relationships, Spiritual Friendship
This is the second of four articles on a Framework for life. It was written with new house officers in mind. If you were to start reading the Bible from Genesis 1:1 onwards, the first negative you will encounter is Genesis 2:18, “…it is not good...
