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    Featured: Five video games to enrich your faith
    Checkpoint Church
    • 5 hours ago
    • 1 min

    Featured: Five video games to enrich your faith

    Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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    You're Missing the Point of Evangelism & the Parable of the Lost Magikarp
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • 1 day ago
    • 10 min

    You're Missing the Point of Evangelism & the Parable of the Lost Magikarp

    If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to...
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    A Shot In The Dark
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • 5 days ago
    • 2 min

    A Shot In The Dark

    This is it - our final paternity newsletter. And this one is a bit of a gamble to write, but I have faith that God will help me out and...
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    Who is the 'Hope' in Star Wars: A New Hope?
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • May 15
    • 13 min

    Who is the 'Hope' in Star Wars: A New Hope?

    If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to...
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    What Tangled Webs We Weave
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • May 11
    • 2 min

    What Tangled Webs We Weave

    Alright - we're two weeks into our paternity leave. Hopefully you aren't missing me as bad as I'm missing y'all. Well, I might be missing...
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    Why is Violet Evergarden good at caring for others?
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • May 8
    • 11 min

    Why is Violet Evergarden good at caring for others?

    If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to...
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    What's Better Than A Watch Party?
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • May 4
    • 2 min

    What's Better Than A Watch Party?

    Whenever all is said and done with my paternity leave, we aren't wasting any time getting back up and running with the exciting things...
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    The Burden of Loving Others like Major Alex Louis Armstrong
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • May 1
    • 10 min

    The Burden of Loving Others like Major Alex Louis Armstrong

    Love Passed Down If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you...
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    The Responsibility of Time Off
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 27
    • 2 min

    The Responsibility of Time Off

    With this newsletter, we begin four weeks of paternity leave for me. Putting it lightly - this is a challenge for me. It's not a lack of...
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    What It Means to Git Gud IRL
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 24
    • 8 min

    What It Means to Git Gud IRL

    Look - I’m not proud of this, okay? But I can’t just not talk about the latest Internet trend to absolutely sweep my Twitter and Reddit...
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    Uh... Sike?
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 20
    • 2 min

    Uh... Sike?

    I'll go ahead and call out the elephant in the room: I'm not supposed to be writing this. I'm supposed to be sitting in a hospital room...
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    Featured: Batman, Easter and rebirth
    Checkpoint Church
    • Apr 20
    • 1 min

    Featured: Batman, Easter and rebirth

    Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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    Why Does Knuckles Keep Getting Fooled By Dr. Robotnik?
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 17
    • 10 min

    Why Does Knuckles Keep Getting Fooled By Dr. Robotnik?

    So Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out and is doing ridiculously well, which makes me crazy happy for the character that shaped my childhood:...
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    The Final Countdown
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 13
    • 2 min

    The Final Countdown

    My paternity leave begins next Tuesday the 19th. Anything is possible, but my wife and I have had our scheduled delivery for the past few...
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    Demon Slayer and the Faithful Practice of Sacrifice
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 10
    • 10 min

    Demon Slayer and the Faithful Practice of Sacrifice

    Look - if you get to know me through our streams or the #anime channel on our Discord, it won’t take long to learn that I’m not the...
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    The Day The Stream Stood Still
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 6
    • 2 min

    The Day The Stream Stood Still

    ICYMI my wife and I are expecting our second child any day now. It's an exciting and stressful time to say the least. With our first, we...
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    Coffee Talk Does Church Better Than The Church
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Apr 3
    • 9 min

    Coffee Talk Does Church Better Than The Church

    So - I generally try to only do games, movies, and anime that are trending and new in order to hopefully catch the hype and show people...
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    A Year of Generosity
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Mar 30
    • 2 min

    A Year of Generosity

    Early on Checkpoint Church was faced with the challenging question: how do we practice generosity in this space? When we are in the...
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    What We Can Learn From The Turning Red "Controversy"
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Mar 27
    • 9 min

    What We Can Learn From The Turning Red "Controversy"

    So Pixar’s Turning Red kind of just snuck in on Disney+ and I honestly probably would have missed out on watching it except for all of...
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    Now What Am I Supposed To Do?
    Nerd Pastor Nate
    • Mar 23
    • 2 min

    Now What Am I Supposed To Do?

    Checkpoint Church is a weird thing. This past week I was tasked with, yet again, presenting Checkpoint as a concept to a Board of...
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