Thoughts and words from TJ Luoma
Since April 2020 I have been recording The Daily Lectionary podcast which usually consists of 7 readings from the Christian Bible. One of the things that I’ve had to contend with is what to do when I make mistakes. This is something that every podcaster (or, at least, every podcast editor) needs to figure out, … Continue reading Marking Mistakes while Podcast Recording →
Tonight, while preparing for a sermon on Mark 10:17-31 from the Revised Common Lectionary Year B / Proper 23 (28) / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, I found myself curious to find all of the place in Mark’s Gospel where people kneel, bow, etc. before Jesus. I did a quick read (translation: it’s possible that I … Continue reading Kneeling, Bowing, etc in Mark’s Gospel →
Tonight, while preparing for a sermon on Mark 10:17-31 from the Revised Common Lectionary Year B / Proper 23 (28) / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, I found myself curious to find all of the place in Mark’s Gospel where money is discussed. I did a quick read (translation: it’s possible that I missed some, although … Continue reading Money in Mark’s Gospel →
Hebrews 10:24 says: “…let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds…” That verse always bothered me because the word “provoke” just does not seem to fit. The only other place that word is used in the Bible is Acts 15:39 where Paul (who wrote most of the New Testament) and … Continue reading How the Relay.fm Podcastathon Helped Me Understand the Bible Better →
Not long after UPS delivered a large cardboard box to our garage, I carried it upstairs to the kitchen to unpack it and set it up. The table and the counters were full, so I had nowhere to put it down. Why are the table and counters full? I don’t know, they’re always full, aren’t … Continue reading A Place for Everything →
Today (21 June 2021) Zoom has added an option to add personal pronouns to your account, and they can be displayed after your name when you join meetings. Update: If you add your pronouns using this method, others may not see them until they update to the latest versions of Zoom. Update 2: Zoom has … Continue reading Add Personal Pronouns to Your Zoom Account →
Exactly 10 years ago today, I wrote Use Mailsmith to create a “send-only” email account for TUAW (which was later ‘replaced’ by Engadget). Unfortunately, Mailsmith did not make the 64-bit transition, and another app known as “Let.ter” seems to have disappeared (although last time I checked, it did still work, but I don’t think it … Continue reading Using Thunderbird for “Send Only” Email →
My shepherd will supply my need;Jehovah is His name.In pastures fresh He makes me feed,beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit backwhen I forsake His ways,and leads me, for His mercy’s sake,in paths of truth and grace. When I walk through the shades of deathThy presence is my stay;one word of Thy supporting … Continue reading My Shepherd Will Supply My Need →
TO THE EDITOR: On Jan. 6, 2021, our nation suffered an attack as insurgents breached the Capitol. As religious leaders, we are deeply grieved and angered by this injury to the norms of democracy and the fear experienced by all those who felt themselves at risk of harm. We also mourn the loss of life … Continue reading Plattsburgh Clergy Condemn Insurrection and the Lies That Led to It →
This is the Gospel reading for next Sunday (November 22, 2020) which I have recorded so I can listen to it throughout the week. I have used 4 translations: NRSV The Message NIV NASB I thought I would share them here for others who might be working on the same passage and who would like … Continue reading Matthew 25:31-46 – The Sheep and the Goats →
I was extremely pleased to be on episode 58 of the Automators podcast on Relay.fm. This was my first time on Automators, which is a show that I have really enjoyed since it first began. I’m guessing anyone who has managed to still find and read my site probably knows this already, but I’ve also … Continue reading Automators Podcast, episode 58 →
(Note: These books are only free today, September 3rd, 2020) Steve McCutchan posted on The Presbyterian Outlook’s website that today (September 3rd, 2020) is his 54th wedding anniversary. He adds: My wife, Sandy, who passed away this past November 30th, in addition to being my faithful companion, was also the chief editor of all my … Continue reading Free Books: Healthy Clergy Make Healthy…
The good news is that Disney has made COVID-19 masks from Star Wars. Just probably not the ones you wanted.
Update (26 July 2020) Howard Oakley has reported that Big Sur is both 10.16 and 11.0. For the purposes of shells scripts, sw_vers will return 11.0 unless SYSTEM_VERSION_COMPAT=1 is set. If it is set, then sw_vers will return 10.16. To my mind, this new information only makes the following suggestion more useful, because it will … Continue reading Compare macOS Versions with zsh and is-at-least →
Relay.fm has a schedule of live shows which you can listen to as they are recording. Most people just listen to these in a web browser, because that makes the most sense and is the easiest way to do it. If you have an iOS device you can use the free Relay.fm app which I … Continue reading Listen, record, and even pause Relay.fm Live using VLC and Audio Hijack →
Last year (2019) during Lent, I started reading The Daily Lectionary. After Easter, I stopped. No idea why, really. I guess because Lent was over? Which doesn’t make much sense, because I enjoyed reading it every day. Nevertheless, I stopped. Recently, I’ve been wanted to resume the practice again, but I found that I really … Continue reading The Daily Lectionary Podcast →
(A note to the reader: although it has been updated and re-posted on March 21, 2020, this was originally written in October 2018.) Here’s a scenario that you might relate to: I’ll often think to myself, “Oh, I just remembered that I call someone, but I can’t call them right now.” Here are some examples: … Continue reading Shortcut: Due Schedule Call →
Subscriptions are increasingly common and show no signs of going away, regardless of what you may think about them. With subscriptions being an important part of modern digital life, it seemed wise to find a way to keep track of them. First I turned to Bobby, which is an iPhone app that has been mentioned … Continue reading Tracking Subscriptions →
The Home.app on Mac is, frankly, not very good. It was originally released as an example of iOS apps coming to the Mac, and when it first came out, pretty much everyone said “Well, sure, it’s not very good, but it’s better than nothing… and surely Apple will improve on it over time.” That has … Continue reading Using Keyboard Maestro to make the Home.app Less Terrible →
Like nearly everyone else, I jump around a lot during the day between different projects, files, apps, trains-of-thought, etc. I know I shouldn’t and it isn’t my preference, but it’s how most days actually go. One of the worst parts of this is when I find myself thinking “Wasn’t I working on something important before I … Continue reading Today’s Files →
Scroll down to “Update and Solution” to see how to get this to work. Apple recently released new installers for Mac OS X/OS X/mac OS to deal with expired certificates: If an installer says it can’t be verified or was signed with a certificate that has expired – Apple Support Three of the six are … Continue reading Trying to make a Virtual Machine from Apple’s recent DMG releases of Mac OS X →
I’m on the record as having been completely wrong about Shortcuts (neé Workflow) for iOS. I was convinced that Apple would never allow it as a third-party app. Even after it was initially approved, I was sure that one day the Workflow team would release an update, and someone on Apple’s review team would realize … Continue reading David Sparks released a new Field Guide for Shortcuts. You should…
I think I’ve tried all of the various platforms now. Of all of them, I wanted to like Squarespace the most, because it seemed like the coolest one, although that could be because I listen to a lot of podcasts. But Squarespace is expensive, and their iOS apps are terrible . I once wrote a post in Markdown on the website and then couldn’t edit it in the iOS app because it was a "complex document" or…