Nerd Pastor Nate
Almost Checksmas Time Again
In the iconic words of Phoenix Wright, almost Checksmas means it isn't Checksmas! And it isn't quite that time yet - but we're getting...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 30
- 2 min
Better Begins With You
As we approach the end of the year, we enter into that wonderful time where we reflect on the past year to see how we might be better in...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 23
- 2 min
An Advent Reality
We don't often focus on the Liturgical Calendar (the year that the Church follows) very often here at Checkpoint. But I am sure never to...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 16
- 2 min
Billboards vs Bases
ICYMI Twitter is on fire. I'm not quite as fatalistic or prophetic as many others, but it's hard to deny that the current steps of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 2
- 2 min
Of Stakes and Holders
As you're reading this, perhaps, I am sitting down with several of our LVL2 members and of our benefactors from the Western North...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 26
- 2 min
Happily Missing Out (To The Point, 3.42)
I'm currently working through a book by Cal Newport on living a minimalist lifestyle digitally. He defines Digital Minimalism as, "A...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 19
- 2 min
You Should Be Learning (To The Point, 3.41)
As you're reading this, I'm attending the Church Communicators Conference in Rock Hill, SC. Via their website, their goals are "specially...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 12
- 2 min
Who Benefits From Digital Church?
To provide a teachable moment on TikTok, I made a quick commentary on how SNL's coverage of the Try Guys scandal was very similar to the...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 6
- 2 min
How To Support Digital Ministry
Halfway through writing the original newsletter, I decided it would make a way better nerdy sermon, so catch the actual topic for today,...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Sep 28
- 2 min
Whole Body Digital Ministry
I was recently reading a passage out of a book that opposes digital church ministry and was struck by one of their arguments that,...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Sep 21
- 2 min
What It Means To Parent A Gamer
Bit of a different newsletter today - are you a parent of a gamer who feels hopelessly lost when it comes to modern gaming? Growing up as...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Final Nail In The Coffin... In A Good Way?
As of this past Sunday, we have officially reached 500 subscribers on YouTube! This has been a long time coming with plenty of effort and...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Sep 7
- 2 min
The Opportunity That Knocks
Do you remember the Honda commercials that featured Rob Paulsen as Mr. Opportunity? The real-life footage of the latest automobile would...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Whose Pod Is It Anyway?
This past Monday, we announced our newest project from Checkpoint Church - the LVL2 Podcast! I want to use this space to explain more...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Aug 24
- 2 min
I'm A Subscriber... What Does That Mean?
On August 12th, we had our first ever sub-stream called #WhyCheckpointChurch. If you were able to make it to the event, thank you! We had...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Aug 17
- 2 min
The Satanic Panic is Important
We announced about a month ago that Checkpoint would host a documentary screening and panelist discussion for Derek White's award-winning...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Thirdiversary
It's hard to believe this, but Checkpoint Church is officially in its THIRD year of existence. I was first appointed here in July 2020,...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Aug 3
- 2 min
#WhyCheckpointChurch (To The Point, 3.30)
Checkpoint is always striving to be on the cutting edge of the next great thing. Our goals may remain the same, but the things we try...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 27
- 2 min
The Method Behind the Nerdness
Something I don't talk about enough is the absolute joy I get from our weekly nerdy sermons. I can only imagine the fourteen-year-old...
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Checkpoint Church
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Playing the Support Role
When I first started developing a church for nerds, geeks, and gamers, I thought what I was creating was novel. It didn't take long to...
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