Nerd Pastor Nate
Innovate, Rinse, Repeat
Constant and attentive innovation is necessary for the digital church. The world online moves quickly and unapologetically. This nature...
Search
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jan 23
- 10 min
Did Peter Parker make the right decision at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home?
What better way to kick off the new season than with everyone’s favorite web-slinger Spider-man? Spider-Man: No Way Home hit theaters at...
7 views0 comments
Checkpoint Church
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Downloading... This May Take A While
Have you ever gone for a file download or installed a new program and gotten that message? I grew up in the dial-up era and this message...
19 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
And Then There Were None
Well, this is it - our final To The Point newsletter of 2021. I want to first thank you - whether this is your first, your thirtieth,...
14 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
A Game Dev's Reflection
Wow, that title is wild to see. As I write this, I've just finished playing the final complete collection of our first ever video game...
13 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 12, 2021
- 9 min
The True Evil in League of Legend's ARCANE Series
It’s not mystery than I’m not the biggest fan of League of Legends and given articles like this - I’m not alone in that sentiment. But...
10 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Bestivus for the Rest of Us
Planting a church like Checkpoint is a fairly inexplicable thing. I can't begin to describe the surprises that have been waiting on me...
11 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Tragedy Beyond Four Walls
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video mentions a tragedy in Ohio, but the event in fact occurred in Michigan. Adjustments and edits have been made as...
23 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Reflection Via Competition
Enter the competition here! One of the hallmarks of the gaming year has been the relatively recent tradition of Geoff Keighley's The Game...
10 views0 comments
Checkpoint Church
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Featured: Revenge of the Nerd Pastor VAUMC
NPN was invited to be in conversation with Rev. Ahnna Lise Stevens-Jennings on the VAUMC podcast. In the pod, the two discuss what nerd...
12 views0 comments
Checkpoint Church
- Oct 28, 2021
- 52 min
Nerds of Pray: InnRoads Ministries, Bard & Bible TTRPG Pastor Mike Perna (1.5)
Nerds of Pray is the podcast where Nerd Pastor Nathan Webb of Checkpoint Church sits down with some of the leading people in the realm of...
98 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Absolutely Nothing
In the immortal words of Uncle Ben: with great power comes great responsibility. Given the boom of growth we've seen in Checkpoint in the...
52 views0 comments
Checkpoint Church
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Featured: Digital Church Roundtable on WNCC's Means of Grace
Nerd Pastor Nate was invited to be a guest on the Means of Grace podcast from the Western North Carolina Conference. The podcast features...
14 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 24, 2021
- 7 min
Is Midnight Mass an Accurate Representation of the Church?
Tv shows, movies, comics, games - pretty much every form of media leans towards the same two main antagonists. Either it’s the big wig...
30 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Next Right Step
Before we get too far, I want to welcome all of the new subscribers to our newsletter and members to our Discord, Twitch, and YouTube...
28 views0 comments
Checkpoint Church
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Featured: Checkpoint on UM News
Checkpoint Church was recently featured in an article written by Aaron Cross on the United Methodist News website. Read the full article...
28 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 13, 2021
- 2 min
The Point of Growth
Just in case you didn't hear me shouting from the rooftops last week - Checkpoint Church officially reaching 100 members in our Discord...
18 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
Nerd of Mouth: Issue 5
What does it mean to do nerd ministry? This is the question I am almost constantly asking. It is being more and more widely done...
20 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
The Bot Heard Round The World
ICYMI the world fell in upon itself this past Monday when Facebook suddenly crashed around 2:00 PM EST and the servers remained offline...
11 views0 comments
Nerd Pastor Nate
- Sep 28, 2021
- 4 min
Nerd of Mouth: Issue 4
It’s strange to me how quickly I wax and wane between the world of nerd ministry being so widely done in one moment and then feel like...
20 views0 comments