Hey!

My name is Joshua Sheldon, I’m a follower of Jesus, a software engineer, and an aspiring minister & creative. Thank you so much for reading this.

My favorite things to read, listen, talk, and write about are faith, politics, economics, culture, technology and the like1. My hope is that this website will be a space where I can put meditations on those topics. I love making people’s lives better, and my first most intent for this place is that something I write can do that for you.

Allegedly, you are what you eat, and I think that’s especially true for your media diet. Here’s what mine looks like right now. Its (probably) a better description of me than anything I could write2.

• Music: Kings Kaleidoscope, Porter Robinson, FFXIV Soundtrack, and Hamilton

• Podcasts: The WAN Show, Lemonade Stand, Freakonomics Radio, Remnant Radio, The BEMA Podcast, Desiring God

• YouTube3: Carter Conlon, Mike Winger, Good Work, Johnny Harris, David Guzik, PewDiePie, Isaiah Saldivar, BobbyBroccoli, Michael Reeves, Defunctland, Hank Green, NakeyJakey, CGP Grey, xkcd’s What If?, 3Blue1Brown, TerminalMontage, Colin and Samir, Casually Explained, Kurzgesagt, Better Ideas, Drew Gooden, Fireship, Scott the Woz, Second Wind, Coffeezilla, Veritasium, Danny Gonzalez

• Movies: Princess Mononoke, A Silent Voice, The Truman Show

• Books: The Bible, Common Prayer, Mockingbird, Martin Fowler, Atomic Habits, Celebration of Discipline, The Biggest Bluff, The Search for Significance

Outside of all this, I love learning, rock climbing, hiking, singing, pickleball, ping pong, photography, video & photo editing, and gaming. However, if some activity involves engaging with matters of meaning, systematic creativity, helping people, expression, and/or enjoying creation, I probably like it too.

I am simultaneously Gen Z and a big fan of email. If you’d like to reach out, you can do so at admin at joshuasheldon dot me.