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Colby Whittaker

Colby is the Senior Pastor of Walnut Grove Baptist Church in Virginia. He has a wonderful wife and a giant mutt dog. He loves TV, movies, comics, books, tabletop and video games and telling folks about Jesus. Most weeks you can find him playing far too much D&D on Twitch or YouTube. And you can come say hi on Twitter.

Haunted by the Living and Dead in Obi-Wan Kenobi – Episode 3

The past can cast shadows of insurmountable grief and guilt, but episode 3 of Obi-Wan Kenobi points to our need to heal from our sorrows.

LTN Advent Calender 2021

Each week, as we make our way through this Advent season, LTN Writers will provide short nerdy devotionals for you and your family to enjoy.

The Miracle Is You: Worth and Blessing in Disney’s Encanto

Disney's Encanto challenges us to understand our inherent worth and challenges the notion that we are only worth what we can produce.

LTN Advent Calendar 2021: Joy and Tabletop Roleplay

Each week, as we make our way through this Advent season, LTN Writers will provide short nerdy devotionals for you and your family to enjoy. You can find them all here. Also, if you want more nerdy advent content, check out our Advent Calendar from 2018. Our third Advent devotional centers on the joy of […]

Wrestling With Ourselves in Loki Ep 5

Each week, as new episodes of Loki release on Disney+, LTN writers will reflect on each episode. You can find what we think about the Sacred Timeline here. Spoiler warning for Loki Episode 5. In a time-wrecked ruin, Loki confronts himself…and himself…and himself…and himself…and herself. Cascading through funhouse mirrors of alternate selves and variant lives, he faces his […]

Two (Captain) Americas in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2

In episode 2 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the story shows us it is about race & nationalism, veterans & heroism, power & service.

Love and Scars in WandaVision Episode 8

Alongside Wanda and Agatha we journey back to the beginning, discovering the places from which grief and love grow.

Finding Faith in Wildemount: Visions of Faith in Critical Role’s Mighty Nein

The Mighty Nein contains profoundly religious characters, each with their own complex relationship with faith.