Yesterday I wrote about the importance of ceremony and the need to celebrate the good things that God has done in our lives. After attending an ordination, a wedding and a baptism last weekend, I couldn’t help but think of some of my favorite nerdy ceremonies and how they might help us see God aRead more
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I spend most of my weekends watching nerdy movies, playing video games, reading comics and going to church. This past weekend was a lot different, though. Instead of participating in my favorite nerdy activities, Saturday and Sunday were filled with ceremony. On Saturday morning I had the pleasure of attending the ordination ceremony of oneRead more
Things really picked up at Hogwarts over the course of these chapters with the arrival of the delegations from Beauxbaton and Durmstrang, the naming of champions and Sirius hanging out in a fire. I’m about halfway through The Goblet of Fire and can’t wait to see what happens next. Below are some thoughts from chaptersRead more
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIRBxRlsYR0&w=560&h=315] The above video is awesome. I am all about posting pictures of the food I am eating. I do believe that sharing photos of food creates a virtual communal experience with our friends on various social networks. The danger, though, comes in missing the communal experience that is taking place at the veryRead more
Yesterday was Alycia’s and my second anniversary. God has shown his tremendous goodness by blessing me with an amazing wife. Not only does she love God and ministry, but she also puts up with all of my nerdiness, which reached new levels with The Avengers earlier this year. The past two years have been greatRead more
On Saturday night Alycia and I hung out with another youth pastor and his wife. Since we were a quartet of Christians hanging out, we obviously broke out the hexes and played a mean game of Settlers of Catan. There are few things that combine the worlds of Christianity and nerdom as well as Catan;Read more