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Christian Geeks, Get Your Geek On
No bones about it, Christian Geeks: I want you to join the Geek Faith Tribe. I want you to dive right in and get your geek on here. Here's what's in it for you: 1. You'll learn how to leverage your geekness to grow your faith. I've pretty much been a geek since birth....

Six Facebook Facts Everyone Needs To Know
I find it amazing how many people use Facebook, and how regularly they use it, without giving it much thought. This past year my Facebook friend list has grown to over 1,020 and I've launched a Facebook fan page called Geek Faith Tribe with 146 likes to date. As I've...

The Walking Dead Video Game: The Role of a True Savior
The Walking Dead Video Game offers us pictures of Jesus? My friend and fellow geek Steven Sukkau is a major gamer, and he says yes indeed. Read his article and find out why your picture of Jesus may just need some tweaking—thanks to the Walking Dead Video Game series....

Parenting Advice About Video Games
Video games are a part of life for most kids. But parenting advice about video games is hard to come by. I certainly don't have all the answers, but I had to applaud a noble attempt by a father in China to address a video game issue in his family: "Sick and tired of...

Defeating Smaug and the Power of Greed
The power of greed. That's what I've been pondering after watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for the second time in theatres. Peter Jackson shares backstory of the Hobbit via an artful prologue, in which we're introduced to Thror, grandfather of Thorin...

We Survived the Apocalypse
True, it wasn't the "real" apocalypse, but still. Happy new year! If you're new here, poke around a bit, read a few posts, make a few comments, share a few things on Facebook. If you're a geek, welcome home! For starters, you may want to read this popular post, How...

The Highest Ranking Posts of 2012
As 2012 wraps up—sans a Mayan apocalypse, I might add—I thought I'd give you a highlight reel of the year's most viewed posts here at www.bradhuebert.com. This truly is where Geeks and faith unite. Some of these babies sucked in big numbers the week they were posted....

New Years Resolutions, Last Year’s Lessons: 10 Questions To Get You Started
Making New Years resolutions is a great idea. That said, most New Years resolutions never come to pass, for one simple reason: They're built on the fluff of wishful thinking instead of the rock of thoughtful evaluation. New Years resolutions are baked into our North...

My Issue With Santa Claus (It’s Not What You Think).
My biggest issue with Santa Claus is simple. But before I critique the bulging philanthropist, let me defend him for a minute. Really. Because I think most Christians attack him unfairly. Most Christians' biggest issue with Santa Claus Here it is: Santa Claus...

Apocalypse? What Apocalypse?
Today marks the end... of the end of the world. Every time a date comes and goes without an apocalypse, rapture, or cataclysm, the world becomes numb to the possibility of the real thing. Apocalypse? What apocalypse? The end will certainly come, but the Gospel of...