This week on Beneath the Tangles, we’re sharing prayers of thanks for different aspects of our community. We hope you’ll join along as we pray in gratefulness. Today, we’re praying for our community on Discord! Lord, thank you for all the members of Discord community. We’re delighted to see how you’re working in their lives… Read More BtT Week of Thankfulness, Day 2: Discord Community
Holy revival, Batman! It’s a week from Thanksgiving and a perfect time to consider how many of us struggle to give thanks. Nami’s actions when fighting Arlong in One Piece set the stage for Mike’s thought on how easily it is to miss the spirit of gratitude when things aren’t going well, when our blessings… Read More The Power of God and Anime, Episode 11: One Piece and Thanksgiving
NCMS 2024 is in the books! A week ago, I asked for your prayers as Jake (one of our writers and our small group overseer) and I made our way to this year’s Nerd Culture Ministry Summit. People from all over the world (hello, Germany!) traveled to the Garden of the Gods and Glen Eyrie… Read More Bringing Otaku Ministries Together at NCMU 2024
How do you react when someone expresses some incredible gift or talent? Does it motivate you to grow your own skills? And does it matter if that motivation is out of pure intent or something less savory? On episode ten of The Power of God and Anime podcast, Mike looks to Naruto and his impact… Read More The Power of God and Anime, Episode 10: Naruto, Jesus, and Right Motivations
We had the privilege of covering Anime Expo once again this year. T.R. Racki, who has graciously volunteered to cover Anime Expo for us on an annual basis, took a different route this year, joining with our friends at Jesus Otaku on their annual missions trip to the con. Anime Expo 2024 marked the tenth… Read More That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Jesus Otaku Journalist
“Let me disclose the gifts reserved for age/ To set a crown upon your lifetime’s effort. / First, the cold friction of expiring sense / Without enchantment, offering no promise / But bitter tastelessness of shadow fruit / As body and soul begin to fall asunder. / Second, the conscious impotence of rage / At… Read More From the New World: Bloodstained Memories
Tearmoon Empire has one of the best opening episodes in recent years when it comes to showcasing the gospel. And this is no surprise, given that the author of the original light novel, Nozomu Mochitsuki, is himself a Christian. I was so taken with the premiere episode that I wrote two posts when it aired!… Read More The Ongoing Grace of Tearmoon Empire
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Pop on in—we’d love to see you there!