Yapdates: A Spiritual Odyssey

We continue with Gary McIntosh and Phil Stevenson's book " Building the Body " which is about the 12 characteristics of a fi...

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint on July 19th, 2017.  c TITLE: 40 Questions About Church Membership and Disci...

TITLE: Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life Exercises for Deeper Discernment Discernment is about seeing, knowing, and being...

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint on April 8th, 2016. conrade TITLE: The Listening Life: Embracing Attentiven...

This review was first published on Feb 19th, 2016 at Panorama of a Book Saint. conrade TITLE: Spiritual Companioning: A Guide to Protes...

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint on Dec 8th, 2015. conrade TITLE: Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations ...

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint on November 6th, 2015.  It is clearly one of the best books on servanthood and h...

Conflicts are always around the corner. This is because people are different and whenever there are differences, there will bound to be conf...

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint on March 20th, 2015. conrade TITLE: By Stanley J. Grenz Created for Communi...

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint. conrade TITLE: Community: Taking Your Small Group off Life Support (RE: Li...

Jean Vanier "Community is a place where people can live truly as human beings, where they can be healed and strengthened in the...

I have often heard people telling me that we need to be more objective in life. Sometimes, even in emotional matters or feelings that cannot...

In many places, people think they can mind their own business. As long as they do their own thing, and leave others alone, things will be fi...

This video clip is powerful. It shows how the contestant remains cool and calm, even when Simon Cowell makes fun of him. Watch the moving cl...

I read with interest Thom Rainer's article entitled, " The 10 Warning Signs of an Inwardly Obsessed Church ." Briefly put, the...

In any culture that is self-serving, self-seeking, and self-supplying, there will be a constant asking of "What's in it for me?...

Lauren Winner remains one of my favourite Summer school professors at Regent-College. This book is part memoir, part reflections on faith an...

This review was first published on 9 June 2012 here . conrade TITLE: The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer that Chan...

TITLE: CHC PRE-JUDGMENT DAZE (Three Planks to Remove) Written by: Dr Conrade Yap Date: 13 July 2012 [ In this article, I want to caution...

This photo makes me sit up and ponder about Eugene Peterson's book: "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction." He begins the bo...