Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

Pastor Nate and Pastor Gary’s shared sermon from May 23, 2021 looks at the story of Pentecost and what it means for us to be people of the Holy Spirit.  This sermon is based on readings from Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15.

This episode is a conversation with Elisabeth Preisinger, LMSW, on the role contemplative practices can play in building resilience.   Elisabeth is the Contemplative-Based Resilience (CBR) Program Coordinator at The Garrison Institute and Pastor Nate's sister.  

Today's episode is a recording of Pastor Gary's sermon from May 16, 2021. 

This sermon is based on readings from John 17:6-19 and Acts 1:15-17, 21-26

This week’s Podcast episode is just in time for our celebration of Pentecost! Pastor Nate and Pastor Gary sit down to talk about the Holy Spirit. What do you Lutherans believe about this often-forgotten person in the Trinity? How do we see the Holy Spirit at work in our life of faith and in our congregation? Listen in as your pastors discuss this interesting and theologically rich topic.

This episode is a recording of Pastor Nate's sermon from 5/9/21.  It's based on the Gospel reading found at John 15:9-17. 

In this episode Pastor Nate looks at the story of the Ethiopian Eunuch, which we read in worship a week ago.  

This episode is a recording of Pastor Gary’s Full sermon from 5/2/21.  This sermon looks at Jesus’ statement about the vine and the branches found in John 15:1-8.

Pastor Nate and Bryan Jaster (Director of Youth and Family Ministry at Bethany) sit down to share some thoughts about what happens next.  How does the church move forward after a pandemic?  What does scripture tell us about living through difficult times?  Theologically speaking, what might our approach to the future look like as people of faith?

Pastor Nate's sermon from 4/25/21 is all about the importance of the empty spaces in our lives and how God can often take those empty moments and create something beautiful with them.  This sermon was part of worship on  4/25 when our Chancel Choir performed a Bach Cantata as a part of our worship service.  If you would like to watch the Cantata please follow this link: https://youtu.be/03rqfRnWn0g?t=1781 

This week's podcast features a special guest!  Pastor Nate invited his dad on to the podcast to talk about one of their favorite topics:  Time Travel.