Read more Americana / Christianity / G.O.P. / Politics Time for Christians to Put Away their Swords By Steve on November 6, 2012 Last week I wrote a post on the Lord’s Supper. When Rob Bell was asked what he would do differently if he started another church he quickly answered he would have the group take… Read more Americana / Baseball / China / Great Britain / Politics / Television Weekend Update By Steve on November 4, 2012 With the new Beyond the Pale 2.0 up at running for a week now its time for my first Weekend Update. Weekend Update is my taking the liberty each week to go off topic and… Read more Baseball / Politics / Steve's Life Changes coming to Beyond the Pale By Steve on October 10, 2012 Some changes are coming to Beyond the Pale soon. When I started Beyond the Pale back in 2008 it was simply a fun little project to keep me occupied while I lived in a very… Read more Americana / China / Christianity / G.O.P. / God's Kingdom / Hong Kong / Politics Does the Chinese Government understand Christianity better than America? By Steve on September 16, 2012 I was in a meeting a couple weeks ago with some Americans and the topic of the U.S. election came up. O.K., full disclosure, I was watching the Republican National Convention with a group from… Read more Americana / Christianity / Democrats / G.O.P. / Politics How not to get Sucked into Election Season Madness By Steve on September 7, 2012 Wow, my Facebook news feed has really changed lately. I knew the 2012 political season was in full swing when the normal posts featuring my “friend’s” travel adventures, babies being born, and what they had… Read more China / Hong Kong / Politics / Social Commentary / Steve's Life Steve’s Letter to the Editor By Steve on June 3, 2012 Some of you saw my photo on Facebook of the “Letter to the Editor” that I wrote and was published in the South China Post newspaper this week. Some asked for a full reprint as… Read more Christianity / Politics The Church as the Conscience of the State? Bad Idea By Steve on March 20, 2012 A video making its way around the news circuit features the church of Pastor Dennis Terry hosting GOP candidate Rick Santorum for a political “revival” meeting. Its a little scary… And its indicative of what… Read more Americana / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Politics / Steve's Life Iowa Caucus results: My thoughts By Steve on January 5, 2012 I popped over to The Whiskey Priest (you gotta love that name) yesterday afternoon to meet up with the “Republicans Abroad” and watch the results of the Iowa caucus live. (Late evening in America is lunch time… Read more China / Foreign Affairs / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Obama / Politics / South China Sea dispute / Steve's Life China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America By Steve on December 2, 2011 Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news… Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Why the Republicans need to get behind Romney By Steve on November 9, 2011 Herman Cain is the front runner in the Republican race to the White House despite new charges of sexual harassment leveled against him. However this week’s New Yorker has an article that says, The knowing people who… Prev Next
Read more Americana / Christianity / G.O.P. / Politics Time for Christians to Put Away their Swords By Steve on November 6, 2012 Last week I wrote a post on the Lord’s Supper. When Rob Bell was asked what he would do differently if he started another church he quickly answered he would have the group take…
Read more Americana / Baseball / China / Great Britain / Politics / Television Weekend Update By Steve on November 4, 2012 With the new Beyond the Pale 2.0 up at running for a week now its time for my first Weekend Update. Weekend Update is my taking the liberty each week to go off topic and…
Read more Baseball / Politics / Steve's Life Changes coming to Beyond the Pale By Steve on October 10, 2012 Some changes are coming to Beyond the Pale soon. When I started Beyond the Pale back in 2008 it was simply a fun little project to keep me occupied while I lived in a very…
Read more Americana / China / Christianity / G.O.P. / God's Kingdom / Hong Kong / Politics Does the Chinese Government understand Christianity better than America? By Steve on September 16, 2012 I was in a meeting a couple weeks ago with some Americans and the topic of the U.S. election came up. O.K., full disclosure, I was watching the Republican National Convention with a group from…
Read more Americana / Christianity / Democrats / G.O.P. / Politics How not to get Sucked into Election Season Madness By Steve on September 7, 2012 Wow, my Facebook news feed has really changed lately. I knew the 2012 political season was in full swing when the normal posts featuring my “friend’s” travel adventures, babies being born, and what they had…
Read more China / Hong Kong / Politics / Social Commentary / Steve's Life Steve’s Letter to the Editor By Steve on June 3, 2012 Some of you saw my photo on Facebook of the “Letter to the Editor” that I wrote and was published in the South China Post newspaper this week. Some asked for a full reprint as…
Read more Christianity / Politics The Church as the Conscience of the State? Bad Idea By Steve on March 20, 2012 A video making its way around the news circuit features the church of Pastor Dennis Terry hosting GOP candidate Rick Santorum for a political “revival” meeting. Its a little scary… And its indicative of what…
Read more Americana / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Politics / Steve's Life Iowa Caucus results: My thoughts By Steve on January 5, 2012 I popped over to The Whiskey Priest (you gotta love that name) yesterday afternoon to meet up with the “Republicans Abroad” and watch the results of the Iowa caucus live. (Late evening in America is lunch time…
Read more China / Foreign Affairs / G.O.P. / Hong Kong / Obama / Politics / South China Sea dispute / Steve's Life China News Still Not “Newsworthy” in America By Steve on December 2, 2011 Obama greets troops in Australia Living in Hong Kong I am sometimes amazed by what International news is important in this region versus what is deemed front page news in America. Being a bit of a “news…
Read more G.O.P. / Obama / Politics Why the Republicans need to get behind Romney By Steve on November 9, 2011 Herman Cain is the front runner in the Republican race to the White House despite new charges of sexual harassment leveled against him. However this week’s New Yorker has an article that says, The knowing people who…