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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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Checkpoint Church
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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...
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Checkpoint Church
Oct 25, 20211 min read
Featured: More Midnight Mass Musing for Rethink Church
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
Oct 24, 20217 min read
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...
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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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Checkpoint Church
Oct 18, 20211 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 17, 202110 min read
Why Jesus Achieves What The Squid Game Can't
Watch this Nerdy Devotional Here: Squid Game seems to be taking the world by storm this past month and that’s great. I’m thrilled to see...
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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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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 12, 20213 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 10, 202110 min read
Is Kris in Control in Deltarune?
Watch this Nerdy Devotional Here: You don’t need to be in a room with me for long to learn that I am *that* Undertale fan - I will rant...
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Checkpoint Church
Oct 7, 202128 min read
Nerds of Pray: Hoot & Howl, Geeky Christian Twitter, Thy Geekdom Come Blogger Shaneen Thompson (1.4)
Watch Episode 4: Or Subscribe to Our Podcast: RAW TRANSCRIPT (From Scribie): 0:00:00.2 S1: And I was feeling a little bit lost. I wanted...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Oct 6, 20212 min read
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Sep 29, 20212 min read
When Nerds Say 'I Do'
I love weddings. They have all of my favorite things. My favorite people. My favorite food. My favorite dances. My favorite food. My...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Sep 28, 20214 min read
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...
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Checkpoint Church
Sep 27, 20211 min read
Featured: Discussing Twelve Minutes on Rethink Church
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
Sep 22, 20212 min read
Expectations of Loss
Warning: this post will be brutally honest and yet hopelessly optimistic. Last week, we had our second ever Check-A-Thon and set the goal...
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Checkpoint Church
Sep 16, 202142 min read
Nerds of Pray: Faith & Fandom Author Hector Miray (1.3)
Watch Episode Three: Or Subscribe to our Podcast: TRANSCRIPT: 0:00:00.2 S1: Would you rather Him read the bible study that already...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Sep 15, 20212 min read
Achievement Unlocked
ICYMI: we announced last week that I was selected to be one of the speakers at the highly anticipated UMC LEAD 2022 event in San Diego,...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Sep 14, 20213 min read
Nerd of Mouth: Issue 3
The third entry of nerd ministry that is being done - and I’m nowhere close to the end of my research. How are you enjoying these lists?...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Sep 10, 20215 min read
7 Things From August Nerds Should Know
August always feels like a blur. With kids going back to school and the peak of the summer heat giving us the final sunburns of the...
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