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 appreciation for my family. I love my family. I love my wife. I love our daughter - oops, daughters now. But it's not big secret that pastors aren't very good at leaving their job alone. We are known for burnout, fatigue, overworking, etc. A part of this is due to the fact that we are working 'for God,' so what right have we to step away fro

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 timelines. If you have somehow managed to avoid hearing about the Elden Ring legend ‘Let Me Solo Her,’ then buckle up buttercup, because we’re doing a dive into the story behind the legend and exploring the bizarre connection it has to our walks as Christians. I cannot believe this is happening either, but here we are. So, if you’re at all cu

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 right now, sleep deprived. I'm supposed to be holding my second little girl and taking the best care I can of my post-delivery wife. But instead - here I am, writing this. Truth be told... I don't know for certain that I won't be doing those things while you are reading this. Last week, I shared with all of you a bit about the twisted pleasur

Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he discusses the film The Batman. Read the full article below or visit the main site here.

So Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out and is doing ridiculously well, which makes me crazy happy for the character that shaped my childhood: Tails. Yeah, I was always a Tails fan and still am. So when I learned Tails would be featuring in the film, I was ecstatic. And then we learned that Idris Elba was going to be bringing together another huge Sonic mainstay - Knuckles the Echidna. This movie was destined to be one of my favorites of the year - no matter how dodgy the writing wo

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 weeks and have known that this was needed for this delivery to be as safe as possible for both her and her mom. As a schedule person, I'd be lying if I said it didn't provide a certain sense of ease, even if the situation itself is a bit stressful. Knowing that my second leel baby is scheduled to arrive next week has made for a strange week

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 biggest Shonen fan. I grew up on the likes of DBZ, Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto and I’ve just read and watched too many of them at this point. Demon Slayer is one that continues to put me on the fence. With perhaps the most boring first season I’ve ever experienced, Demon Slayer has considerably upped the pace for season 2 and the transitional a

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 found ourselves anxiously twiddling our thumbs during the last four weeks of uncertainty. We wondered if we would have any idea when this baby would arrive. My wife experienced phantom and illusory signs of labor, but in the end we wound up scheduling an induction at 41 weeks. It was not a moment too soon for my incredible spouse. This baby

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 that these nerdy sermons are ‘with it.’ But there are plenty of older stories that are precious to me that I just don’t get to do videos on because of this rule. But this week it was announced that a young up-and-coming game dev passed and they just so happen to be the ones who created one of these slightly older favorites I was just referri