Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

This week we are beginning a new series of episodes where Pastor Nate will be sitting down with members of the Bethany Staff to hear their stories.  This week, in our first "Staff Stories" episode, Pastor Nate speaks with Colleen Maki, Bethany's Coordinator of Communications and Media.  During their conversation, Colleen and Nate spend a lot of time discussing the Apple TV show "Ted Lasso".   Listen in as their conversation delves into the themes of community, growth, and relationships.  

In this episode, Pastor Nate speaks with his longtime friend Adam Arends.  Adam is the pastor of North Beaver Creek Lutheran Church in Ettrick, Wisconsin.  Adam has long loved to hike and camp and spend time in the outdoors and from this he's developed a passion for caring for God's Creation.  In their conversation, Pastor Nate and Pastor Adam talk about the ways that our beliefs about the character of God encourage us to care for the world God has made.  

This week Pastor Nate is preached about relationships.

In this episode, Pastor Nate talks with his longtime friend, Eric Madsen.  Eric is the pastor of Trinity-Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Gates, NY and he is passionate about the importance of stories in the life of faith.  Nate and Eric have a great conversation about the ways that story is integral to our life as Christians and how connecting with The Story of God can provide us with identity, purpose, and most of all hope.  

Pastor Gary and Pastor Nate sit down to record a podcast for the first time in a long time!  Their discussion focuses on the upcoming theme for the year at Bethany: Know Love, Show love.  Listen in as the two pastors discuss the ways that this phrase connects to our life as Christians and the ways it connects with the ministries at Bethany Lutheran Church. 

This special episode is a conversation between Bryan Jaster and Andy Jung.  Andy is the Director of Church Engagement at Fuller Youth Institute and will be our guest presenter at Bethany's upcoming "Growing Young Summit".  Listen in as Andy and Bryan discuss the research that Fuller Institute has done in designing the Growing Young initiative and how this program is seeking to help congregations create Jesus-centered community. 

Pastor Nate continued our sermon series on the theme,  “Know Love, Show Love.”

We continue our podcast series with another episode about knowing love and showing love to others.  Bryan Jaster and Pastor Nate have a great discussion about the word "love" and it's many different forms that appear in the Bible.  Then, the two discuss practical ways that we can show agape love in the world. 

Pastor Gary continued our sermon series on the theme,  “Know Love , Show Love” by preaching about outreach.