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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, friends! I hope that your 2025 went well, that it was full of blessings and steps forward in your journey of faith. Although failures, pain, and loss can color our feelings about how life is going, I encourage you to remember the goodness, too—the work God is doing in your life, the… Read More Happy New Year!

01.01.202601.01.2026 TwwkLeave a comment

Fanart Friday, Too: Year of the Bocchi

Welcome to the Year of the Bocchi…er, Snake! We hope y’all have an electric year full of hope and joy! ★ 【きしんⅡ世】 「 謹賀新年ぼっちちゃん 」 ☆

01.03.202501.03.2025 Staff1 Comment

Tangle x Cast 7: Fresh Starts

For so many of us, the new year is a time to put away the old, start anew, and lead into resolutions with vigor. With 2023 only a couple of weeks old and lunar new year just a few days away, our team is taking the opportunity this week to look at the topic of… Read More Tangle x Cast 7: Fresh Starts

01.18.202301.21.2023 mikesgeekworldLeave a comment

From 2022 to 2023: Peaceful Endings and Exciting Beginnings

2022 is almost at an end! We’re happy that you’ve been a part of our grand adventure this past year. We added Tiktok to our platforms, relaunched the Tangle x Cast, reviewed hundreds of manga and light novels, gave you our initial thoughts on dozens of anime airing each season, crowned a new champion in… Read More From 2022 to 2023: Peaceful Endings and Exciting Beginnings

12.26.202201.02.2023 Twwk3 Comments

Happy Genshin New Year!

Happy Chinese (lunar) New Year! No surprise that the characters from Genshin Impact are celebrating, at least here in this lovely work of fan art. Do you celebrate Lunar New Year? It’s not a big deal in our household, though it is for my sister-in-law, who is Vietnamese, so she kind of brings the cheer… Read More Happy Genshin New Year!

02.01.202201.31.2022 StaffLeave a comment

TangleCast 84: Goodbye from Our Crew and a 3-Gatsu New Year

The day is here: After more than two years and 33 episodes later, our team of David, Holly, Peter, and editor, Celetron (Marcelo), are stepping away from the TangleCast. While Peter and Holly will continue on with Beneath the Tangles, David is leaving as he works toward other ministry and goals in his life. But… Read More TangleCast 84: Goodbye from Our Crew and a 3-Gatsu New Year

12.29.202012.28.2020 pctr9Leave a comment

20/20 in 2020: Setting Our Vision on Christ

Happy New Year! We are in 2020—can you believe it? Oh how the years fly by! But we don’t want to let this one go too quickly, at least not without using the year itself as a way of renewing focus for both you and ourselves. And so throughout 2020, we’ll be focusing on a… Read More 20/20 in 2020: Setting Our Vision on Christ

12.31.201901.06.2020 Twwk7 Comments

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