http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/steve-kryger/ Steve Kryger has a passion for Jesus, Rachael (his wife), social media and politics - in that order! Steve studied politics at the Australian National University, and now spends the daylight hours devising communications and social media strategies. He loves Campos coffee, Moleskin notebooks, and the idea of cycling to work. He enjoys thinking about how a Jesus-inspired worldview can shape Australia for the better.     en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/God-Im-sick-of-comedians-laughing-at-religion/ As I took my seat at Alain de Botton’s “Religion for Atheists” last week, I caught sight of a postcard promoting the upcoming Global Atheist Convention. It listed the usual suspects - Dawkins, Harris, Myers (and sadly not Hitchens). But then I was confused. Was the Atheist Convention trying to save money by co-advertising with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival? Out of the 34 speakers, 10 are comedians: Ben Elton, Mikey Robbins, Lawrence Leung, Jim Jeffries, Catherine Deveny, Simon Taylor, Tom Ballard, Stella Young, Craig Foster and Mr Deity. Sounds like good news for Melburnians - buy one ticket, get two conferences. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steve Kryger) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/God-Im-sick-of-comedians-laughing-at-religion/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/God-Im-sick-of-comedians-laughing-at-religion/#item7880 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:00:30 +0000 Steve Kryger | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-die/ George Bernard Shaw once observed that the statistics about death are very impressive - one out of one people dies. So why don’t we give more thought to what happens after we die? A 10-minute cab ride on Christmas Eve reminded me of a question we all need to ask, but rarely do. I jumped in the cab at Chatswood with a spring in my step - I’d successfully completed my Christmas shopping - shopping I’d foolishly left until the last minute. When I asked the driver where he was up to with his present-buying, he explained that as a Muslim, he and his family wouldn’t be celebrating Christmas. Instead, they would be holding their own celebration a couple of months later in a traditional Persian celebration that would appear, on the outside at least, much the same as a traditional Australian Christmas, minus of course, any references to God himself dwelling among us as he is born as a baby. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steve Kryger) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-die/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-die/#item4781 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:00:25 +0000 Steve Kryger | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/who-needs-porn-when-youve-got-mtv/ Three times a week I watch porn. I’m a man of routine, so the days are always the same - Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. It’s nothing too explicit – just stocking-clad women stripping off their clothes and shaking their breasts in my face as they rub up against other women, men, poles, or whatever else they can find nearby. When it’s not lingerie models, it’s women in a nightclub, lying on the top of the bar, near naked, while groups of men pour alcohol over their glistening bodies, to the beat of the latest dance music sensation. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steve Kryger) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/who-needs-porn-when-youve-got-mtv/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/who-needs-porn-when-youve-got-mtv/#item4287 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:55:22 +0000 Steve Kryger | Author bios | The Punch