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I’ve written before that baseball is the perfect sport for nerds. Nerds need something over which to obsess and baseball more than fills that need. With all of its history, statistics and sabermetrics, baseball provides everything a nerd needs to form an obsession. My baseball nerdom started in high school. Since I was born inRead more

Today is Alycia and my third wedding anniversary. In some ways it seems like we’ve been married longer and in other ways it seems like we were just walking down the aisle. This year has been a little more difficult for me but Alycia has been completely supportive through it all. Through my trials I’veRead more

A lot of people watch Duck Dynasty. In fact, the premiere episode of Duck Dynasty’s fourth season was the most watched nonfiction cable series ever. 11.8 million viewers tuned in to see the further adventures of the Robertson clan, of which I was one. Alycia and I normally don’t watch Duck Dynasty but we happenedRead more

Memorial Day is in our rearview mirror, which means we have finally made it to the summer. Summer is a magical time in which we remember long days spent swimming, playing with friends and enjoying a vacation from school. Unfortunately, as we get older, summer just becomes the months when our commutes to work areRead more

Alycia and I have been married for a little over two and a half years. Even though we’ve only lived in apartments, over that time we have been building our home together. For us that has meant learning each other’s rhythms of rest and activity, figuring out how to best share a meal together andRead more

Settlers of Catan gets a lot of love here at TheChristianNerd and rightly so. It's an amazing game that Christians love to play. Christians love Catan because it gives them the opportunity to boast about something. Christians love to play Catan at Chick-fil-A. The nerdiest Christians love to play Star Trek Catan. Christians just loveRead more