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Since finishing grad school in 2021, I’ve tried to make a habit of reading at least one short philosophy book every year, usually around the holidays.
Nov 11, 2025 • Joshua Paul Smith
Hobson's Choice
A Very Short Movie Review
Oct 10, 2025 • Joshua Paul Smith
Babette's Feast
A Very Short Movie Review
Sep 11, 2025 • Joshua Paul Smith
A Poem for Good Friday
"Calvary," by Marie Howe
Mar 29, 2024 • Joshua Paul Smith
Less-than-Friendly Fire
A story about leaving the Episcopal ordination discernment process and searching for a new vocation at 36.
Dec 16, 2023 • Joshua Paul Smith
35 Things I've Learned at 35
Taking a Leaf Out of My Friend Steve's Book
Jul 20, 2023 • Joshua Paul Smith
A Letter to Zacchaeus
A Sermon about Sticking Out Like a Sore Thumb
Oct 31, 2022 • Joshua Paul Smith
A Prayer for When Pilate Has Released Barabbas
Following the Not-Guilty Verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Trial
Nov 19, 2021 • Joshua Paul Smith
Resting Christian Face
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