Yapdates: A Spiritual Odyssey

This review was first published at Panorama of a Book Saint on Nov 28th, 2016. c TITLE: God Is Not Fair, and Other Reasons for Gratitude...

TITLE: No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come-as-You-Are Culture in the Church AUTHOR: John Burke PUBLISHER: Grand Rapids, MI: Zonder...

Today is Sept 11. We are reminded of that fateful day back in 2001, where terrorists attacked the United States and our lives in many ways h...

Many of us have heard of the philanthropy of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The former is a technological billionaire while the latter is ...

TITLE: Grace Notes: Daily Readings with a Fellow Pilgrim AUTHOR: Philip Yancey PUBLISHER: Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2009, (434 pages). ...

One of the reasons why our worship is delinquent is simply because of our lack of desire to wonder. We are proud of our ability to solve p...

Exhausted. Burned out. Running on empty. Yesterday, I shared during my weekly office meeting about the fifth attribute of the fruit of the...

The WWII martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s words remain so insightful for many Christian communities. Written to encourage believers to take hea...

Here is an encouragement for today. May your day be filled with joy and purpose, and hope. Let Christ shines from within you.  con...

In our world of electronic gadgets, an Internet era of smartphones and social media, we elevate science and technology through the latest an...

We all want to grow. We like to see our Church be vibrant. We enjoy being among people who are energetic, passionate, and happy. Unfortunate...

TITLE: THREE DIFFICULT WORDS Written by: Conrade Yap Date: 17 Feb 2012 " So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the...

Currently, there is a video that has gone viral. It hypes up the age-old maxim of " Religion is Bad, while Jesus is good ." Made b...

India has Mother Teresa. Singapore has Teresa Hsu. Both are Roman Catholics. They have contributed so much and given the world lots of wisdo...

TITLE: BETWEEN CALLING AND EMPLOYING Written by: Conrade Yap Date: 10 Dec 2011 " Adonay Yahweh is coming with power to rule with au...

This is a wonderful video. Last week I have been reflecting on beauty and the art of noticing. I even wrote an article to express the need t...

TITLE: BEHIND EVERY DIGITAL FACADE IS A PERSON DATE: 2 Dec 2011 Written by: Conrade Yap " So from now on we regard no one from a wo...

Title: Missing the People Forest Date: 26 Nov 2011 Written by: Conrade Yap While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax co...

I shared this prayer with some people last week. Based on the feedback I have received, it has touched a raw nerve. It makes me suspect that...