This is an experiment.
I have a vision of someday creating a ministry aimed at women who are depressed and discouraged. Music will feature hugely in this ministry because it is one of God's gifts to me and I want to use it to sow hope and encouragement.
In the footsteps of the Preacher in Blue Jeans who advocates that we should discover, develop and deliver our talents, I am now at the delivery stage, trying to find ways to get my music out to those who will hear.
Hence this video.
To the techies: I'm not sure if I should adopt a talk-to-the-camera approach like what the pros do on Youtube, as the focus is meant to be on the message and the music. Your thoughts please. :-)
Be Blessed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1MNHNS-gc
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Losses and Gains
A long time ago, I could pray aloud in a group setting.
I could pray fluently, articulately, with the words pouring out of me by divine inspiration.
Words of power, conviction and passion.
Now when I pray in a group setting, my words are stilted, uncertain and sound trite and repetitive to me.
I may have endeavoured to keep up my personal development, but there has grown a huge yawning gap between what I know and what I communicate when I open my mouth.
I wonder if being a SAHM for 5+ years has not somehow robbed me of the ability to think and articulate clearly. I certainly felt sharper as a working person than I do now.
I feel saddened by my regression, and yet I know all is not lost. He still speaks through me and uses me, but in different ways.
In song for instance.
I am (still) thinking about how I can get my music out to people in church and to friends who believe. I am thinking particularly of women who are desperately seeking encouragement, who are finding life hard, and who want to know that God has not forgotten them.
I could pray fluently, articulately, with the words pouring out of me by divine inspiration.
Words of power, conviction and passion.
Now when I pray in a group setting, my words are stilted, uncertain and sound trite and repetitive to me.
I may have endeavoured to keep up my personal development, but there has grown a huge yawning gap between what I know and what I communicate when I open my mouth.
I wonder if being a SAHM for 5+ years has not somehow robbed me of the ability to think and articulate clearly. I certainly felt sharper as a working person than I do now.
I feel saddened by my regression, and yet I know all is not lost. He still speaks through me and uses me, but in different ways.
In song for instance.
I am (still) thinking about how I can get my music out to people in church and to friends who believe. I am thinking particularly of women who are desperately seeking encouragement, who are finding life hard, and who want to know that God has not forgotten them.
The Most Common Regret
'Those who work with the elderly report that at the end of life, the most common regret is not over what we did, but what we failed to do: the chance not taken, the business not started, the invention not patented, the dream not followed, the talent not nourished, the novel not written, the product not tested, the trip not taken, the apology not offered - so much music that died, bottled up inside us, because we were too timid to let it out!'
From an email by Sharon Pearson, founder of The Coaching Institute
From an email by Sharon Pearson, founder of The Coaching Institute
Friday, April 22, 2011
Dreams and Visions
Some gentle nudgings over the past two days...
I would love to use my musical gift to start a healing and encouraging ministry for people who are feeling disheartened, disconnected and alone.
The songs God gave me in Oct 2010 and Feb this year could serve as a starting point. They are intentionally Scripture-based. What better way to nourish and uplift a brother or sister's soul and spirit?
Think of how David ministered to a troubled King Saul with the harp, and how as humans we are naturally wired to respond to music's soothing and healing qualities.
I would love to use my musical gift to start a healing and encouraging ministry for people who are feeling disheartened, disconnected and alone.
The songs God gave me in Oct 2010 and Feb this year could serve as a starting point. They are intentionally Scripture-based. What better way to nourish and uplift a brother or sister's soul and spirit?
Think of how David ministered to a troubled King Saul with the harp, and how as humans we are naturally wired to respond to music's soothing and healing qualities.
The Reason We Rejoice
Today was a very significant day for the Tan household.
It was our first Good Friday service at SDA, our congregation's spiritual home for the next 52 weeks, and also our first Combined Good Friday Service at Wyndham Leisure and Events Centre.
Being in a tiny room with just one guitarist, one drummer and a keyboardist (me) and rows of chairs - no pews - reminded me of my MYF and VCF days. Really, what more do we need to worship God meaningfully?
At the combined service, I was overwhelmed by the number of people present. All these my brothers and sisters from churches all over Wyndham. People I might have met in the Plaza or at school or on the street but never knew were fellow believers.
I loved the seamlessness of the musos (the mark of true professionals) and the way each pastor spoke masterfully during his allotted time, then made way for the next person.
Each led in his own special way, and each exhibited the sincerity, conviction and authenticity that to me is evidence of God's grace at work in his life.
I was particularly bowled over by the pastor who reminded us that in Australia, there are only two days in the year when Coles, Woolworths and Bunnings are closed: the day Jesus died, and the day He rose again.
Amen to that eternal and unchanging truth!
May all who have yet to say yes have that opportunity to do so before Jesus returns.
It was our first Good Friday service at SDA, our congregation's spiritual home for the next 52 weeks, and also our first Combined Good Friday Service at Wyndham Leisure and Events Centre.
Being in a tiny room with just one guitarist, one drummer and a keyboardist (me) and rows of chairs - no pews - reminded me of my MYF and VCF days. Really, what more do we need to worship God meaningfully?
At the combined service, I was overwhelmed by the number of people present. All these my brothers and sisters from churches all over Wyndham. People I might have met in the Plaza or at school or on the street but never knew were fellow believers.
I loved the seamlessness of the musos (the mark of true professionals) and the way each pastor spoke masterfully during his allotted time, then made way for the next person.
Each led in his own special way, and each exhibited the sincerity, conviction and authenticity that to me is evidence of God's grace at work in his life.
I was particularly bowled over by the pastor who reminded us that in Australia, there are only two days in the year when Coles, Woolworths and Bunnings are closed: the day Jesus died, and the day He rose again.
Amen to that eternal and unchanging truth!
May all who have yet to say yes have that opportunity to do so before Jesus returns.
Friday, April 01, 2011
According to some reading I did some time ago, the Australian Quality Training Framework requires that all life coaches must be certified by 2012.
So I am focussing on life coaching courses that are nationally and internationally accredited.
Found these providers online:
The Life Coaching Academy
The Coaching Institute
Professional Christian Coaching & Counseling Academy
Life Coaching Institute of Australia
The Life Coaching Academy offers a Cert IV in Life Coaching for $5990. You also have the option of a 3-, 6- or 12-month payment plan.
However, LCA has now decided to run its courses exclusively in Gold Coast.
One down.
The Coaching Institute has an impressive website that's easy on the eye, informative and intuitive.
The Cert IV in Life Coaching costs $4995 (Express) or $5491 (deposit $1495, $77 weekly in 12 months).
The PCCCA, which is founded by US-based Dr. Leelo Dianne Bush, offers a Certified Christian Life Coach course for 2900USD, with a 5- or 10-payment plan.
LCIA offers a Cert IV and Diploma in Life Coaching by correspondence. What I like is that you also get to do electives called Specialty Streams: Executive, Business, Workplace, Health and Wellness, Career and Life Cycle Coaching.
The Cert IV is $2950 upfront or $285 x 12 (months).
Additional costs depend on the number of Specialty Streams you do. Cert IV + 3 streams = $4435 or $285 x 19.
Decisions, decisions...
So I am focussing on life coaching courses that are nationally and internationally accredited.
Found these providers online:
The Life Coaching Academy
The Coaching Institute
Professional Christian Coaching & Counseling Academy
Life Coaching Institute of Australia
The Life Coaching Academy offers a Cert IV in Life Coaching for $5990. You also have the option of a 3-, 6- or 12-month payment plan.
However, LCA has now decided to run its courses exclusively in Gold Coast.
One down.
The Coaching Institute has an impressive website that's easy on the eye, informative and intuitive.
The Cert IV in Life Coaching costs $4995 (Express) or $5491 (deposit $1495, $77 weekly in 12 months).
The PCCCA, which is founded by US-based Dr. Leelo Dianne Bush, offers a Certified Christian Life Coach course for 2900USD, with a 5- or 10-payment plan.
LCIA offers a Cert IV and Diploma in Life Coaching by correspondence. What I like is that you also get to do electives called Specialty Streams: Executive, Business, Workplace, Health and Wellness, Career and Life Cycle Coaching.
The Cert IV is $2950 upfront or $285 x 12 (months).
Additional costs depend on the number of Specialty Streams you do. Cert IV + 3 streams = $4435 or $285 x 19.
Decisions, decisions...
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