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https://joshuapsteele.com/help-im-addicted-to-mini-toolkits-the-edc-tool-struggle-is-real/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/you-cant-follow-jesus-and-hate-immigrants/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/finding-a-hat-for-my-big-bald-head/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/prayers-for-the-sick/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/what-color-is-my-parachute-the-flower-petal-exercise/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/they-say-i-say-writing-templates/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/interpretive-approaches-to-the-beatitudes/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/interpretive-approaches-to-the-sermon-on-the-mount/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/damers-code-of-intellectual-conduct/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/bonhoeffer-timeline-a-brief-chronology-of-dietrich-bonhoeffers-life/
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/99964568","date_published":"2026-10-27T13:45:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-27 13:45","date_timestamp":1793108759,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99962437","content_html":"Trying to find your way around Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics? Here's an outline, including section summaries and a downloadable outline from Princeton.
https://joshuapsteele.com/an-outline-of-karl-barths-church-dogmatics/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/please-dont-leave-me-alone-on-male-friendships-or-the-lack-thereof/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/prayer-of-st-thomas-aquinas-before-study/
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https://joshuapsteele.com/theology-outline/
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/99577873","date_published":"2026-10-20T21:22:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-20 21:22","date_timestamp":1792531374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99565008","content_html":"@isaacgreene RAT II is $45 now, but I hear ya. The nicest plain knife I have is a $30 CIVIVI Praxis Mini. Between still having my grandpa’s old Leatherman Wave and Harbor Freight’s $40 Wave knockoff, I can’t see myself splurging on an ARC multitool any time soon.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/99565008","date_published":"2026-10-20T17:19:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-20 17:19","date_timestamp":1792516796,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99157561","content_html":"@JohnBrady it’s part of the journey/fun. lol
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/99157561","date_published":"2026-10-13T15:38:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-13 15:38","date_timestamp":1791905902,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99145411","content_html":"@danielpunkass all fields? Even, like, plumbing? 🪠
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/99145411","date_published":"2026-10-13T11:28:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-13 11:28","date_timestamp":1791890886,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98934557","content_html":"@ReaderJohn I never replied to this because I’m still thinking about it, lol. Paul’s appeal to Caesar and selective leveraging of his rights as a Roman citizen is certainly interesting. In general, I still think, though, that the Church should be known in the public square for speaking up on behalf of vulnerable others, instead of speaking up for itself.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/98603989","date_published":"2026-10-03T15:13:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-03 15:13","date_timestamp":1791040425,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98548509","content_html":"@jabel have you tried Claude-ing it?
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele/98548509","date_published":"2026-10-02T14:59:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Joshua P. Steele","url":"https://www.joshuapsteele.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F49%2F11799.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"joshuapsteele"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-02 14:59","date_timestamp":1790953163,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98498046","content_html":"@JudsonGreene I used it for my abandoned dissertation on Barth, Bonhoeffer, and the Bible. But my #PhDropout wasn’t Scrivener’s fault, lol.
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