Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

Pastor Nate interviews Bethany member, Vicky Daub, about her work as the Executive Director of the Veteran's Servant Corps Project.  Vicky's work and the story of how she got to this point, is filled with examples of God's Resurrection power breaking in.  This episode is part of our Easter Podcast Seres where we are reflecting on the question "What Does Resurrection Look Like?"  

Pastor Nate sits down with Nick Donkoh to talk about his work with the Reciprocity Collective, a Denver organization that takes a unique approach in helping people experiencing homelessness.   This is part of our Easter Series where we are reflecting on the question "What does Resurrection Look Like"

Happy Easter to all our faithful listeners!  This special Easter podcast is a rebroadcast of an Easter Poem that Pastor Nate shared last year.  This poem is all about the promise of Christ's Resurrection and it is based on a reading from Luke 24:36-49 .

Our Lenten Faith Journey concludes this week with a conversation between Colleen Maki and Pastor Nate.  Colleen is the Coordinator of Media at Bethany and has had some incredible experiences in the church and throughout the world.  These experiences have led Colleen to deeply value faith, community, compassion, and care for others.  Listen in as Pastor Nate and Colleen discuss these...

This episode was recorded in April of 2021 at the beginning of Holy Week.  As we enter Holy Week in 2022, we wanted to re-release this conversation.   In their conversation, Pastor Nate and Pastor Gary talk about Holy Week, its theological themes, its liturgical worship services, and ways to further engage this most sacred week of the Christian year. During this episode they mention a vi...

Our Lenten Faith Journey series continues with a conversation between Kevin Dragseth and Pastor Nate.  Kevin grew up attending church every Sunday but his life has also included a variety of difficult moments.  As Kevin shares the details of his faith journey in this podcast he talks about the importance of being honest with God and actually talking to God like a friend, even if that mea...

Pastor Gary's sermon from April 3, 2022 based on anointing. 

Our Lenten Faith Journey series continues with a conversation between Janet Mortinsen and Pastor Nate.  Janet grew up in small-town Wisconsin and is the daughter of a Lutheran pastor.  She was educated as a nurse and now serves as Bethany's Director of Pastoral Care.  Listen in as Janet reflects on her personal journey of faith and the ways that faith encompasses not only our head b...

Listen to Intern Rita's sermon based on Luke 15:17-19 from March 27, 2022.

Pastor Gary's reflection from March 20, 2022. Meditations based on Luke 13:1-9.

Our Lenten Faith Journey series continues with a conversation between Paula Wills and Pastor Nate.  Paula shares her experience growing up attending a small church in Montana and then moving to Denver and joining Bethany when she was only 22.  Paula's story includes great insights into the importance of family, faith, music, and giving back. 

Our Lenten podcast series continues with another conversation about a person's faith journey.  This week, Pastor Nate talks with Bethany's Pastoral Intern, Rita Argus.  Rita shares stories of her time growing up in the church, being pulled back into a community of faith through campus ministry in college, her time in the Peace Corps, and her discernment process.  In telling her stor...

Pastor Nate's sermon from March 13, 2022. Pastor Nate offers reflections based on Luke 13:31-35.

Our Faith Journey podcast series continues.   This week, Pastor Nate talks with Bryan Jaster (Bethany Lutheran, Director of Faith Formation) about his journey of faith. The two discuss the importance of finding faith in the community; the aspect of surrender inherent in faith; and the amazing reality of God's grace.   

Pastor Gary's reflection from March 6, 2022. Pastor Gary offers three reflections based on Luke 4:1-4, Luke 4:9-12, Romans 10:8b-13, and Luke 4:5-8, 13.

This is a special re-broadcast of something that we posted last Ash Wednesday.  As we begin the season of Lent Pastor Nate shares a poem he wrote several years ago that reflects on many of the themes of Ash Wednesday, Lent and Genesis chapter 3.

This episode marks the beginning of our Podcast series for lent. Each week Pastor Nate will interview another person about their personal journey of faith and the two will dive into some of the theological themes they’ve encountered during their journey of faith. This week, Pastor Nate sits down with Zach Lindsey to talk about community, music, and camp.

In the final episode of our Epiphany podcast series, we once again dive into a unique characteristic of Jesus.  This week, we are thinking about the Transfiguration of Jesus and why it is important.    But wait there's more!  This episode is a conversation between Intern Rita and two of her Seminary classmates: Morgan and Sammy.  Listen in as Rita, Sammy, and Morgan discus...

This episode is our 6th installment in our Epiphany podcast series where we consider the different aspects of Jesus' character.  Listen in as Pastor Nate takes us through a close reading of Luke 10:1-11.  This story of Jesus sending out the disciples invites us to think about what it means to call Jesus a Rabbi and what it means to think of ourselves as his disciples.  

This episode is an audio recording of Pastor Nate's full sermon from 2/13/2022 is based on reading from Amos 7:7-15 and Matthew 11:28-30. This sermon is part 2 of our stewardship series, focusing on the ways that Stewardship connects us with the World. 

In this episode, Pastor Gary once again joins the podcast with insights about another characteristic of Jesus.  Pastor Gary looks at the role of a priest within the Jewish community and describes the ways that Jesus reimagines some of the priestly roles.  This discussion is our 5th installment in our Epiphany podcast series where we consider the different aspects of Jesus' character. &nb...

This episode is an audio recording of Pastor Gary's full sermon from 2/6/2022 is based on reading from Luke 19:45-46. As part of the Bethany Aha! Sermon Series, Pastor Gary considers how stewardship connects us to our faith practices.

In this episode, Pastoral Intern Rita Argus invites her sister Cara, onto the podcast to talk about the story of Jesus calming the storm.  This is part of our ongoing Epiphany series where we consider the different aspects of Jesus' character. Listen in as Rita and Cara think about Jesus as a Miracle Worker. 

This episode is an audio recording of Pastoral Intern Rita’s full sermon from 1/31/2022 is based on readings from Psalm 25:1-10 and Luke 17:5-6. As part of the Bethany Aha! Sermon Series, Intern Rita considers small changes... big difference.

This episode is an audio recording of Pastor Nate’s full sermon from 1/23/2022 is based on readings from Romans 12: 1-8 and Matthew 5:13-16. As part of the Bethany Aha! Sermon Series, Pastor Nate considers how grace moves us toward action.