by Soo-Inn Tan | May 14, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Sometimes you read something that is all at once beautiful, wise, and states powerfully what you have already discovered to be true. This is how I felt about the following passage that I read last night: When we find that all that we hope for does not happen, that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 13, 2015 | 2015, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
It’s strange to be 60. It feels “old” in a way that 50 didn’t. Well, maybe not “old” but significant. Sixty feels like a significant milestone. As one of my sons reminded me, I am now closer to the day of my death than to the day of my birth. Of course I have been...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 24, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Life Issues, Work & Vocation
Eric Liddell (1902–1945), the Scottish athlete, rugby union international player, and missionary, was reported to have said: “God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.” I feel the same way when I preach. (When I run I get cramps.) Most Sundays I am...
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...
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...
