Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

All during the Easter season, Intern Rita will host the podcast and interview friends and family about ways that we can put the new life of Easter into practice.  This week, our episode is a conversation between Pastor Gary and Intern Rita about the ways that worship can be a spiritual practice of Resurrection Life.

All during the Easter season, Intern Rita will host the podcast and interview friends and family about ways that we can put the new life of Easter into practice.  This week, she talks with Bryan Jaster about how the act of giving things away can connect us with the resurrection Good News. 

All during the Easter Season, Intern Rita will be interviewing individuals to talk about ways that we can put the new life of Easter into practice. This week, she talks with her sister Cara about exploring and the ways that adventure and discovery can connect us with the promises of Christ's Ressurection.

All during the Easter Season, Intern Rita will be interviewing individuals to talk about ways that we can put the new life of Easter into practice. This week, she talks with her friend Sammy DiBiaso about the ways that listening and noticing the sounds of nature can connect us with the joy and new life of Easter resurrection.

All throughout Holy Week, Pastor Nate has been sharing poems that he has written that reflect on the different days and moments of Holy Week.  We conclude this poetic journey today with one final poem about Jesus' resurrection and Easter Sunday. This poem talks about the theological concept of bodily resurrection and the promise that is attached to believing that Jesus rose from the dead as a...

All throughout Holy Week, Pastor Nate will share poems that he has written that reflect on the different days and moments of Holy Week.  We hope these poems provide you with a new way of looking at and understanding what Jesus' final moments of life mean for us today. This episode is a poem about Holy Saturday and the theological importance of there being a day between Jesus' dying and ris...

All throughout Holy Week, Pastor Nate will share poems that he has written that reflect on the different days and moments of Holy Week.  We hope these poems provide you with a new way of looking at and understanding what Jesus' final moments of life mean for us today. This episode is a poem about Good Friday that looks at the actions of Jesus' disciples, Pontius Pilate, and humans everywhere...

All throughout Holy Week, Pastor Nate will share poems that he has written that reflect on the different days and moments of Holy Week.  We hope these poems provide you with a new way of looking at and understanding what Jesus' final moments of life mean for us today. This episode is a poem that examines the events of Maundy Thursday and the ways that Jesus' message was often conveyed in a wa...

All throughout Holy Week, Pastor Nate will share poems that he has written that reflect on the different days and moments of Holy Week.  We hope these poems provide you with a new way of looking at and understanding what Jesus' final moments of life mean for us today. This episode is a poem reflecting on some of Jesus' actions early on during his final week in Jerusalem and how these actions...

All throughout Holy Week, Pastor Nate will share poems that he has written that reflect on the different days and moments of Holy Week.  We hope these poems provide you with a new way of looking at and understanding what Jesus' final moments of life mean for us today.   This episode is a poem Palm Sunday and the feelings and expectations in the crowd when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a don...

In our final "Change of Perspective" podcast, we shift away from looking at different scripture stories and instead hear from members of the Bethany Social Concerns Committee. This recently formed group works to promote conversations and awareness about different issues facing our world today. Listen in as Pastor Nate interviews three members of the committee about how their faith influences this...

We continue with our Lenten podcast series of looking at familiar Bible stories from a different perspective. In this episode Pastor Gary examines Psalm 22, the psalm Jesus quotes while on the cross. Listen in to understand this psalm in a whole new way.

This is the third episode in our Lenten series where we look at familiar Bible stories from different angles.  In this episode, Pastor Nate walks us through the story of Jesus turning water into wine while at the wedding in Cana.  Pastor Nate discusses some of the subtler details in this text and the ways that this, the first of Jesus' miracles, establishes the ongoing themes of Jesus' m...

This is the second episode in our Lenten series where we look at familiar Bible stories but from different angles.  In this episode, Intern Rita and Pastor Nate have a discussion about Genesis chapter 2.  Intern Rita shares a load of insights and unique features of this text that are often overlooked by the typical re-telling of this story.  Listen in as Rita shares a new understand...

This is the first of a new podcast series for Lent where we will be looking at familiar Bible stories but will offer different ways to look at their themes and messages.  In this episode, Pastor Nate takes us step by step through the parable of the Good Samaritan as found in Luke 10:25-37.  Listen in to learn some details that you might have missed in this familiar parable.   

Pastor Gary and Pastor Nate sit down to discuss the season of Lent.  What is the purpose of this 40 day period of time? How can it change our life of faith and connect us with God in new and meaningful ways?  Listen in as Nate and Gary not only discuss the ways that Lent can be a gift, but also how Bethany Lutheran Church will be embracing the season this year.  

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, an episode all about love! Listen in as Pastor Nate offers some thoughts what the Bible says about love, how we can know God’s love in our lives, and how we can better show God’s love to others.

We continue our journey through epiphany with another faith aha episode.  In this episode, Pastor Nate shares an aha moment he had while taking a seminary class on spiritual practices.  Nate not only tells the story of how this insight came about but also describes the ways that he is currently continuing to live out this insight.  It's an episode that includes a discussion of centering prayer, sp...

As we continue our walk through epiphany we once again share a podcast that is filled with stories of Aha moments in the life of faith.  This week, Intern Rita records a conversation with her good friend Sammy DiBiaso.  The two reflect on experiences they had while serving abroad and on the ways that slowing down allows one to notice the movements of God that are all around.  

Pastor Nate preaches for Epiphany Sunday. Scripture comes from Matthew 2:1-12.

Intern Rita preaches on Hope in the New Year. Scripture comes from Luke 2:15-21.

Pastor Nate preaches on Christmas Day using scripture from John 1:1-14.

Pastor Gary preaches on Christmas Eve. Scripture comes from Luke 2:1-20.

We continue our Epiphany series on Aha! Moments of faith. This week, Pastor Nate brings on Tyler Derrick to talk about an aha moment from his youth. Tyler is a young adult who attends Bethany’s Pub Theology gatherings and his Aha story is an interesting one that you don’t want to miss.

Pastor Gary preaches on Hope in a Child for the fourth Sunday in Advent. Scripture comes from Matthew 1:18-25.