One of the coolest ministries in the otaku/nerd/gaming sphere is Love Thy Nerd, a non-profit that focuses on reaching out to geeks with all sorts of interests. The content they develop includes a number of podcasts, with my personal favorite being the NCMU (Nerd Culture Ministry Underground), where the hosts interview missionaries in the nerd culture realm. I was privileged to join one of the hosts, Bubba (who also runs LTN) on their most recent episode:
We chat about my faith journey and the development of Beneath the Tangles, as well as how an obsession can transform into opportunities for relationship and ministry. I hope you’ll check out the episode and follow Love Thy Nerd!
I want to also encourage anyone out there who is or is thinking of becoming a missionary/minister in the area of nerd culture to consider attending this year’s Nerd Culture Ministry Summit. It’s an awesome time of networking and learning about how to reach and care for nerds through digital ministry. This year, the summit is going to be held at a castle (really) in Colorado Springs. A couple of BtT staff will be attending!
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So, random question, which anime shirt did you have on? It looks cool 🙂
Oh it’s a Madoka shirt! Family who was visiting Japan bought it for me as a souvenir.
Mannn so cool haha. You got it from the “motherland”. We need to do a BtT Japan trip one day 🙂
Claire keeps sending me real estate listings of beautiful homes at very cheap prices in Japan for a BtT HQ. 😂
Haha! Maybe we can do one of those “creator houses” where they get all the staff to live in the same house. It would just be a pretty big house! But yeah, let’s make it happen, I’ll help put down the deposit.