by bradhuebert | May 31, 2012 | church, Faith, gaming, geek, sci-fi, theology
Geeks and Faith I’ve surfed long hours on the web, cutting through the undulating waves of info for all things geek, absorbing countless blogs and comments and pages and videos along the way. And I’ve realized something. Something that makes me sad. Geeks...
by bradhuebert | May 29, 2012 | Faith, geek, grace, identity, Jesus Christ, movies, sin, struggles, Uncategorized
I watched the movie Chronicle on iTunes yesterday. If you’ve never seen it, Chronicle explores what it might be like to receive superpowers. One day, you’re ‘Joe Guy’; next day, you’re ‘Joe Awesome’—imbued with telekinetic...
by bradhuebert | May 28, 2012 | community, Faith, geek, geeks of the week
Two months ago I relaunched bradhuebert.com with a new log-line: “Where Geeks and Faith Unite.” Sometimes, we’ve just had some good old fashioned fun: the Malcolm Reynolds vs. Han Solo Space Cowboy smack down, a contest or two, a funny photo here and...
by bradhuebert | May 23, 2012 | Faith, theology, Uncategorized
It doesn’t take a whole lot of UFO research to realize there are a lot of people who believe aliens have been hanging around earth for longer than we have. My observation? You can break these folks into one of two camps, alien origin A people or alien origin B...
by bradhuebert | May 22, 2012 | conflict, Faith, theology, Uncategorized
I can see it even now, a full decade after The X-Files went dark, plastered front and centre in the midst of a kaleidoscopic mess of article clippings and photos: Agent Mulder’s iconic poster of a UFO with the simple caption: I want to believe. In its day, the...
by bradhuebert | May 21, 2012 | Faith, sci-fi, theology
Alien Fascination When I was in grade four or five I snagged my first Ripley’s Believe It Or Not book through a scholastic book order program in my school. I remember my blood first running cold, then hot, then cold as I read a particularly intriguing Ripley...