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).
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.
How you celebrating?? 🎉 🥂🍾
No one is above the law 🇺🇸
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
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.
Happy Trinity Sunday! Here’s an old essay I wrote on the doctrine of the Trinity: joshuapsteele.com/holy-trin… (Ahem, excuse the academic seminary-speak. I’d write this in a different register now. lol)
Decided to “sleep in” until 07:00 after a week of early morning workouts. Still tired, still sore, and I weigh a bit more (248) than a week ago. 🫠
I’d like to read more poetry. What are some good anthologies/collections worth having on my shelf? #poetry #poems #reading #books
Been getting up between 4:30-5am this week to do some kind of exercise every morning. So far, I’m…tired!
Didn’t get the Connections today. Day ruined 🥲
I’m not having any luck getting ChatGPT 4o to make me a clean, vectorized logo image from this “UMM” sketch. Do I need to ask it in some magical way? Has anyone else had luck with this kind of guided image generation?
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
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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
What’s the best “kick in the ass” book out there for taking ownership of your life, getting back in shape, etc.?
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.
If you knew I would read the whole thing, what’s a book you’d be willing to buy for me? #reading #books
Going full Dad Mode. I ordered some white New Balance 608s.
I’m still salty that “Ashokan Farewell” from Ken Burns’s awesome documentary isn’t a legit Civil-War-era tune. No, it was a tribute to a band camp or something in the 1980s. Still a banger, though.
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.