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...

Two years after his tragic passing, we’ve finally seen Marvel’s honoring of Chadwick Boseman and his excellent portrayal as the Black...

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...

Sonic Frontiers has officially been out for a few days, but as I wrote this, I still needed to get to play the dang thing because I got...

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...

Do you know those wholesome anime where it’s not about victory but the friendships made along the way? Yeah - this isn’t that. When I...

As you're reading this, perhaps, I am sitting down with several of our LVL2 members and of our benefactors from the Western North...

Look - I hear you. How on earth is there anything a church could say about Chainsaw Man? An anime literally about devils, chainsaws,...

I'm currently working through a book by Cal Newport on living a minimalist lifestyle digitally. He defines Digital Minimalism as, "A...

Find Full Transcript Here: https://www.checkpointchurch.com/post/nerds-of-pray-jate Nerds of Pray is the podcast where Nerd Pastor Nathan...

Whenever the weather starts to get cold, I begin to anticipate what Mike Flanagan will do next. But I wasn't so sure whenever I learned...

As you're reading this, I'm attending the Church Communicators Conference in Rock Hill, SC. Via their website, their goals are "specially...

A bit of a different one today, but maybe the most important message we have to offer at Checkpoint. This nerdy sermon will cover a wide...

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...

This might just be our most niche Nerdy Sermon to date. But dang it… I’m obsessed, and you can’t stop me unless you click away. Please...

Halfway through writing the original newsletter, I decided it would make a way better nerdy sermon, so catch the actual topic for today,...

Cyberpunk Edgerunners may just be my anime of the year. The world was downright immersive. It made me feel like I was inside the video...

I was recently reading a passage out of a book that opposes digital church ministry and was struck by one of their arguments that,...

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to say this or not, but I’m beginning to think that JRR Tolkien might have had some kind of connection to...

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...