Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna slow down their busy lives long enough for a Christmas Eve special where they specifically look at the need to slow down your life. Join them as they discuss the John Mark Comer book, "The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry," and learn how to live a full life without a full calendar. ★ Support this podcast ★...
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds wrap up season 7 with a look at the way nerd culture words and church culture terms have become common vernacular. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! In this episode, the Church Nerds take a look at recent celebrities who've announced their conversion to Christianity, and examine how Church Culture responds to these events. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new episode of Church Nerds, where Bubba & Anna discuss what makes up a hero - both as we understand them in comics and in real life - as well as why we are obsessed with superheroes and how they resonate with us. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Nothing quite like a fist full of tickets when you're a child at an arcade, spending $40 in quarters so you can trade your tickets for something from Dollar Tree that won't last the drive home. But as we grow up, are we still chasing prizes? In ministry or simply living as a Christian, are we constantly expecting something back? The Church Nerds are here to tackle that topic and share some arcade stories too. ★ Support this podcast...
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds take a look at how media is influencing adolescents today compared to when they were children. Parenting, screen time, content limits, and more are on the table today on the show. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds return, starting a new rhythm for the show. And what better topic than rhythm itself. Bubba & Anna look at video games that follow a daytime/nighttime rhythm or make aspects of the game limited time offerings, and the FOMO games like that can cause. Then, we look at how church's do the same thing with their events calendars. How can we find balance? ★ Support this podcast ★...
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna are back (finally) for a special episode of the Church Nerds examining "Easter Eggs" from nerd culture and Biblical ones as well. Also, eggs are out... paint potatoes this year! And, is this the end of "Church Nerds"? ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna return with a look at A.I., how it's been portrayed in movies, and how it ties into a spiritual perspective. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna share nerdy Christmas traditions here at home and around the world in this special Christmas Eve Eve episode. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds discuss how Christians and Nerds are accustomed to waiting. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna discuss The Rings of Power and the relationships there-in, all recorded LIVE for the LTN Giving Tuesday Mega Stream! ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds discuss shows and series that were cancelled before their time, and then step up the discussion to cancel culture and our Christian response. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds bring you a post-Halloween episode full of spoopiness as they share some of their nightmares and go through 8 different scary Bible stories. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds take a look at personality-driven "church" cults, inspired by the new HBOmax's documentary about Gwen Shamblin Lara's religious weight-loss regimen and the church built around it. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna take a look at their TikTok feeds and what the algorithm they've cultivated means for them, spiritually. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds share Bubba's stories from Strong Tower Con. Things are happening and we are seeing God move in the lives of those who come to do something as seemingly meaningless as push little bits of plastic and cardboard across a table. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds talk about their love of the Great British Bake Off and how the show reminds them of other impossible situations we face in life. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds give their thoughts on Top Gun Maverick and the themes of anger and resentment in the story between Maverick and Rooster. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna discuss Mr. Rogers and the documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?", taking a look at what we can learn from Mr. Rogers to carry into our work. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna return for a new season and kick things off by taking about the smash hit of the Summer - Stranger Things - as well as the themes of bullying and manipulation through the series. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Our world is experiencing a lot of tragedy, divisiveness, and pain right now. The Church Nerds take a look at what is going on and at what we can do. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds use "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" to launch into a discussion on how to discover people who may be misunderstood, but have so much to offer - in the world at large and in the church body. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! With social media and news dominated by the Depp/Heard trail, it makes us think about scandal and rumors and why they fascinate us. The Church Nerds ask: How does our faith affect whether or not we watch, listen, or take part in these things? ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! We all know that one nerd who knows so much about their fandom that having a conversation with them is no fun. The Church Nerds ask if Christian apologists fall into this same problem? When and where are the best times to teach apologetics and how can we avoid weaponizing them? ★ Support this podcast ★...
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds explore the importance that stories take in our lives, from the allegories we find in our favorite fiction to the inspiring testimonies of how Christ has transformed our lives. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! The Church Nerds discuss "Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed", "The Rise & Fall of Mars Hill", and several other recent church scandals - including what could have stopped these scandals long before they even became scandals. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! This week the Church Nerds draw off of the real-life experience of Bubba losing his voice and not being able to communicate. They take a hard look at how we not only communicate non-verbally with each other, but also how God communicates with us when we can’t hear His voice as clear as we would like to. ★ Support this podcast ★...
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna work to help you build meaningful moments in gaming with those closest to you, including helping them get past any hang-ups or misconceptions they might have about certain games or gaming in general, and doing it in a more selfless way. ★ Support this podcast ★
Download the Qara Prayer app today - and start praying together! Bubba & Anna discuss disagreements within fandoms that, when you get down to it, aren't really all that important in the grand scheme of things. And, of course, if we tend to do this over our fandoms, we certainly get tempted to argue the same way over doctrine and faith. ★ Support this podcast ★...
