On this week’s episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast we talk about keeping Sabbath with technology, The Force Awakens and acting the fool In Nerd News Scott and Ron talk about a rabbi’s response to using his Amazon Echo on the Sabbath and casting rumors for New Mutants. They talk about what it means to be a fool forRead more
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When I was younger I had a recurring nightmare over the course of years. I was on the forest moon of Endor in my nightmare. I watched Return of the Jedi a lot so the setting makes sense. Instead of hanging out with Ewoks in my nightmare, which would have been awesome, I was terrorizedRead more
Earlier this week Lucasfilm announced that principal photography had begun for Episode VIII. Rian (pronounced like “Ryan” and not “Ree-an”) Johnson has taken over directing duties from J.J. Abrams and, according to this production announcement video, is picking up right where Abrams left off. I’ve watched that video numerous times, more than I probably shouldRead more
On this week’s episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast we talk about Scott’s first child and what we want to pass onto our children. In Nerd News Scott and Ron talk about Oracle’s lawsuit against Google and Episode VIII getting pushed back. In From the Blog Scott shares about his daughter, who will be born at the end of April, andRead more
This week the shortlist of actors to play a young version of Han Solo found its way onto the Internet. While I’m not entirely sold on the prospect of a Han Solo origin story, I like the idea of Dave Franco playing everyone’s favorite Corellian smuggler. Franco can be brash and flippant, which definitely describesRead more
The final part of my ordination process involved sitting before a committee of nine other pastors from my denomination. They asked me questions for well over an hour, picking apart the doctrinal statement that I had written. I did the best I could answering their questions, but one of them almost stumped me. I amRead more