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Nerd Pastor Nate
May 15, 202213 min read
Who is the 'Hope' in Star Wars: A New Hope?
If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
May 11, 20222 min read
What Tangled Webs We Weave
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
May 8, 202211 min read
Why is Violet Evergarden good at caring for others?
If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
May 4, 20222 min read
What's Better Than A Watch Party?
Whenever all is said and done with my paternity leave, we aren't wasting any time getting back up and running with the exciting things...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
May 1, 202210 min read
The Burden of Loving Others like Major Alex Louis Armstrong
Love Passed Down If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 27, 20222 min read
The Responsibility of Time Off
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 24, 20228 min read
What It Means to Git Gud IRL
Look - I’m not proud of this, okay? But I can’t just not talk about the latest Internet trend to absolutely sweep my Twitter and Reddit...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 20, 20222 min read
Uh... Sike?
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...
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Checkpoint Church
Apr 19, 20221 min read
Featured: Batman, Easter and rebirth
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 17, 202210 min read
Why Does Knuckles Keep Getting Fooled By Dr. Robotnik?
So Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out and is doing ridiculously well, which makes me crazy happy for the character that shaped my childhood:...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 13, 20222 min read
The Final Countdown
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 10, 202210 min read
Demon Slayer and the Faithful Practice of Sacrifice
Look - if you get to know me through our streams or the #anime channel on our Discord, it won’t take long to learn that I’m not the...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 6, 20222 min read
The Day The Stream Stood Still
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Apr 3, 20229 min read
Coffee Talk Does Church Better Than The Church
So - I generally try to only do games, movies, and anime that are trending and new in order to hopefully catch the hype and show people...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 30, 20222 min read
A Year of Generosity
Early on Checkpoint Church was faced with the challenging question: how do we practice generosity in this space? When we are in the...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 27, 20229 min read
What We Can Learn From The Turning Red "Controversy"
So Pixar’s Turning Red kind of just snuck in on Disney+ and I honestly probably would have missed out on watching it except for all of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Now What Am I Supposed To Do?
Checkpoint Church is a weird thing. This past week I was tasked with, yet again, presenting Checkpoint as a concept to a Board of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 20, 20229 min read
The HOPE in the War Between Batman & Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves' 'The Batman'
Batman isn’t a superhero Look - hear me out. Batman isn’t a superhero. At his best, he’s a hero. At his worst, he’s a villain. Most of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 16, 20222 min read
A Selfish Request
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....
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 13, 20229 min read
What If We Haven't Found the BEST Ending of Elden Ring?
These past couple weeks of playing through the Old Testament - sorry, I meant Elden Ring - have been some interesting ones. I wasn’t...
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