Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

Together 4 Good Podcast Show Notes

Episode Title: Finding Calm in the Chaos

Welcome to the Together 4 Good podcast! In this week's episode, Pastor Nate reflects on the chaos that many are feeling in the world right now and offers some thoughts on how our life of faith can provide calm during uncertain or overwhelming times.

Nate discusses the ways that believing in a Higher Power opens us up to greater hope and peace, even during chaotic times. He then looks at scripture and the story of Job and how the ancient wisdom from that book still brings guidance to our life today.

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Together 4 Good is a podcast from Bethany Lutheran Church ELCA in Cherry Hills Village, CO, designed to offer practical and engaging episodes that support you without expectations. Whether you’re feeling disconnected from traditional religion or exploring faith, we’re here to walk alongside you. Join us for discussions on faith, love, and community as we explore what it means to Know Love, Show Love in everyday life. 

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Pastor Nate, Colleen Maki, Kevin Dragseth, and Bryan Jaster all sit down to talk about the importance of caring for people who are done with church. In this wide-ranging conversation, the four talk about their experiences feeling done with faith, what brought them back, and what the church can be doing to connect with those who are no longer connecting with a faith community.

Colleen Maki interviews Ellie Dieringer from Young Adults in Global Mission. Listen in and learn more about this incredible service year program of the ELCA.

To learn more about Young Adults in Global Mission go to: https://www.elca.org/our-work/global-mission/young-adults-in-global-mission

This is a rebroadcast of a special episode from New Year's Day last year. In this episode, Pastor Nate offers a guided meditation that serves as a means of prayerfully examining the past year. Based on the St Ignatius Examen, this guided time of prayer and reflection is the perfect way for you to look back on last year and move into next year with a sense of God’s presence in your life. Take a quiet 10 minutes to listen and pray through this New Year’s Examen.

During the fourth week of Advent, Pastor Nate offers a Bible study on the theme of love. During this busy season, you are invited to take time to dive into the themes of Advent through these deep studies of scripture. In this episode, we carefully study 1 Corinthians 13.

During the third week of Advent, Pastor Nate offers a Bible study on the theme of hope. During this busy season, you are invited to take time to dive into the themes of Advent through these deep studies of scripture. In this episode, we carefully study Luke 1:39-55.

During this second week of Advent, Pastor Nate offers a Bible study on the theme of peace. During this busy season, you are invited to take time to dive into the themes of Advent through these deep studies of scripture. In this episode, we carefully study Ezekiel 37:1-14.

During the first week of Advent, Pastor Nate offers a Bible study on the theme of hope. During this busy season, you are invited to take time to dive into the themes of Advent through these deep studies of scripture. In this episode, we carefully study Luke 2:1-20.

On this special episode of Together 4 Good, Pastor Nate offers some reflections on the importance of giving thanks. But as a special treat - Pastor Nate also invites on high schoolers from the high school youth group to hear their thoughts on the holiday.

In this episode, Pastor Nate invites us to reframe the ways that we think about prayer. He dives into why we pray, what it can do for our connection with God as well as some different ways to pray that you might not have considered.