The submissions are in. The evaluations are complete. And we have our winners for the first-ever Beneath the Tangles art contest, where we asked artists to draw their rendition of our logo, BtT-chan! Before I post the winner, I want to thank everyone who entered the contest! Our judges were impressed and so encouraged by… Read More The Winners of the BtT-chan Art Challenge Are…
Did you miss our newsletter? Well, we’re back! When we discontinued TanglesWeek last year, we heard from a number of you that you wished the newsletter would continue. Well, we’ve listened—and more than that, we now have a person dedicated to running our newsletter who, in addition to featuring our content, will also be developing… Read More Subscribe to Our New Substack: Above Anime!
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… Read More Twwk Joins Love Thy Nerd to Talk BtT
Last month, we put out a call for those interested in being part of our first Beneath the Tangles mission team! A few responded, and we’re officially sending one of our own—Doki Doki News correspondent Uvie—to Anime Expo this July to join our friends at Jesus Otaku on their annual mission! And to help Uvie,… Read More Help Us Send Our First Mission Team to Join Jesus Otaku at Anime Expo!
Hi, Fam! About 40 hours remain in our spring 2024 drive, and we are a long way from reaching our goals. Would you please consider helping us reach them? We are hoping to increase our sustained giving by $50 a month and reach $200 in one-time gifts. To meet the former goal, we need supporters… Read More Final Hours of the Spring Drive!
He is risen! Happy Easter, friends! Today is the most celebratory day in the Christian calendar—indeed, it’s a commemoration of the most celebratory day of all time. The tomb is empty. Death is defeated. Jesus has won. And we all may now join him in everlasting life when we turn to him as our Lord… Read More Happy Easter!
“One cannot experience the true Easter experience of the miraculous without first spending time in the dark, struggling for faith on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, when faith is, for the most part, found wanting. The Easter miracle is not to be reduced to a rational, reductionistic faith.” Makoto Fujimura, Silence and Beauty Today is… Read More A Good and Solemn Friday
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