Joshua Ray
@joshuaray.bsky.social
christian, husband, father...but not in the theobro way
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” JRR Tolkien
https://www.joshua-ray.com
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” JRR Tolkien
https://www.joshua-ray.com
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Joshua Ray
@joshuaray.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Hello BlueSky!
As an intro of sorts, I'm a fan of:
- fantasy and sci-fi (especially Tolkien)
- baseball
- black coffee
- the Oxford comma
- comedy
I'll be posting about those as well as parenting/family and Christianity
As an intro of sorts, I'm a fan of:
- fantasy and sci-fi (especially Tolkien)
- baseball
- black coffee
- the Oxford comma
- comedy
I'll be posting about those as well as parenting/family and Christianity
Just saw a YouTube video that said it was an "Oldies Worship Session" and the first song was "Lord I Need You"
a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
ALT: a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
media.tenor.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Just saw a YouTube video that said it was an "Oldies Worship Session" and the first song was "Lord I Need You"
Love the expression "not my monkeys, not my circus," but so much of being a parent of toddlers and infants is realizing anew every day "these ARE my monkeys, this IS my circus."
February 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Love the expression "not my monkeys, not my circus," but so much of being a parent of toddlers and infants is realizing anew every day "these ARE my monkeys, this IS my circus."
Nothing quite like spending several hours in the dentist's chair to make T. S. Eliot's "When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table;" come alive.
February 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Nothing quite like spending several hours in the dentist's chair to make T. S. Eliot's "When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table;" come alive.
dentists churches
examining singing
patients
🤝
"crown him with many crowns"
examining singing
patients
🤝
"crown him with many crowns"
February 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
dentists churches
examining singing
patients
🤝
"crown him with many crowns"
examining singing
patients
🤝
"crown him with many crowns"
I was close to twenty when Pixar's 'Cars' came out and never really cared for it that much.
Close to twenty years later, I have come to the realization as a father of three young boys that I was never the target audience to enjoy the movie: I was the target future consumer.
Close to twenty years later, I have come to the realization as a father of three young boys that I was never the target audience to enjoy the movie: I was the target future consumer.
December 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I was close to twenty when Pixar's 'Cars' came out and never really cared for it that much.
Close to twenty years later, I have come to the realization as a father of three young boys that I was never the target audience to enjoy the movie: I was the target future consumer.
Close to twenty years later, I have come to the realization as a father of three young boys that I was never the target audience to enjoy the movie: I was the target future consumer.
[trying to get my true love to fall madly in love with me during the 12 days of Christmas] you love birds, right? cause if not I have some calls to make
December 26, 2024 at 6:28 PM
[trying to get my true love to fall madly in love with me during the 12 days of Christmas] you love birds, right? cause if not I have some calls to make
I have an occasional newsletter that I send out and after a long hiatus I'm getting ready to send out the next issue!
Subscribe at wonderingwhilewandering.substack.com if you'd like to get the update straight to your inbox (or check out the archives if you're not sure but interested):
Subscribe at wonderingwhilewandering.substack.com if you'd like to get the update straight to your inbox (or check out the archives if you're not sure but interested):
Wondering While Wandering | Joshua Ray | Substack
A collection of thoughts updates, poetry, and other writing I do. Won't you wonder with me as we wander through this life? Click to read Wondering While Wandering, by Joshua Ray, a Substack publicatio...
wonderingwhilewandering.substack.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I have an occasional newsletter that I send out and after a long hiatus I'm getting ready to send out the next issue!
Subscribe at wonderingwhilewandering.substack.com if you'd like to get the update straight to your inbox (or check out the archives if you're not sure but interested):
Subscribe at wonderingwhilewandering.substack.com if you'd like to get the update straight to your inbox (or check out the archives if you're not sure but interested):
2YO: *immediately after sneezing twice* "I'm not sick!"
Narrator: they were, all of them, sick
Narrator: they were, all of them, sick
December 20, 2024 at 6:45 PM
2YO: *immediately after sneezing twice* "I'm not sick!"
Narrator: they were, all of them, sick
Narrator: they were, all of them, sick
gonna start saying "see you next year!" real early to folks just to throw them off
December 16, 2024 at 11:13 PM
gonna start saying "see you next year!" real early to folks just to throw them off
you're singing along at the showing of Wicked, I'm singing along at the showing of White Christmas. we are not the same
December 16, 2024 at 9:23 PM
you're singing along at the showing of Wicked, I'm singing along at the showing of White Christmas. we are not the same
every day as a toddler parent is a new chance to play "Why is THIS wet?"
December 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
every day as a toddler parent is a new chance to play "Why is THIS wet?"
how it feels when the power is out for longer than 20 minutes:
December 14, 2024 at 4:46 AM
how it feels when the power is out for longer than 20 minutes:
It's time for the yearly tradition
December 10, 2024 at 4:56 AM
It's time for the yearly tradition
It's been a minute, but I've dusted off my dormant website and given it a fresh coat of paint, updated the content, and published a quick update!
joshua-ray.com/2024/12/06/s...
joshua-ray.com/2024/12/06/s...
Say hello to joshua-ray.com
Photo by Tranmautritam on Pexels.com Say hello to joshua-ray.com From Livejournal to Blogger to WordPress, I—like many of my fellow elder millennials—have had no shortage of websites and blogs. But…
joshua-ray.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:51 PM
It's been a minute, but I've dusted off my dormant website and given it a fresh coat of paint, updated the content, and published a quick update!
joshua-ray.com/2024/12/06/s...
joshua-ray.com/2024/12/06/s...
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I finally did it, I opened up an Etsy for my art!!!
And I have a 20% off holiday sale for the next week, the code is XMAS2024
Link for my shop in bio, or in the following post 🥰
And I have a 20% off holiday sale for the next week, the code is XMAS2024
Link for my shop in bio, or in the following post 🥰
December 1, 2024 at 1:46 AM
I finally did it, I opened up an Etsy for my art!!!
And I have a 20% off holiday sale for the next week, the code is XMAS2024
Link for my shop in bio, or in the following post 🥰
And I have a 20% off holiday sale for the next week, the code is XMAS2024
Link for my shop in bio, or in the following post 🥰
autocorrect changed "Hark the Herald" to "Shark the Herald" in a text, this is persecution! The War on Christmas returns!!
December 1, 2024 at 1:30 AM
autocorrect changed "Hark the Herald" to "Shark the Herald" in a text, this is persecution! The War on Christmas returns!!
Observing Black Friday by staying in and making pancakes, then browsing deals all cozy on the couch.
November 29, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Observing Black Friday by staying in and making pancakes, then browsing deals all cozy on the couch.
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Aquinas sees Advent as the dawn of mercy, grace, judgment, and glory.
Just what our hearts long for.
Just what our hearts long for.
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Aquinas sees Advent as the dawn of mercy, grace, judgment, and glory.
Just what our hearts long for.
Just what our hearts long for.
The 4yo and 2yo are obsessed with Pixar's 'Cars' and an unexpected side effect of that is that they refer to "Life Is A Highway" as "the Lightning McQueen song" or "The Cars Song"
...and you know what, that's what it'll always be for us from now on 😂
...and you know what, that's what it'll always be for us from now on 😂
November 27, 2024 at 4:16 PM
The 4yo and 2yo are obsessed with Pixar's 'Cars' and an unexpected side effect of that is that they refer to "Life Is A Highway" as "the Lightning McQueen song" or "The Cars Song"
...and you know what, that's what it'll always be for us from now on 😂
...and you know what, that's what it'll always be for us from now on 😂
For the past couple of years, cooking the turkey has been my responsibility for our extended family gathering. Which means tonight the dry brine starts!
November 27, 2024 at 3:39 AM
For the past couple of years, cooking the turkey has been my responsibility for our extended family gathering. Which means tonight the dry brine starts!
further up AND further in? in this economy??
November 27, 2024 at 3:08 AM
further up AND further in? in this economy??
[youth pastor voice] the president is pardoning some turkeys this week, but you know who else is giving out pardons for sin?
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM
[youth pastor voice] the president is pardoning some turkeys this week, but you know who else is giving out pardons for sin?
