by bradhuebert | Aug 20, 2012 | Faith, gaming, geek, movies, Uncategorized, vision
I am a die-hard geek. And mostly, being a Geek helps my faith. But if I’m honest, there are times when my Geekishness hinders it. This blog has been live since May, and we’ve tackled all kinds of awesome geekery. But pretty much since day one, I knew I...
by bradhuebert | Aug 16, 2012 | Faith, identity, sci-fi, technology, vision
I am not a hologram. Yet. As Jordana Divon, a Yahoo! Canada Shine On blogger, wrote on Wed, 1 Aug, 2012; On his website, entitled 2045, “Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov… claims he has assembled a team of top scientists to work on… a six-stage project that...
by bradhuebert | Aug 14, 2012 | Faith, geek, movies, Uncategorized
Movies personify evil in the form of villains—people who must be opposed, defeated, killed, and/or destroyed. This is a problem for us real folks living in the real world. Movie villains are caricatures. Nuanced caricatures at times, sure—but caricatures. Not real...
by bradhuebert | Aug 9, 2012 | Faith, geek, movies, Uncategorized, vision
Snow White and the Huntsman is a pretty good movie. (There are no spoilers in this review). Visually, this film is captivating. On the acting front, however, the only kudos I’d hand out would be to Charlize Theron, who’s over-the-top interpretation of dark...
by bradhuebert | Aug 1, 2012 | Faith, gaming, theology, Uncategorized, vision
My bud Steve Sukkau continues his great series, “A Geek’s Guide to Heaven.” Enjoy! Have you ever played Sid Meier’s Civilization games? How about the block-building world of Minecraft? If so, Heaven may be more familiar than you think. So far,...
by bradhuebert | Jul 30, 2012 | Faith, geek, theology, worship
*THANKS AGAIN to my bud Steven Sukkau, who’s posting this series on heaven while I rest up. In my last post, I challenged our notion that Heaven will be an unfamiliar, otherworldly realm inhabited by disembodied spirits. Instead, the Biblical depiction suggests...
