by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, Corporate Worship, COVID-19, Loving Others
Just came back from a great nine days in Melbourne. Celebrated Lunar New Year there. Since mum has passed on, we didn't go to Penang for New Year this year. We (whole family except son Mark who just started a new job) went to Melbourne because son Stephen...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 1, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Church, COVID-19, Small Groups
How healthy is your cell group? This may go by different names in different churches, like action group, care group, life group, etc. Essentially, it is part of the small-group ministry of the church. Some of us remember a time when there were no small groups. The...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 9, 2021 | 2021, Articles, Christian Living, COVID-19, Loving Others, World Issues
Didn’t sleep very well last night. Had chills and body aches. I know why. We had our second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in the morning. Later in the day I came across an article that said that 40 percent of white evangelicals in the US do not intend to...
by Kara Martin | Jun 19, 2020 | 2020, Articles, COVID-19, Life Issues, Work & Vocation, World Issues
There have been a lot of terrible things that have happened in the area that takes up most of our lives, that is work, during this time of coronavirus: Many people have lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic; and hardest hit are people with precarious work in...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 29, 2020 | 2020, Articles, Christian Living, Church, Community, COVID-19, Loving Others, World Issues
The first mission given to humankind was this: “Be fruitful and increase in number;” (Genesis 1:28a NIV) They couldn’t do this over Zoom. Jesus told us to wash one another’s feet (John 13:1–17). Can’t do this over Zoom either. At least four times in the New Testament...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 22, 2020 | 2020, Articles, COVID-19, Life Issues, Relationships, World Issues
A few days ago, I saw a Facebook posting about a wedding I helped conduct in 1998. There was an accompanying picture that showed the couple with me, half my present size and with black hair. I can’t remember the details of that wedding and, though the couple was very...
