Joshua P. Steele

"The Rev. Dev." I solve problems by combining a pastor’s heart for people with a programmer’s eye for detail.  I love #books #tools #tech #pens #pencils #notebooks #softwaredevelopment #coffee #beer #soccer #rucking #weightlifting #diy #homeimprovement #learning #mentalmodels #productivity Learn more at https://steele.omg.lol.

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2024-07-15 19:56:44

Has anyone else out there migrated their personal website/blog from WordPress to Hugo? How did it go? Any advice you’d offer to someone considering this? #blogging #wordpress #hugo

2024-07-15 17:52:48

It’s fun wondering which branch of Government will be the first to run the USA into the ground! The Judiciary is sure fighting hard to win this race, with Congress close behind. But, if Trump wins, the Executive branch could definitely swoop-in and “win” the whole thing! What a dumpster fire.

2024-07-15 12:22:33

Welp, the COVID finally got to me just in time for me to stay home and watch our 3 little kids today! 🫠

2024-07-14 18:36:49

What do I need to do to get my Drafts “Post to Wordpress” action to result in a correctly formatted blog post on Wordpress? On last attempt, my “-“s didn’t get translated into bulleted lists. #drafts #wordpress #markdown

2024-07-13 13:50:29

They should sell snack mixes of different kinds of cereals. “Crunchies”? Mine would be Frosted Mini Wheats, Honey Bunches of Oats, Honey Nut Cheerios, and Cracklin’ Oat Bran. What would be in your mix?

2024-07-12 23:42:21

Help! I need a good GIF for “watching my wife and children get sick and spike fevers, knowing it’s coming for me next”

2024-07-11 12:28:43

“The sense that card-carrying American evangelicalism now requires acquiescence to attitudes and practices that fundamentally (aha!) negate core teachings of Jesus is fueling today’s massive external criticism, internal dissent, and youthful exodus from evangelicalism.” (David P. Gushee, After Evangelicalism)

2024-07-10 21:55:19

Sigh, maybe he’s a great person, but my least favorite part about watching international soccer in the USA is having to listen to Alexi Lalas…

2024-07-09 03:32:27

What are your favorite tips and tools for calming yourself down when feeling anxious or overwhelmed? I’ve been practicing 4-7-8 breathing for the past few weeks and have found it very helpful.

2024-07-04 15:39:08

This Independence Day, I can’t help but wonder if the USA is being judged by God–not for veering from the imagined godliness of the 1950s, but for taking the Lord’s Name in vain by oppressing the powerless in the name of (American) “Jesus.” Repent! Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly.

2024-07-03 16:17:29

Roberts “offers no direct response to Justice Sotomayor’s charge that his ruling could empower presidents to commit crimes with impunity, from ordering ‘the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival’ to plotting a ‘military coup to hold onto power’.” https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/07/01/donald-trump-wins-a-big-victory-at-the-supreme-court

2024-07-03 12:30:06

Bible question: Who is Paul talking about in Romans 7? Himself, before becoming a Christian? Himself, after becoming a Christian? Adam? Someone else? How does your answers make senses of what Paul says in Romans 6 and Romans 8?

2024-07-02 22:36:16

Any full-time software engineers out there with side hustles / revenue streams in addition to their full-time job? What do you do? Do you enjoy it?

2024-07-02 21:30:14

I’m tinkering around with the idea of bringing 8020tools.com back to life, in order to blog about tools, mental models, etc. Since it’s on micro.blog already, I’m going to leverage crossposting. What’s a good Mastodon server to sign up an 8020 Tools account?

2024-07-02 19:41:24

Need to make some more money. Is affiliate marketing still a thing?

2024-07-02 18:13:20

My fellow Americans: any big plans for July 4th? Are you going with “sackcloth and ashes” or “one last hurrah before the country collapses”? What a time to be alive! 🇺🇸🎇

2024-07-02 14:24:29

Why is Jetpack now trying to charge me for a commercial license just to get basic stats on my personal Wordpress site (joshuapsteele.com)?? Has anyone else faces this issue? Did you switch to something else for basic stats? #wordpress #jetpack

2024-07-02 13:40:53

What’s the angriest you’ve ever been at an inanimate object?

2024-07-01 14:07:03

If you had to choose, would you rather have the Ten Commandments or these “Elementary Laws of Morality” posted in classrooms? https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/behavior/the-elementary-morality-of-civilization/

2024-06-29 18:06:42

Groundhog Day, but he’s got 3 little kids and it takes him the entire movie just to realize he’s in a time loop.

2024-06-29 16:37:51

If I really love the following, what else should be on my radar screen? This Old House, Ask This Old House, Essential Craftsman, Project Farm, r/Tools, Cool Tools, The Art of Manliness, Farnam Street, James Clear…

2024-06-29 15:12:54

Thinking of starting “Anglicans Anonymous” for people like me who got the heck out of the ACNA. Not to be confused with “Anonymous Anglicans,” AKA the asshats in the comments.

2024-06-28 15:45:12

Brb, gonna go become a prepper and dig a bunker for when my country collapses… 🇺🇸

2024-06-25 22:44:43

Theologoumenon: Hell is real, but not eternal.

2024-06-25 18:27:46

My next home project is installing a water-powered backup sump pump. But this now has me wondering about getting a HUMAN-powered water pump to use in a worst-case sump pump failure event. Anyone out there have/heard of something like that?

2024-06-24 22:47:54

I still think that Lent 1, Year A is the best combination of passages in the Revised Common Lectionary. Was brought to tears the first time I heard these lessons together in a service: Gen 2.15-17, 3.1-7; Ps 32; Rom 5.12-19; Mt 4.1-11. https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearA_RCL/Lent/ALent1_RCL.html

2024-06-24 14:43:41

Look, you really don’t need a super-intelligent AI for an AI apocalypse. You just need to get the humans to chase profits until they “tragedy of the commons” themselves out of existence.

2024-06-23 12:05:01

Theology question: If you’ve moved away from penal substitutionary atonement as your (at least main) understanding of the atonement, (how) has your understanding of “God made him to be sin who knew no sin” in 2 Cor. 5:21 changed?

2024-06-23 11:22:05

If you’re a Christian and you’re more upset about ordaining women than you are about sexual abuse in the church, something is seriously wrong.

2024-06-22 16:32:01

One of the best books I’ve ever read is “Lament for a Son” by Nicholas Wolterstorff. It was written while grieving for the loss of his son, Eric, who died in 1983 at age 25 in a mountain climbing accident. If you’ve ever lost someone you love, I highly recommend this book.

2024-06-21 17:00:40

Testing out cross-posting to see if this makes it from my micro.blog to Threads!

2024-06-17 21:52:45

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...Anoint us with your Spirit to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim the year of your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

2024-06-17 21:52:25

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...We remember before you our sisters and brothers in Galveston, Texas who on this day received the glad tidings of their emancipation; Forgive us for the many grave sins that delayed that liberating word;...

2024-06-17 21:51:50

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Almighty God, you rescued your people from slavery in Egypt, and throughout the ages you have never failed to hear the cries of the captives; ...

2024-06-17 20:07:25

Here’s a “Collect” prayer I wrote for Juneteenth in 2020. Please feel free to use and share! https://joshuapsteele.com/a-collect-for-juneteenth/

2024-06-17 14:02:37

If you read The Bible and one of your main takeaways is “This book is about timeless gender roles,” then I don’t think you read the book very well.

2024-06-11 22:45:27

What’s this hard layer underneath the drywall in my bathroom? Cement board?
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2024-06-11 22:45:14

What’s this hard layer underneath the drywall in my bathroom? Cement board?
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2024-06-10 15:26:38

Do you know and care about someone with ADHD? What have you found most helpful?

2024-06-10 12:40:43

I’d like to assemble a comprehensive list of passages in the Bible (1) which seem to clearly teach that all humans and/or all creation will be saved and (2) which seem to clearly teach that the punishment/judgment of Hell will be eternal, without end.

2024-06-07 23:10:38

How and why is the IPA craze still a thing? 🍺

2024-06-07 13:41:02

I’ve got a couple tech-related presentations under my belt now, but today I get to give a talk about my career journey: “Pivot! From Pastor to Programmer”. Should be interesting!

2024-06-03 16:51:59

I go back and forth on whether “But surely it’s more complicated than that” is the (1) most necessary or (2) most banal move to make in (response to) an argument. You can say it to anything! The map is not the territory. To a certain extent, all language is an oversimplification of reality.

2024-06-02 21:03:07

I think many Protestant churches, without necessarily intending to, treat Baptism as a human work, something one does to demonstrate the legitimacy of their faith. Instead, Baptism is “the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church” (1979 BCP).

2024-05-31 16:52:48

The Church needs men and women working together in all levels of leadership and service. Restricting leadership roles based on sex/gender is a mistake.

2024-05-28 23:08:04

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@npub1z25…e58w thanks for sharing!

2024-05-28 22:21:40

I think I want to give Hugo a try for building a basic blog site. Would love to support at least basic comments on posts. If you use Hugo and support comments, what’s your setup? #hugo #webdev #blogging

2024-05-26 18:35:03

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@npub1wrc…0xlc ooooh, something like that would give me an excuse to learn some golang!

2024-05-26 12:51:29

What’s your current website/blog setup? Do you like it? Just renewed my SiteGround WordPress hosting for a year for my main joshuapsteele site. Would like to migrate it off WordPress next year, I think, and go with something simpler, faster, etc.

2024-05-26 12:11:29

Happy Trinity Sunday! Here’s an old essay I wrote on the doctrine of the Trinity: https://joshuapsteele.com/holy-trinity/ (Ahem, excuse the academic seminary-speak. I’d write this in a different register now. lol)

2024-05-24 21:35:11

I’d like to read more poetry. What are some good anthologies/collections worth having on my shelf? #poetry #poems #reading #books

2024-05-23 14:06:13

Didn’t get the Connections today. Day ruined 🥲

2024-05-15 12:44:30

I’ve got a love/hate relationship with the NYT Connections game. Even when I get everything on the first try. That Purple category is just usually ridiculous. Anyone else??
Connections
Puzzle #339
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🟦🟦🟦🟦
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2024-05-15 12:25:21

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…for context, I’ve got a bunch of theological education under my belt, but my views have changed quite a bit since I was a child, so I still need to think through how/when to explain certain things.

2024-05-15 12:24:06

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@npub1p4y…l8vj my oldest is only 5, but she’s sharp as hell and is going to put my two Masters degrees in Theology to the test!

2024-05-15 02:25:45

I’m on the lookout for some good, intellectually honest, non-fundamentalist resources for answering children’s theological questions. Any resources you’ve found helpful? #theology #children #parenting #exvangelical

2024-05-12 01:40:58

What’s the best “kick in the ass” book out there for taking ownership of your life, getting back in shape, etc.?

2024-05-11 02:46:02

Weight: 246lbs. Didn’t eat that well today. Ate sweets multiple times, despite not intending to at the beginning of the day. Justified it with “I’m stressed” and “Well, I’ve already blown it.” At least noticing this is progress. But getting back under 200lbs feels a long way off.

2024-05-10 13:51:36

If you knew I would read the whole thing, what’s a book you’d be willing to buy for me? #reading #books

2024-05-06 21:39:39

What are the most versatile shoes for men? I really wish Adidas Sambas ran a bit wider, because I think they’re fantastic all-around shoes.

2024-05-05 20:27:44

RIP, Bernard Hill. His portrayal of King Théoden in LOTR was amazing. “Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!” https://youtu.be/POdknqszMDY

2024-04-26 16:39:48

“It’s too loud.”
“I didn’t think it would be this loud.”
“I was worried it would be this loud.”
“What?”
(Me, about most things in my life.)

2024-04-25 19:07:21

Is the Supreme Court….doing OK?

2024-04-18 13:53:39

Working on my notes after reading “Understanding Distributed Systems” by @RaVitillo. I really wish the book had an index and a glossary. Has anyone out there worked on something like this? #understandingdistributedsystems #softwareengineering

2024-04-18 03:13:43

Trying to resist the urge to buy a Supernote…I might cave when v2 of the A5 size comes out, though

2024-04-15 20:51:01

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@npub12rr…l59y Did you go Apple refurbished? Or some other vendor?

2024-04-15 20:37:17

Getting more and more frustrated with my MacBook Pro’s (13-inch, 2016, 2 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM, 250 GB SSD) inability to get to macOS 13. Say I just wanted a Mac that would be a noticeable upgrade to my current setup. Which should I get? Doesn’t have to be latest and greatest.

2024-04-15 15:32:36

Do you make and use mind maps? If so, what do you use to make them? Pen and paper? Software? I’m trying to decide between Obisidian and MindNode, but wondering if I should expand my options. #mindmap #pkm #notes #creativity

2024-04-13 16:25:28

Lol. Reviewing my subscriptions in the App Store. Every other subscription keeps going until the end date if you cancel. Except Apple Music! You instantly lose access to the free trial when you cancel. Bummer. I’m out!

2024-04-12 23:28:22

I’m home alone this weekend, so, naturally, I’m planning to resume my LOTR extended editions marathon… What are your weekend plans?

2024-04-09 19:59:53

UPDATE to the heat pump thing. After poking around for awhile, I noticed that the breaker in my main electrical panel inside marked “Heat pump” was quite loose. When I attempted to turn it off and then on again, it moved, and I heard the heat pump come on. Seems to be working now!

2024-04-08 21:55:44

Random, but I wonder what % of humans who’ve ever lived have seen totality in a solar eclipse.

2024-04-06 13:17:44

Agree or disagree? “Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.” (David Allen, Getting Things Done)

2024-04-06 12:50:08

"Connections
Puzzle #300
🟪🟪🟪🟪
🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩"

2024-04-05 22:58:15

What are your weekend plans? We’re getting Indian takeout and watching a movie with the kids tonight. I’m excited! Would also appreciate good kids movie recommendations, otherwise we might default to rewatching Frozen for the 100th time…

2024-04-04 15:37:40

I’m absolutely loving the Micro.publish Obsidian plugin to easily publish posts and pages from Obsidian to my Micro.blog! Do any #obsidian nerds out there have a good setup for quickly publishing something from Obsidian to a self-hosted WordPress blog? #obsidian #wordpress #blogging https://micropublish.blog

2024-04-04 02:25:58

Any Blackstone griddle enthusiasts out there? My wife really wants one by summer. I’m getting more excited about it. Just waiting for one with a hood to go on sale.

2024-04-03 14:07:36

I’m on the lookout for a used pickup truck. Would love a Toyota Tacoma, but I’m wondering if they’re all overpriced right now? Any thoughts on Tacomas and/or other truck recs? I’m in NW Ohio, USA.

2024-04-02 14:54:52

JK to the Trump thing!: https://social.joshuapsteele.com/2024/04/02/jk-to-the.html

2024-04-01 21:12:01

I put 1oz of Drambuie and a scoop of vanilla ice cream in my afternoon decaf coffee and it’s…not bad!

2024-04-01 16:38:47

As of April 1, I’m proud to announce I’m a Trump supporter! #MAGA #USA #takeamericabackagain #makefascismcoolagain #ifyoucantbeatemjoinem
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2024-03-30 18:31:24

Honest Q: If you moved away from “penal substitutionary atonement” as the main way of explaining salvation, but you still hold Christ’s death and resurrection as central to redemption, how do you explain Christ’s death to young children? Your 3-5yo asks “why did Jesus have to die?” What do you say?

2024-03-30 13:23:56

“Son of Man, can your bones live?” A sermon for Holy Saturday and the Easter Vigil. https://joshuapsteele.com/son-of-man-can-your-bones-live/

2024-03-29 14:32:58

Share Openly https://werd.io/2024/share-openly

2024-03-28 14:50:36

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@npub13e7…vjrh Keep it up! :)

2024-03-28 14:50:27

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@npub1rr8…tl9g w00t for the RCC

2024-03-28 14:30:46

Does your church provide Holy Communion at some point on Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday? If so, when? If not, why not?

2024-03-27 20:40:45

So, are home warranties just a racket?

2024-03-25 17:34:43

Gotta say, my least favorite part about the law is how it doesn’t apply to people who are rich and/or famous enough. 🤠

2024-03-25 17:29:49

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@npub1ayn…77mp woah. I hope they were OK! Insert joke about being “on fire for the Lord” here.

2024-03-24 18:23:39

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen or heard in a church service? Just curious!

2024-03-23 19:12:35

Our 3yo, Andrew, has an alter ego, “David.” David puts himself down for nap every afternoon without a fuss. I like David.

2024-03-18 22:04:00

If you blog regularly, how do you decide what to blog about? Just curious. Purposefully open-ended question.

2024-03-18 21:50:55

Death in His Grave: https://joshuapsteele.com/death-in-his-grave/

2024-03-17 00:05:55

On the lookout for a wheelbarrow and an extension ladder. Of course, that probably means I also need a truck… 🛻 🪜

2024-03-14 15:51:58

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@npub136a…0dpx woah! Yeah, that wasn't on my radar screen, but sounds like a good read!

2024-03-14 14:20:42

Trying to gather all of my thoughts on what is WRONG with Christian Nationalism. Along biblical-theological lines, I’m excited to read the forthcoming “Jesus and the Powers” by Wright & Bird. And I’m reminded of “The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb” by Goggin & Strobel. Any other book recs?

2024-03-14 13:58:45

Christian Nationalism is on the rise in the USA. I sincerely hope it fails, for the good of the country and the good of the church. Give “Thickening Webs on the Christian Right” by Du Mez a read. https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/thickening-webs-on-the-christian

2024-03-12 20:09:16

Trump is a threat to democracy. Just read through his “Agenda 47” nonsense. We don’t need a wannabe dictator/demagogue back in power.

2024-03-11 16:28:26

My favorite cooking technique is “put some cheese on it” followed by “ok, now let that cheese burn a bit” 🧀🔥🥘