Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

Our next installment of our staff stories series is a conversation with Director of Faith Formation, Bryan Jaster. Bryan shared some details about his work and his particular sense of calling to live and love like Jesus.

This next installment of our "Staff Stories" series is a conversation between Pastor Nate and Janet Mortinsen, Bethany's Director of Pastoral Care.  Listen in as Janet and Nate discuss the work of pastoral care and the similarities and differences between Janet's current work at Bethany and her previous role as a nurse in Rochester, MN.  During their conversation, Janet shares some great...

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 Lass...

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 ab...

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 identi...

This is a special episode that represents an entire summer's worth of work from Pastor Nate!  This long podcast episode is a complete overview of the entire story of The Bible. This is a creative retelling of the stories of scripture, produced in a way to be used as an entry point for prayer or meditation.  Not every Bible story is covered, but the entire meditation can provide you with an underst...

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 congr...

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.

This week we continue our Know Love, Show Love podcast series by speaking with Pastor Steve Biegner about a unique ministry he leads in Western New York called "Fire Church".  This amazing ministry seeks to care for first responders and their families by bringing the gifts of the church to them.  Listen in as Pastor Nate and Pastor Steve discuss the ways that this ministry began and how it really...

Pastor Nate continued our sermon series on the theme,  “Know Love , Show Love” by preaching about faith formation.

In this episode, Intern Rita and her seminary classmate Sammy DiBiaso have a conversation about the study of scripture and the ways that studying the Bible can help us to know the love of God in our life.   This is all part of our ongoing Know Love, Show Love series on this podcast and in worship life at Bethany Lutheran Church. 

Pastor Gary kicked off our sermon series on the theme,  “Know Love , Show Love” by preaching about worship. 

This is the first in our series of KNOW LOVE SHOW LOVE. Pastor Gary talks about the various aspects of worship. Tune in!

Intern Rita's Sermon "Sampson: A superhero of the Bible" and asks, what can superhero stories teach us about relationship?

In this episode Pastor Nate speaks with Julie Miller. Julie is a therapist and the owner of Blue Counseling and she has some great ideas about how the church can uniquely assist in caring for the mental health of everyone in the congregation.

Listen in to Pastor Gary's sermon from July 17, 2022 as we continue our sermon series for the Summer: “Sunday School Stories we Never Read in Church.” Pastor Gary’s sermon examines the story of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal.

Previous podcast guest, Jeff Liljgren is back to discuss his experiences raising three children. Pastor Nate and Jeff discuss the struggles, frustrations, and joys of parenting with a specific focus on how they try to raise their children in the faith.

Listen in to Pastor Nate's sermon from July 10, 2022 as we begin a new sermon series for the Summer: “Sunday School Stories we Never Read in Church.” Pastor Nate’s sermon will examine the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Scripture readings are from Daniel 3:24-28 and Luke 24:28-32 .

In this episode, Pastor Nate talks with his longtime friend, Pastor Lauren Heywood Bruno.  Pastor Lauren serves St John Lutheran Church in Ridgevalley in Sellersville, PA.  In their conversation, Pastor Lauren and Pastor Nate talk about their love of the Scriptures and the importance of studying the Bible in community and in conversation with scholars, history, and personal experience. &...

In this episode, we conclude our series on the first four chapters of Genesis. Listen in as we explore the story of Cain and Abel and consider the ways that this tragic story describes many of the struggles of our human existence.

Intern Rita preaches on "The Cost of Discipleship" based on scripture readings from Galatians 5:1, 13-25 and Luke 9:51-62.