I'm a sucker for many things, but throw together a psychological horror mystery time-loop storyline and make it an anime? I'm all aboard, bb. When I heard about the premise of Summertime Rendering, I needed to binge it all in one sitting, but then I remembered I have a three-year-old and a four-month-old, and I guess I have to actually raise them, so… I'll binge it slightly slower I guess.

As I watched this new anime, I quickly noticed some striking parallels with a familiar lament from the Bible. How well do we know ourselves? While the characters in this show are literally being killed by themselves as ghost-like Shadows… don't we tend to get in our way fairly often? This nerdy sermon will discuss how we can learn to avoid shadow sickness other than just staying off that island. Let's talk about it. 

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Writer, Filmographer: Nathan Webb

Editor: Niki Turner

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Timecodes:

0:00 - Introduction

0:46 - Welcome!

1:25 - Scripture

2:58 - What is Summer Time Rendering?

7:20 - What does this anime have to do with Paul?

8:33 - The Adventures of Barty

9:46 - The Dark Version of You

10:13 - Wesleyan Grace

12:18 - Connecting Summer Time Rendering and Grace

12:57 - What does this mean for us today?

14:15 - Thanks for Watching!

14:35 - Quick Question

14:56 - Three Things

15:40 - Twitch Clip!