Nerd Culture from a Christian Perspective and Vice Versa
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword hits theaters today and the reviews have been lukewarm. The general consensus is that the movie isn’t terrible, but just unnecessary. I knew that the movie was in trouble when the commercials used tweets from real-life people. Apparently no critics had anything nice to say, so the marketing team
On this week’s special episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast we celebrate our 100th show!!! Scott and Ron are back for another episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast. They play a special Game with six listeners from The Octagon. They take Another Walk Down Memory lane and discuss some of their favorite moments from the first 99 episodes. In From The
Baseball season started this week. The first time since 1909 that the Cubs began the season as reigning World Series Champions. Since the Cubs won the World Series last year, I’m not depending as much on hope this season. I’m still walking on cloud nine; any success this season will be gravy. The Chicago Cubs
I love that Bilbo decided to name the story of his adventures There And Back Again. After everything he had done and all the distance he had traveled, Bilbo ended back where he started: The Shire. While I haven’t battled trolls or slayed dragons, I am back where I began, at least back where I
Queen once asked the question, “Who wants to live forever?” I don’t think I would want to live forever. Paul wrote that to be absent from the body is to be present with Christ. So if I were to live forever, I wouldn’t get to see Jesus until his return. Now that could be tomorrow
On this week’s episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast we discussed how to find a mentor. We’re never going to get very far in life if we don’t have someone more experienced guiding us. Here’s a #TBT post about mentors. Luke benefitted from his time with Obi-Wan. Frodo benefitted from his time with Gandalf. Harry
I had a hard time last month finding any sort of rhythm in my life. Alycia started teaching and all the hard work I’d done over the previous year to get my life in sync went out the window. Spending time with Jesus, running and writing all took a hit as I simply tried to
Why do we fall? To get back up. With great power comes great responsibility. Do or do not, there is no try. Our favorite nerdclinations are full of valuable life lessons. I’ve never carried the One Ring, but I’ve gleaned enough wisdom from Gandalf to help me sidestep a few pitfalls in my life. So
The Olympics will wrap up this weekend. I enjoy the Olympics and have been watching a lot of the coverage. Here’s a post I wrote after the London Olympics about some of the nerdiest events. The 2012 Olympics came to a close last night. Over the past two weeks I have watched a lot of
I’ve grown up in the church my entire life. There are a lot of Christian phrases that get thrown around, some of which don’t make a lot of sense. Hedge of protection. Passing the peace. Fellowship hall. “Come, Lord Jesus” is another phrase that always confused me a little bit. I understood it conceptually, that
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