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Summer camp is not the ideal situation for nerds. I went to summer camp for the first time in the summer of 1994, the summer before my 8th grade year. This was a rough time in my life because Star Trek: The Next Generation had just finished two months earlier. I also didn’t know anyRead more

What if Jesus was like Captain Kirk? Jesus would have named Peter’s fishing boat the Enterprise. The Sermon on the Mount would have been twice as long with all of the pregnant pauses. Jesus would have told the Romans that they reminded him of the Romulans. The Big Three of Peter, John and James wouldRead more

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” – Ephesians 2:8-9 In his epistle to the Ephesian church, the Apostle Paul writes that our salvation is a gift from God, not basedRead more

Star Wars is our great modern mythology. Most people probably know more about Luke Skywalker’s struggles against the Empire than they do about Odysseus’ journey to get home. I know that’s true for me; I was supposed to read The Odyssey my freshman year in high school but it was long with small printing. SinceRead more