We had a baptism yesterday at our church and I had the honor and privilege of baptizing two of our students. We have a new, portable baptistery at our church and yesterday was our first opportunity to use it. The water was warm and the baptistery worked out really well. It was a little boring,Read more
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It had been 13 years since I saw Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in the movie theaters. 13 years ago I was filled with as much excitement as anyone else to see the prequels. While the movies didn’t necessarily live up the original trilogy, I still enjoy them and, as I wroteRead more
One of my major reasons for starting this blog was because nerd culture has recently been going mainstream. Nerdclinations are no longer the domain of socially awkward teenagers huddled in the basement with their 20-sided dice. The popularity of franchises like Harry Potter, Call of Duty and The Avengers have made nerds out of almostRead more
I wrote this post after seeing the Sandcrawler building. Our church is functional but I would be much happier going to work in a Sandcrawler. This post got so many hits because, for a while, if you Googled “Helm’s Deep” the picture in this post was the top result. George Lucas is building a newRead more
I spent yesterday working at a toy drive in Hollywood with our high school group. We were setting up everything so that thousands of toys and school supplies could be given away to almost 2,000 kids. It’s a great opportunity to serve others and make Christmas possible for some kids who might not experience itRead more
As long as I can remember my family always had a nativity scene we pulled out for Christmas. When I was younger our nativity scene had little porcelain figures that all surrounded a little porcelain Jesus. Then we got a more abstract nativity scene with just Joseph, Mary and Jesus that I stole when IRead more