Beneath the Tangles Annual Drive: Please Support Us This Holiday Season!

God is so good. This year, we celebrated our 15th year as a ministry. That’s only, only possible through God’s blessing. We’ve endured burnout, the niche-ness of anime, the explosion of anime (and finding our place within that!), changing algorithms on Google and social media, and not least of all, my imperfections. But God continued… Read More Beneath the Tangles Annual Drive: Please Support Us This Holiday Season!

Happy Birthday, Beneath the Tangles: Fifteen Years and Still Joining the Party!

All week long, we’ve been celebrating 15 years of Beneath the Tangles, but today is the day. It’s our birthday! Happy birthday to us! On September 12th, 2010, we went live with my very first article, entitled “My So-Called Virtual Life.” A short rumination on Love Plus, digital girlfriends, and the loss of authentic relationships… Read More Happy Birthday, Beneath the Tangles: Fifteen Years and Still Joining the Party!

Don’t Forget Your Party: Zenshu’s Lesson in Leadership, Humility, and Ministry

“I’ll do it all myself.” The first half of Zenshu, MAPPA’s meta ride following Natsuko, a director reincarnated into the anime movie that inspired her to become an animator, has shown moments of personal growth for the supporting characters and optimism for their story, which in canon form was devastatingly sad. But there hasn’t been… Read More Don’t Forget Your Party: Zenshu’s Lesson in Leadership, Humility, and Ministry