Greg Coates 老师
@greglaoshi.bsky.social
phd in history of Christianity, teacher 老师 in China, writer at EpistlesFromBabylon.Substack.com
A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State
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September 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
“Trump set US tariff policies to make every other company’s smartphones more expensive, and is launching a cheap smartphone to compete with those companies he’s regulating. This is next level corruption,” - Melanie D'Arrigo.
June 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Trump set US tariff policies to make every other company’s smartphones more expensive, and is launching a cheap smartphone to compete with those companies he’s regulating. This is next level corruption,” - Melanie D'Arrigo.
A letter about faith, doubt, friendship, and suicide
Yes, Still Here
In Praise of Friendship on the Journey
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A letter about faith, doubt, friendship, and suicide
I turn 44 tomorrow. Make me happy by reading this.
On Debt, Degrees, Poverty… and Faith
An Empathetic, Personal Letter
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I turn 44 tomorrow. Make me happy by reading this.
Mandela believed in the power of love over hate: “No one is born hating.” Are we embodying the enemy-love of Jesus in our alliances? We can do better, Christians. 🌿🌟 #LoveInAction
March 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Mandela believed in the power of love over hate: “No one is born hating.” Are we embodying the enemy-love of Jesus in our alliances? We can do better, Christians. 🌿🌟 #LoveInAction
Reposted by Greg Coates 老师
My newest letter to @greglaoshi.bsky.social at Epistles from Babylon in which I try to answer the questions he asked in his last letter.
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com/p/holy-land-...
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com/p/holy-land-...
Holy (Land) Myths Preacherman
Christian Complicity in the Ongoing Nakba (Addressing Your Questions)
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
My newest letter to @greglaoshi.bsky.social at Epistles from Babylon in which I try to answer the questions he asked in his last letter.
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com/p/holy-land-...
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com/p/holy-land-...
Listen to this podcast if you want to hear an atheist and a lesbian discuss why traditional Christian sexuality may have historically been the very best thing that ever happened to women and children.
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pca.st/episode/ea4c...
How to Find Love in 2025 - Honestly with Bari Weiss
The most interesting conversations in American life happen in private. This show brings them out of the closet. Stories no one else is telling and conversations with the most fascinating people in the...
pca.st
February 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Listen to this podcast if you want to hear an atheist and a lesbian discuss why traditional Christian sexuality may have historically been the very best thing that ever happened to women and children.
pca.st/episode/ea4c...
pca.st/episode/ea4c...
My attempt to speak a word of #hope into trying times, in letter form.
The Wrinkled Face of Hope
A Bit of Perspective
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My attempt to speak a word of #hope into trying times, in letter form.
Had a fascinating conversation about Sino-American political relations with a confidential expert recently. He said Americans need to understand two Confucian teachings in particular:
1. “Be diligent in action and cautious in speech.”
2. “Hide one’s light and bide one’s time.”
1. “Be diligent in action and cautious in speech.”
2. “Hide one’s light and bide one’s time.”
February 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Had a fascinating conversation about Sino-American political relations with a confidential expert recently. He said Americans need to understand two Confucian teachings in particular:
1. “Be diligent in action and cautious in speech.”
2. “Hide one’s light and bide one’s time.”
1. “Be diligent in action and cautious in speech.”
2. “Hide one’s light and bide one’s time.”
Twenty years ago I took a train from the far south of China (Hong Kong) to the North (Beijing); it was a sleeper train that took about 48-50 hours total.
This week I took one roughly the same distance and it took 12 1/2 hours.
This week I took one roughly the same distance and it took 12 1/2 hours.
January 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Twenty years ago I took a train from the far south of China (Hong Kong) to the North (Beijing); it was a sleeper train that took about 48-50 hours total.
This week I took one roughly the same distance and it took 12 1/2 hours.
This week I took one roughly the same distance and it took 12 1/2 hours.
If a man travels alone to the Himalayas, speaks to no one, and takes no photos, did it ever really happen?
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If a man travels alone to the Himalayas, speaks to no one, and takes no photos, did it ever really happen?
If I have to eat one more meal alone, I’m going to stick my chopsticks through my eyes.
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If I have to eat one more meal alone, I’m going to stick my chopsticks through my eyes.
In which a Christian learns from Daoism
The Good Luck of a Broken Leg
On the Compatibility Between Earnest Effort and Wuwei
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In which a Christian learns from Daoism
Reposted by Greg Coates 老师
I posted my newest letter to @greglaoshi.bsky.social if folks have interest in some of my thoughts about how Christians (at least here in the States) should be living in this moment.
"Hell No, We Won't Go"
On Serenity and Resistance Following The Way
epistlesfrombabylon.substack.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I posted my newest letter to @greglaoshi.bsky.social if folks have interest in some of my thoughts about how Christians (at least here in the States) should be living in this moment.
Lots of Chinese propaganda on TikTok right now. I guess they’re pulling out all the stops at the last minute. Don’t be fooled. It is no paradise.
January 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lots of Chinese propaganda on TikTok right now. I guess they’re pulling out all the stops at the last minute. Don’t be fooled. It is no paradise.
On Temper Tantrums and Wuwei
What the Chinese Keep Teaching Me
open.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A German dramatization of the life and theological disputations of 16th century Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli!? Yes, please!!! 🤓🤓🤓 youtu.be/pv4XYNHf53I?...
Zwingli | German Full Movie | Biography Drama History
YouTube video by GEM — Global Entertainment Movies
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January 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
A German dramatization of the life and theological disputations of 16th century Swiss reformer Huldrych Zwingli!? Yes, please!!! 🤓🤓🤓 youtu.be/pv4XYNHf53I?...
Reposted by Greg Coates 老师
Daily Diary, 1/15/25: Liturgical Threads
launching a new writing project over on Substack, called Liturgical Threads. It will be a weekly email newsletter, sharing resources and writing based on the Revised Common Lectionary for that week. This will include Scripture notes and sermon notes,…
launching a new writing project over on Substack, called Liturgical Threads. It will be a weekly email newsletter, sharing resources and writing based on the Revised Common Lectionary for that week. This will include Scripture notes and sermon notes,…
Daily Diary, 1/15/25: Liturgical Threads
launching a new writing project over on Substack, called Liturgical Threads. It will be a weekly email newsletter, sharing resources and writing based on the Revised Common Lectionary for that week. This will include Scripture notes and sermon notes, original prayers, and other liturgical elements. While geared towards those doing ministry, and especially youth ministry, these writings will also be useful for those looking for deepen their own personal Bible study and prayer practice at home. Check it out, and please consider subscribing!
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January 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Daily Diary, 1/15/25: Liturgical Threads
launching a new writing project over on Substack, called Liturgical Threads. It will be a weekly email newsletter, sharing resources and writing based on the Revised Common Lectionary for that week. This will include Scripture notes and sermon notes,…
launching a new writing project over on Substack, called Liturgical Threads. It will be a weekly email newsletter, sharing resources and writing based on the Revised Common Lectionary for that week. This will include Scripture notes and sermon notes,…