Episode 005: My Brother’s Journey To Atheism (Pt.2)
By Steve on March 20, 2016
Hi all, Thanks for the great feedback about Pt. 1 with my brother Andrew as he talks about his slow “death of a thousand cuts” journey from Christianity to Atheism. In this second part of…
Episode 004: My Brother’s Journey To Atheism (Pt 1)
By Steve on March 13, 2016
Tam and I have an episode this week we know you’re gonna love. Andrew, who is our guest this week did more than just grow up in the evangelical / charismatic church system… he did…
Episode 003: A Pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago
By Steve on March 8, 2016
If you’ve listened to our 000 episode you know that in April last year I walked the 500 mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in northern Spain with my teen age son Gabriel. …
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Beyond the Pale: The Podcast Has Launched
By Steve on February 26, 2016
Hi all, The podcast at Beyond the Pale is finally here. The plan is from this time forward Tammy and I will release an episode a week where we hope to explore issues of faith,…
Episode 002: Star Wars-The Force Awakens with Martin Daniel
By Steve on February 26, 2016
Steve & Tammy “geek” out with Martin Daniel as they talk all things Star Wars; from childhood memories to The Force Awakens! If you were like us you were waiting with a lot of anticipation…
Episode 001: Broken Liturgy with John Hardt
By Steve on February 26, 2016
Theologian and musician John Hardt discusses life, liturgy, doubt, and inviting people into dark places A couple year’s ago I was in Belfast attending Peter Rollin’s Holy Ghosts event which was one of the coolest…
Episode 000: In The Beginning (or the One where you get to know us)
By Steve on February 26, 2016
Beyond the Pale is a subversive, yet sincere, exploration of God, faith, church, and culture hosted by former pastors and missionaries Steve & Tammy Hackman. It’s a podcast for that person who wonders about God…
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I’m Giving Up God For Lent…And You Can Too!
By Steve on February 16, 2016
The season of Lent is upon us which is a period where many Christians take stock of their lives by often giving up something that is important in their daily schedule for a period of…
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Is It Time For Church “Worship” To Grow Up? Pt 2
By Steve on January 29, 2016
My previous post on worship seemed to generate a fair bit of passion. Apparently there is no small amount of pent up frustration on the subject …though fortunately most of the comments I received…
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Is It Time For Church “Worship” To Grow Up?
By Steve on January 10, 2016
Worship! The very word conjures up powerful images of devotion that can take many forms…except of course in church today where it tends to conjure up visions of that 30 minutes of singing at the start…