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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Meet The Guardians
With our first ever State of the RE:Union a few weeks ago, we made the announcement that Checkpoint would be instituting something new in...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Twitch Does Church Better Than You
In the work of digital ministry, I have had to learn plenty about adaptivity. I've grown through failure, success, and mentorship every...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 9, 20222 min read
23,000 Reasons (A Viral Reflection)
As a digital-based entity, given enough time the algorithm of the Internet will reward continuous effort with a 'viral post.' It's not...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 2, 20222 min read
RE: Why Churches Should Drop Their Online Services
I had quite a few things I wanted to write about in this newsletter - but then the New York Times posted an op-ed piece on online...
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Checkpoint Church
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Goals Met, Friends Made, Moving On
I want to start this one with a humongous THANK YOU for making our first ever 24-hour charity stream a huge success. It's important to...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Setting A New Standard
When it comes to the work of digital ministry, the most exciting part is that every new thing you try is unprecedented. We are now...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Dec 29, 20212 min read
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,...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Dec 22, 20212 min read
The Nerd At Christmas
It seems that the season of Christmas isn't dissimilar from a Pokémon. It evolves. Since my childhood, I've always known the 'true reason...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Dec 15, 20212 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Dec 1, 20212 min read
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...
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Checkpoint Church
Nov 28, 20219 min read
How Pikmin Bloom is Echoing Christian Servanthood
Yeah, you read that title right. We’re straight up talking about Pikmin and Jesus today and that is hilarious to me. Words cannot...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Nov 24, 20212 min read
Putting the Good in Ludology
Checkpoint Church has been secretly developing a video game just in time for Advent. If you missed the news, then... well, first off I...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Nov 17, 20212 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Embracing, Erasing, Encasing
Checkpoint entered into the second official year on the Internet back in August, bringing notifications on social media to look 'back on...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Nov 3, 20212 min read
The Last 15 Percent
I'm not sure about you, but I woke up Monday and couldn't believe that it was November. This year has flashed by like a vision. This...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 27, 20212 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 13, 20212 min read
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...
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