Season 3 of the Mandalorian had some excellent moments. Spoilers Ahead. From Paz Vizla fighting the Praetorian Guard alone to Christopher Lloyd appearing as a separatist to Grogu spotting some purrgil while in hyper space. And that was just one of a few kaiju moments in new SW material within just a few weeks. This …
Greetings Scholars and Warriors. I’ve had a YouTube channel for Nerd Chapel from the very beginning, but I haven’t been consistent with content. This year that changes. I’ll be posting videos each week featuring entries from my first book: 42: Discovering Faith through Fandom. This book came out in 2015 and was first released at …
I recently re-watched the Librarians. The Librarians continues the story of the Library from The Librarian movie trilogy (Quest for the Spear, Return to King Solomon’s Mines, Curse of the Judas Chalice). In this the Library adds three more Librarians: Cassandra a synesthesia/tumor patient who is an expert in math, science and learns to be …
Cassian Andor was just walking to get some breakfast. As a group of rebels or youthful vandals ran past him to get away form the troops, they zeroed in on him. Cassian got arrested for nothing. Oh, he had done something before this…but these troops had no clue about that. No clue that he had …
How many people do you know who are creators, both in nerd culture and in other subcultures? Writers, artists, podcasters, musicians, crafters, sometimes even really wild people who lead ministries through such means. What can you do to support us? Here are a few ideas. Restaurant Gift Cards Unless they are a robot, your traveling …
Many years ago as I was starting my this venture, when the books were just an idea, I attended the very first GrandCon at a small convention center at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. That year I volunteered for many hours, ran several games and had a great time. I did not hold a …
Gen Con was so full this year. Most years I help Nathan Marchand with his book table and we put our devotionals out along with his fiction works. This year he had to cancel last minute and we didn’t get that pleasure. But I had some other responsibilities. This was the first year I served …
I have started another watch through of Stargate SG-1! Best TV show ever. Today I watched the episode Show and Tell from Season 2. In this episode an unexpected traveler arrives at the SGC (Stargate Command) via the Stargate with a warning: an attack is imminent. The episode starts with the gate dialing up due …
A couple weeks ago my writing buddy and good friend, Nathan Marchand, tagged me in a FB post about a new nerdy devotional. Finding God in Anime Vol. 2 one is entirely focused on anime and includes around 2 dozen contributors. That is a ton of writers. I emailed the editors and had them send …
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness must have had one of the most anticipated and discussed arrivals in years, aside from Infinity War and Endgame. This movie led us into the multiverse with the horror atmosphere that Sam Raimi is known for and the adaptability of bringing heroes to other genres that the Marvel …