I’m a Christmas music nut. I listen to holiday songs throughout the year and once Thanksgiving hits (I wait until then so I don’t wear myself and others around me out), it’s pretty much Christmas songs all the way through to the 25th. My favorites tend to be those that are carols or otherwise worshipful,… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 6: Toradora’s “Holy Night” Is Anime’s Christmas Carol
Christmas is all about gifts, but not just in a superficial way. No, as the Christmas episode of Akage no An reminds us, the joy of giving and receiving gifts comes from a humble heart. Personally, I would rank this as one of the most wholesome Christmas episodes of all time. After all, it’s hard… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 5: Anne’s Perfect Christmas Gift
In the wonderful realm of anime, we get to experience Christmas from the perspective of the Japanese, who view Christmas primarily as a holiday for couples. Perhaps this fits since a biblical marriage is supposed to mirror God’s love for His bride, the church! While many anime treat us with a lovely Christmas date episode,… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 4: Of Christmas Dates and Being a Girl – the Trials of Tomo-chan
A study from late last year discovered something many of us know intimately to be true: Christmastime can be incredibly lonely. The survey indicated that 55% of Americans are “experiencing sadness and loneliness during the holidays.” While it’s perhaps helpful to know that the majority of Americans may be feeling like you are, it’s little… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 1: The Angel Next Door Knows the Christmas Blues
Attack on Titan is a brutal show, not only because of the amount of gore on display, but because of the characters’ absolute faith in a leader who calls them to leave everything behind and join the war against the titans. Leaders of this cause, like Commander Erwin Smith and Captain Levi Ackerman, can be… Read More No Regrets: What Attack on Titan Shows Us About the Call of Christ
Last month, I connected with the amazing folks of Love Thy Nerd through a conference they organized with other partners called the Nerd Culture Ministry Summit. It was an amazing time of learning and connecting with others involved in the burgeoning field of nerd ministry. Yesterday, Love Thy Nerd posted a guest piece I wrote… Read More Reblog: Twwk Talks Frieren and Heaven
To say that Gojo Satoru is sort of a big deal in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen is putting it lightly. He’s established from the jump as the shounen series’s strongest character, and it’s hard to overstate the huge difference in power between Gojo and even the next-most powerful characters. But even so, we meet… Read More Life Lessons with Gojo-sensei
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