Gen Con was great this year. I once again aligned with my co-author Nathan Marchand and his brother as roommates and con buddies. I traveled down with a pastor and gaming friend of mine. We had a last minute problem with our hotel reservation being canceled. A friend of Nathan’s put us in contact with …
Wow. June has been packed! JAFAX, the Japanese Animation and Entertainment Expo in Grand Rapids, MI was held this month as was our 10 Year Celebration! That is two big events in just weeks apart from each other. JAFAX I have been involved with the last 6 Jafax events. I had 3 as just a …
A couple weeks ago the song “Lion” by Elevation Worship came into my head and was there for a while. I started reflecting on the song as it was in my head. The song focuses on Jesus title as Lion of Judah and is taken at least from the Book of Revelations. Here are a …
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 …