Read more Uncategorized The Myth of a Christian Nation: A Review By Steve on May 29, 2013 There is an old church joke that goes something like this: A ship sinks and two guys survive but are stuck in a life raft in the middle of the ocean. The first man is… Read more Uncategorized Weekend Update: Star Trek, Jeffrey Archer, NPR By Steve on May 27, 2013 Haven’t done a Weekend Update in a while. Weekend Update is my excuse to go off topic and write on things that are completely unrelated to the normal themes covered at Beyond the Pale. This Update… Read more Uncategorized When Social Justice Isn’t Sexy: and how the Eucharist can help! By Steve on May 22, 2013 A few years ago I was visiting friends in my hometown back in Michigan. A guy there I knew worked with the city newspaper and due to some contract disputes their union had been on… Read more Uncategorized The Justice Conference Asia 2013: Some Reflections By Steve on May 19, 2013 I don’t take notes at church. I’m one of those guys that would rather “absorb” than “scribble.” If a speaker says a quote or something else that strikes me I may quickly grab my ipad… Read more Uncategorized Finding God at The Movies: Iron Man 3 By Steve on May 15, 2013 I love God…and movies. Not on the same scale mind you…but when they come together, boy…it sure is good! Over the years I have become pretty good at finding “the Kingdom of God” poking through different… Read more Uncategorized What Really Is A “Good” Christian? Part 3 By Steve on May 14, 2013 What makes someone a “good” Christian? I often get told I will “like” or “need to meet” a certain person because they are a “good” Christian. This led to a couple of posts on What… Read more Uncategorized Church & Moneyball By Steve on May 10, 2013 Did anybody else out there watch the Oscar nominated movie Moneyball and note the similarities between trying to change baseball and the church? I did! In fact I was so intrigued…I watched it twice back… Read more Uncategorized My Top 10 Changes Coming to Christianity By Steve on May 7, 2013 Was reading Relevant Magazine this week and they were doing a number of “Top 10” lists on different aspects of church, faith, and leaders. It got me thinking along the lines of Christianity and what changes… Read more Uncategorized How Did We Manage to Make God Boring? By Steve on May 4, 2013 (Hey all, I’m still in Hungary and although updates are a little harder on my iPad, I wanted to keep in touch with a short post!) For the past 3 weeks I have had the…
Read more Uncategorized The Myth of a Christian Nation: A Review By Steve on May 29, 2013 There is an old church joke that goes something like this: A ship sinks and two guys survive but are stuck in a life raft in the middle of the ocean. The first man is…
Read more Uncategorized Weekend Update: Star Trek, Jeffrey Archer, NPR By Steve on May 27, 2013 Haven’t done a Weekend Update in a while. Weekend Update is my excuse to go off topic and write on things that are completely unrelated to the normal themes covered at Beyond the Pale. This Update…
Read more Uncategorized When Social Justice Isn’t Sexy: and how the Eucharist can help! By Steve on May 22, 2013 A few years ago I was visiting friends in my hometown back in Michigan. A guy there I knew worked with the city newspaper and due to some contract disputes their union had been on…
Read more Uncategorized The Justice Conference Asia 2013: Some Reflections By Steve on May 19, 2013 I don’t take notes at church. I’m one of those guys that would rather “absorb” than “scribble.” If a speaker says a quote or something else that strikes me I may quickly grab my ipad…
Read more Uncategorized Finding God at The Movies: Iron Man 3 By Steve on May 15, 2013 I love God…and movies. Not on the same scale mind you…but when they come together, boy…it sure is good! Over the years I have become pretty good at finding “the Kingdom of God” poking through different…
Read more Uncategorized What Really Is A “Good” Christian? Part 3 By Steve on May 14, 2013 What makes someone a “good” Christian? I often get told I will “like” or “need to meet” a certain person because they are a “good” Christian. This led to a couple of posts on What…
Read more Uncategorized Church & Moneyball By Steve on May 10, 2013 Did anybody else out there watch the Oscar nominated movie Moneyball and note the similarities between trying to change baseball and the church? I did! In fact I was so intrigued…I watched it twice back…
Read more Uncategorized My Top 10 Changes Coming to Christianity By Steve on May 7, 2013 Was reading Relevant Magazine this week and they were doing a number of “Top 10” lists on different aspects of church, faith, and leaders. It got me thinking along the lines of Christianity and what changes…
Read more Uncategorized How Did We Manage to Make God Boring? By Steve on May 4, 2013 (Hey all, I’m still in Hungary and although updates are a little harder on my iPad, I wanted to keep in touch with a short post!) For the past 3 weeks I have had the…