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...

We wrapped up our first ever community challenge event at the end of June - Mileage Mania. For the entire month of June, we challenged...

This past Sunday marked an important day in the United Methodist Church. Clergy across the denomination will be preaching their very...

With the release of our most recent LVL2 newsletter, we have entered into our final quarter of the inaugural year since it's inception....

Checkpoint Church moves fast. Like, crazy fast. Sometimes it can be overwhelming to remember where we were last month, let alone last...

Constant and attentive innovation is necessary for the digital church. The world online moves quickly and unapologetically. This nature...

I might be biased, but I love our weekly nerdy sermons. I love getting to craft them as a pastor, sure. But as a nerd, I love that they...

One of the biggest challenges of an online, unlocalized church is finding intentional ways to serve together. It would be challenging for...

What a couple of weeks it has been. ICYMI, I'm now a dad of a second beautiful baby girl. I'm also exhausted, but that comes with the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Early on Checkpoint Church was faced with the challenging question: how do we practice generosity in this space? When we are in the...

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

Out of all of the things that has surprised me the most with Checkpoint Church, the way that this community prays is astounding to me....

This past Monday we officially unveiled our Safepoint Policy. When it comes to digital ministry, much of the work being done is entirely...

Today marks the beginning of the Lenten season. From now until Easter, Christians across the globe will honor the age-old practice of...