Apparently soccer plus an 8-mile run last week was too much for my post-appendectomy abdomen. Still dealing with central soreness. Skipping soccer this week and won’t be running my “do-over” half marathon this weekend. It’s been a hell of a Q4 2026, health-wise.
What happens when we read Romans 13 alongside Jesus' words about welcoming the stranger in Matthew 25? Some thoughts on Christian immigration ethics.
https://joshuapsteele.com/when-romans-13-meets-matthew-25-immigration-ethics/
I absolutely hate how many DIFFERENT bills you get sent in the USA for what should be more or less a single healthcare event. At least four separate bills from getting my appendix out: hospital, radiology, anesthesia, pathology. Waiting for a trash bill to show up for disposing of the appendix 🙃
What do we mean when we call something fascist? Here's a summary of Umberto Eco's 14 characteristics of Ur-Fascism, with a link to the full essay.
Should churches in the USA celebrate/honor Veterans Day? What are your thoughts on using John 15:13 like this?
I bought a 1947 Craftsman table saw for $40. Here are the manuals, parts diagrams, and questions I started with while getting it ready to use.
Where my fellow CPAP-ers at? I’m starting today. Hoping for better sleep and less fatigue in the days ahead! Continuing my speed-run through various health issues now that I’m 35 👴🏻💨😴
Bonhoeffer thought stupidity was more than an intellectual problem. His prison reflections ask what happens when people surrender their independence to power.
What the hell’s going on over at Compassion International? roysreport.com/compassio…
What’s something you’re looking forward to?
I like mini toolkits for the same reason I like buying books: the comforting illusion that I'm prepared for whatever happens. Anyone else have this problem?
https://joshuapsteele.com/help-im-addicted-to-mini-toolkits-the-edc-tool-struggle-is-real/
You can't follow Jesus and hate immigrants. That doesn't settle every policy question, but it should shape the posture we bring to those questions.
https://joshuapsteele.com/you-cant-follow-jesus-and-hate-immigrants/
Now Ohio just needs its own Talarico to step up and take Bernie Moreno’s seat when it’s open!
If we’re gonna get real relief here in the USA, the “Big Blue Wave” also needs to wash out Democratic Party leadership. Schumer, Jeffries, et al. need to step aside and let a new generation of better leaders take over.
Which is the most important and urgent system, structure, or issue to get rid of for the overall health of USA 🇺🇸? (1) Citizens United. (2) Electoral College. (3) ?
Big head? Bald head? Finding a hat that actually fits can become a project. Here's what I found when I tried hats from Carhartt, Flexfit, and Ankor.
https://joshuapsteele.com/finding-a-hat-for-my-big-bald-head/
What are we listening to today? 🎵🎶
When someone is sick, it can be hard to know what to pray. Here are prayers from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer for illness, surgery, recovery, and those providing care.
What kind of work fits your skills, values, and preferred working conditions? Here's my walkthrough of the Flower Petal exercise, with my own results from 2021.
https://joshuapsteele.com/what-color-is-my-parachute-the-flower-petal-exercise/
The USA healthcare-insurance-industrial-complex is truly insane. All together, my insurance was billed $51K for my appendectomy. $10K for my sleep study. (“Thankfully,” I didn’t have to pay that much, because we met our deductible this year, because I got appendicitis twice…)