Read more Uncategorized “Oh My God”: Why (American) Christians Need to Stop Using The Lord’s Name in Vain By Steve on April 16, 2022 “Oh my God” I remember saying as a young boy before being reprimanded by my Sunday School teacher for “saying the Lord’s name in vain.” Needless to say, the low level “cuss words” among my…
Read more Camino de Santiago / Steve's Life / Uncategorized My Journey From Evangelical To Anglican By Steve on July 22, 2021 Some years back a Presbyterian pastor asked me to lunch. Over the course of the meal, he informed me he intended to retire soon and asked if I would be interested in becoming the new…
Read more Uncategorized In Memoriam: Gary Hackman (July 16, 1941 – March 2, 2021) By Steve on March 4, 2021 When I was about 19 yrs old I had left a friend’s house late after an evening of table top gaming. (Yes, I was a nerd long before it became trendy). I only had got…
Read more Uncategorized Post Ravi Zacharias: 3 Things the Church Must Change Now By Steve on February 19, 2021 We’ve seen it before. The pastor caught up in an affair, the coverup, the payoff, and the inevitable public scandal that splits a megachurch or topples a global Christian ministry. Whether Carl Lentz, Bill Hybels,…
Read more Uncategorized When The Republicans Summoned “Beetlejuice” By Steve on January 15, 2021 In the 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis play Barbara & Adam Maitland, an idyllic couple living in their idyllic country home in Connecticut. Through a freak accident they die only to…
Read more Uncategorized October 5, 1990: The Day I Arrived in Hong Kong By Steve on October 5, 2020 Today is the 30th anniversary of the day I arrived in Hong Kong. It was a Korean Airlines flight and because of my bargain basement discount ticket took me almost two days to make the…
Read more Uncategorized Trump: The Musical By Steve on July 20, 2020 While watching the musical Hamilton last night and the wonderfully creative musical numbers that brought the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton to life, I began musing what would it look like if a similar…
Read more Uncategorized If Jesus “Saves” What Exactly Does He Save Us From? By Steve on July 10, 2020 I recently received a message from Louise who had read my blog article 3 Reasons Jesus is Not my Personal Lord & Savior and then went on to write and ask me the following questions:…
Read more Uncategorized Why Many White Evangelicals Struggle with Black Lives Matter By Steve on June 14, 2020 Protests ignited by the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement officials sweep across not only America, but many other countries around the planet. However even as the tragic event has…
Read more Uncategorized Jesus “Respawned”: Explaining Life and Death To My 9 Year Old Son By Steve on April 19, 2020 This week my 9 year old son Ethan George was taking a bath when he called for me. Papa? I jumped up fairly quick as his voice seemed a little distressed only to find him…
Read more Uncategorized Jesus Rode A Donkey And Why Many Christians Still Can’t Get The Joke By Steve on April 10, 2020 Some folk just never “get” a joke. Personally, I love jokes and parody is probably my favorite form of humor. At Easter every year I am reminded of a really good joke Jesus told over…
Read more Uncategorized Rhett & Link Abandon Jesus? 5 Reasons To Think Otherwise By Steve on March 8, 2020 Before February 2020 I had never heard of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. Our media fueled “siloed” communities dividing us in politics, religion, race, culture, and various interests meant I was totally oblivious to “Rhett…