Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

What if Noah’s Ark is not really about a floating zoo? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate looks at Genesis 6–9 and explores how this familiar childhood story is actually about God’s grief over human violence, the undoing and restarting of creation, and the promise God makes through the rainbow. This is not a simple kids’ story. It is a story about violence, mercy, covenant, memory...

What does it mean to believe someone when their pain, illness, or disability is not visible? In this episode of Together 4 Good, Pastor Nate talks with Wayne Connell, founder of the Invisible Disabilities Association, about chronic illness, compassion, suffering, isolation, and the kind of community people need when life becomes hard in ways others cannot see. This conversation is about more than...

What if the story of Moses and the burning bush is not about Moses being brave, but about God calling someone who was unsure, reluctant, and full of questions? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate looks at Exodus 3 and 4 and explores how God meets Moses in the wilderness, hears the suffering of the people, and works with what Moses already has. What You’ll Learn: Why Moses’ call beg...

In this episode of Together 4 Good, Pastor Nate talks with Julie Hutchinson about resilience, neuroscience, faith, and what it means to lead from the heart instead of reacting from stress. Julie shares how her own experience with burnout, anxiety, and surrender led her into work that helps leaders, executives, and organizations reconnect their minds, bodies, and spiritual lives. Together, they exp...

What if the miracle of Pentecost is not just that people spoke in different languages, but that people heard one another across every division? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate explores Acts 2, the Jewish festival of Shavuot, the Tower of Babel, and the Holy Spirit’s work of sending people outward in love. Pentecost is not about keeping faith private. It is about God’s Spirit mo...

In this episode of Together 4 Good, Pastor Nate sits down with his oldest daughter, Evelyn, for a snow day conversation about faith, confirmation, doubt, church, and what it means to grow into your own understanding of God. Together, they talk about the questions many people carry but do not always say out loud: What if faith does not look the way we expected? What if the Bible is meant to be wres...

In this Sunday School Remix I take another look at one of Jesus’ most well known miracles, the feeding of the 5,000, and explore a different angle than what many of us learned in Sunday School. Yes, Jesus multiplies bread and fish, but what if that is not the only miracle happening on that hillside? You'll hear:00:00 – Introduction to the Episode01:00 – Why This Miracle Appears in All Four Gos...

In this episode of Together 4 Good, Pastor Nate talks with Krista Kilgus, Executive Director of Urban Servant Corps in Denver, about service, community, and what it means to follow where the Holy Spirit is leading next.  Urban Servant Corps has spent decades forming young adults through intentional community and service, and now the organization is entering a new chapter: creating a pilot program...

What if discipleship is less about proving yourself and more about being invited into a new way of life? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate looks at Matthew 4:18–25, where Jesus calls his first disciples and gives ordinary fishermen an extraordinary invitation: “Follow me.” This familiar Sunday school story becomes something deeper when we notice who Jesus calls, where he goes, an...

What happens when you finally get everything you thought you wanted, and it still feels… empty? In this conversation, Pastor Nate sits down with longtime friend and filmmaker Nick Stroczkowski to wrestle with ambition, identity, faith, and the quiet realization that fulfillment might not be waiting somewhere in the future. Together, they explore what it means to live fully in the present, rediscov...

What if the story of manna in the wilderness is about more than food? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate looks at Exodus 16 and the Israelites’ struggle to trust God after leaving Egypt. This story invites us to notice how often we long for the past, grasp for more, and miss the quiet gift of enough. What You’ll Learn: Why the Israelites struggled to trust God after leaving Egypt...

Coming up on the Together 4 Good podcast, Pastor Nate sits down with his longtime friend Adam Arends, a pastor in the Buffalo, NY area. They’ve known each other for years, and this conversation goes right to the heart of a question a lot of people are quietly asking: what is church actually supposed to be about? Adam shares his story—growing up in the church, stepping away, questioning a lot of it...

What if the resurrection isn’t just about what happens after we die—but about what God is doing in us right now? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, we revisit John 21 and Peter’s story after the resurrection. It’s a moment filled with confusion, shame, and unfinished business. But instead of avoiding it, Jesus steps right into it—offering not just forgiveness, but purpose. What You'll Lea...

Coming up on the Together 4 Good podcast, we’re revisiting a conversation that feels especially timely this week. Over the last couple of months, I’ve had the chance to interview several of the speakers who will be part of the ELCA Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly. The theme this year is “Vida en Cristo / Life in Christ,” and it’s been shaping a lot of what I’ve been thinking about. So while this epi...

What if Jesus’ most famous commands—turn the other cheek and love your enemies—aren’t about weakness at all, but something far more radical? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, we take a closer look at Matthew 5 and the Sermon on the Mount, uncovering a deeper, more honest way of living that invites us into transformation rather than avoidance. It’s a conversation about self-reflection, commun...

What is worship actually meant to be? In this conversation, Pastor Nate sits down with Bethany’s Director of Music, Rick Seaton, to talk about the role music plays in shaping faith, community, and the experience of worship. Together, they explore the depth of Lutheran musical tradition, the tension between old and new, and why worship is about something far deeper than personal preference. This is...

What if the resurrection doesn’t tie everything up neatly, but actually disrupts how we understand God, faith, and even reality itself? In John 20, the story is full of confusion, questions, and unexpected encounters—and maybe that’s exactly the point. What You’ll Learn: Why belief in John’s Gospel is more about trust than certainty How the resurrection story invites questions, not just answers Wh...

You wouldn’t expect a conversation about Robert’s Rules of Order to say something meaningful about faith—but this one does. Pastor Nate sits down with Kirby Glad to explore how structure, fairness, and even the way we run meetings can reflect something deeper about life in Christ. It’s thoughtful, surprisingly engaging, and grounded in a simple truth: when people come together with different persp...

What if the cross isn’t just about what happens after we die, but about how we live right now? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate reframes the crucifixion—not as a transaction, but as liberation. Instead of asking how we earn God’s favor, we’re invited to see how God meets us in the middle of real life: in struggle, in grief, and in the mess we try to hide. This conversation opens...

What does it look like to show up for people on the hardest days of their lives? In this episode, Pastor Nate sits down with Pastor Laurie Jeddeloh, a hospital chaplain and Director of Pastoral Care, to talk about faith, grief, and what it really means to care for people in moments of uncertainty. Together, they explore how God meets us not with easy answers, but with presence, compassion, and gra...

What if we’ve been reading the story of the prodigal son all wrong? In this episode, Pastor Nate invites us to look again at Luke 15 and notice the tension we often miss—who is actually lost, and what does grace really look like? This is a story about more than one son, and a God whose love doesn’t wait for us to get it right. What You’ll Learn: Why context changes how we understand Jesus’ parable...

What is it about camp that stays with us long after summer ends? In this conversation, Pastor Nate sits down with Dave “Packer” Gunnlaugsson, the new executive director of Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp, to talk about calling, leadership, and the kind of faith formation that happens when kids are given space to be fully themselves. Together, they explore how camp becomes a place where anxiety can loo...

What if Genesis 1 isn’t just about how the world was made—but about how we’re meant to live within it? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate explores the deeper structure of the creation story and what it reveals about God, humanity, and the rhythm of life itself. From chaos to order, from constant work to intentional rest, this ancient text speaks directly into our modern, overwhelm...

Life in Christ is more than a personal belief—it’s a way of living together. In this episode of Together 4 Good , Pastor Nate sits down with Imran Siddiqui, Vice President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), to talk about the upcoming Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly and its theme: Vida en Christo — Life in Christ.  Their conversation explores how congregations, synods, and the wide...

What if Jesus’ healing miracles were never just about physical healing? In this episode of Sunday School Remix, Pastor Nate explores one of the most dramatic healing stories in the Gospels. At first glance it looks like a story about demon possession and a miraculous healing. But when you look more closely, the story reveals something much deeper about how Jesus restores people, challenges social...