Joshua Steele

“I fear that White American Christians will one day have to answer for the idol they have created cloaked in Stars and Stripes.”

www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer…

Letter From a Quarantined Home: Expressing Disappointment with Some of My White Brothers and Sisters in Christ

‘The best, most courteous response to any compliment then is this: “Thank you.”’

www.artofmanliness.com/articles/…

Sunday Firesides: Compliment Deflection is Gift Denial

“When you’re driving an armored vehicle down Main Street, civilians can begin to look like insurgents.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/…

Are They Police Departments or Armies?

Anglicans do not agree on very much.

Question: Is a Kindle worth it if you already own an iPad (6th generation)?

I already own and love the original AeroPress, but this AeroPress Go looks awesome! AeroPress Go - The Better Travel Coffee Press For Great Coffee Anywhere

This song has proven especially encouraging to me during this pandemic. “Every year we thought was wasted, every night we cried ‘How long?’ All will be a passing moment in our Savior’s victory song”

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“The Marriage Course” from the makers of Alpha looks pretty interesting! Has anyone gone through it already? Try The Marriage Course — The Marriage Course

Tempted to write new lyrics for “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” describing my frustrating lack of progress on my Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Bible dissertation.

Time to learn how to use Google Sheets!

seths.blog/2020/05/d…

Dancing with tools

Let’s get off Facebook and Twitter. Social Media And Disinformation: What To Expect For 2020 : NPR

Are blogrolls still a thing? www.joshuapsteele.com/blogroll/

Uh oh! Why can’t I embed @ayjay’s posts via RSS in Wordpress? Any advice? I don’t know how to use “force_feed()”

Being active on Facebook and Twitter again was fun for like a day and a half. Now they’re feeling like pointless dumpster fires again. I’m thinking it’s time to retreat back into my blog and micro.blog cocoon…

“Is Trump a man your father and grandfather would have respected?” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc…

Here’s an interesting discussion of “risk compensation.”

fs.blog/2020/05/s…

When Safety Proves Dangerous

Has someone already collected everything the Church Fathers said about women (esp. regarding ordination) in one place?

What’s the most helpful discussion you’ve read about the death of unbaptized infants? It’s a question that I keep getting asked and I’d like to have more things to point people toward.

Yes 🙋‍♂️ Anyone else?

www.theatlantic.com/health/ar…

Is Everyone Depressed?

Bavinck arrived safely!

Is there any good writing out there that examines the “don’t stir the pot / don’t rock the boat” reaction theologically?

These words almost brought tears to my eyes this morning: “…as it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them (human beings), but we do see Jesus…” (Hebrews 2:8b-9a). Happy feast of the Ascension, everyone.

Any Anglicans or “Angli-curious” people on micro.blog? If so, you should take a look at the website I help run: anglicancompass.com