Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSermons, interviews and more from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Madison & Verona Wisconsin. Since 1957, our mission has been to reflect Jesus' love to transform lives and make disciples.
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Exploring Servant Leadership with Professor Tom Thibodeau
November 07, 2023 16:33 - 2 hours - 59.7 MBWhat is Servant Leadership? How is it practiced? Who can lead? Where is it found? Servant Leadership is not leadership reserved for the board room, but a way in which we can all lead in the many spheres of our life. This conversation will be valuable for people of all ages, vocations, and occupations. Our guest speaker is Tom Thibodeau, a distinguished professor at Viterbo University who created the first Master of Arts in Servant Leadership. He is a beloved professor, storyteller, and co...
Conversation Sunday | What makes prayer difficult?
May 25, 2023 21:04 - 15 minutes - 15.7 MBGood Shepherd Theologian-in-Residence Ryan Panzer sat down with Pastor Chris Enstad and Director of Spiritual Programming Sarah Iverson to extend the conversation on prayer and why it can sometimes be difficult even in a life of faith.
Conversation Sunday | Vocation or Occupation?
February 08, 2023 19:10 - 10 minutes - 14.6 MBConversation Sundays Vocation or Occupation? Our culture is more focused than ever before on jobs and occupations. There’s a growing sense that our happiness, even our self-worth, depends on finding a purposeful, impactful, and fulfilling career. In today’s culture, you’re not just expected to do a job, you’re expected to find a job that makes a difference – that is, if you want to be happy or fulfilled. Following up from the conversation that began on Conversation Sunday about this top...
Created for Community | Episode 4
March 16, 2021 16:03 - 1 hour - 19.2 MBCreated for Community Episode Four: Authentic Community Guests: Anna Knueve, Kirstin Poppen & Kylie Magnus On the precipice of a new chapter in life, three High School seniors sit down with Sarah Iverson to discuss how they've experienced authentic community in their life. From camps to teams and more - listen as they reflect on what it's looked like.
Created for Community | Episode 3
March 09, 2021 16:10 - 14 minutes - 9.89 MBCreated for Community Episode Three: Deep Community over Decades Guest: Sara McCormack Pastor Chris Enstad sits down with Sara McCormack for a conversation on how she has found community within Good Shepherd over the years. Sara currently serves as the President of the Good Shepherd Church Board. In the conversation, Sara shares how the pandemic has changed how small groups and communities are able to gather, but how that has also opened up new opportunities for connection.
Created for Community | Episode 2
March 03, 2021 01:08 - 28 minutes - 16.4 MBCreated for Community Episode Two: When Invitation Comes Knocking Guests: Esther & Dean Nelson For the second episode of Good Shepherd's Lenten Podcast, we sit down with Esther & Dean Nelson. For over thirty years they have been a vital part of the Good Shepherd Community. Learn about the unexpected way they first were welcomed in to the community and how they found ways to love and serve in many different ways big and small over the years.
Created for Community | Episode 1
February 23, 2021 20:01 - 52 minutes - 20.7 MBCreated for Community Episode One: Exploring Fraternity & Sorority Community Guests: Jen & Eric Holmer The first episode of Good Shepherd's "Created for Community" Lenten Podcast features our host Sarah Iverson sitting down for a conversation with Jen and Eric Holmer about their experiences of community. Both Jen and Eric were members of the Greek system at the University of Illinois and had formative experiences within their Greek chapters. They share what they've learned about how he...
Welcome as you have been Welcomed
January 17, 2020 14:51 - 12 minutes - 9.72 MBPastor Dara Schuller-Hanson Hear God’s words of welcome today, People of Good Shepherd, you are God’s beloved children and with you, with all of you, God is well pleased. Hold on to your identity as beloved children of God and then use that identity to shine with the light of Jesus Christ. If we welcome as God welcomed us, who knows where God might lead us into the world where that message is needed most.
Good Shepherd Archives | Pastor Clem Peterson
November 13, 2019 21:56 - 15 minutes - 5.79 MBOriginally recorded on September 15, 1985 Mark 7:31-37 Pastor Clem Peterson preaches at the Good Shepherd Madison campus on his last Sunday as lead Pastor.
Action Required | Loving Unconditionally
July 15, 2019 15:12 - 16 minutes - 11 MBAction Required Loving Unconditionally The story of the Good Samaritan teaches us how to love others, no matter who they are. Pastor Joe Brosious preaches from the Good Shepherd Madison Campus on Sunday, July 14th 2019.
John 14:23-29 | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
May 30, 2019 21:17 - 13 minutes - 7.66 MBPastor Dara Schuller-Hanson preaches on John 14:23-29 on the sixth Sunday of Easter from the Good Shepherd Verona Campus
"Biblical Love" | Pastor Joe Brosious
May 30, 2019 20:53 - 16 minutes - 9.33 MBPastor Joe Brosious preaches on John 14:23-29 on the Sixth Sunday of Easter - May 26, 2019 at the Good Shepherd Madison Campus.
"Agape Love" | Pastor Chris Enstad
May 24, 2019 15:13 - 14 minutes - 8.3 MBPastor Chris Enstad preaches from the Good Shepherd Verona Campus on Sunday, May 19, 2019
"God Loves Us" | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
May 24, 2019 15:02 - 13 minutes - 7.99 MBPastor Dara Schuller-Hanson preaches on John 13:31-35. Originally recorded at Good Shepherd's Madison Campus on Sunday, May 19, 2019
Lenten Podcast | Episode 4
April 12, 2019 16:59 - 14 minutes - 7.54 MBWhen we embark on this Lenten season of prayer, contemplation, and almsgiving, we’re given an opportunity to step back from the daily grind, to see where God might be calling us. We’re given a chance to meditate on what it means to act as the hands and feet of Christ. We’re given space to pray to discern our response to God’s call in each of our lives - and to consider how to put God’s call into action. Today on the Good Shepherd Podcast, we hear how The Beatles’ sentimental and nostalgic ...
Lenten Podcast | Episode 3
April 02, 2019 20:47 - 19 minutes - 9.99 MBPsalm 63 is an expression of confidence in God’s faithfulness through all times - even in moments of thirst, fatigue, and discomfort. The seasons turn, one to another. Good times come, and good times inevitably go. But throughout it all, God upholds us and provides us shelter. Everything in this world has a quality of impermanence and change - yet God’s grace remains constant throughout it all. Today on the Good Shepherd Podcast, we hear how Pete Seeger’s iconic folk ballad “Turn, Turn...
Lenten Podcast | Episode Two
March 15, 2019 19:37 - 21 minutes - 12.9 MBEspecially in America, there seems to be this popular image of the life of faith as a road to comfort and prosperity. If we put Jesus first, life would be easier. Some even think of Lent as a means to an end. If we give up the right things and focus more on God, then surely our troubles will fade away. But the Psalms suggest otherwise. These ancient expressions of the life of God’s faithful continue to remind us of God’s fidelity in times of fear and hardship. Through the Psalms, God promi...
Lenten Podcast | Episode One
March 07, 2019 16:53 - 20 minutes - 11.9 MBThis season on the Good Shepherd Podcast, we’ll hear what the Psalms have to say about faith and following - and how songs of our soul have influenced the journeys of the Good Shepherd community. Today, we hear Psalm 51 - the Psalm read every year on Ash Wednesday, a Psalm that prays for a renewed spirit. And as we hear this Psalm of David, we hear how Boston’s classic rock anthem “Longtime” invites us to look back on our dreams - to consider what we are chasing.
"Dreamers" | Pastor Joe Brosious
January 22, 2019 18:14 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBPastor Joe Brosious preaches on Matthew 2: 1-12. Originally recorded at Good Shepherd's Madison Campus on Sunday, January 6th.
A faithful “I don’t know” | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
January 22, 2019 18:07 - 10 minutes - 9.76 MBPastor Dara Schuller-Hanson preaches on Luke 2:41-52. Originally recorded at Good Shepherd's Madison Campus on Sunday, December 30th.
"From the Margins" | Pastor Chris Enstad
January 07, 2019 21:58 - 12 minutes - 4.26 MB"From the Margins" Pastor Chris Enstad preaches on Christmas Eve from the Good Shepherd Madison Campus. Originally recorded December 24, 2018. To learn more about Good Shepherd visit gslcwi.com
Joyful Expectation | Advent Four
December 19, 2018 18:15 - 12 minutes - 4.36 MBJoyful Expectation | Advent Three For the four Sundays in Advent, there will be a new edition of the "Joyful Expectation" podcast - exploring the liminality or "in between" nature of the Advent season. On this episode: The in-between of adolescence A Gospel reading from Luke 1:39-55 A reflection from Pastor Joe Broisous For more about Advent at Good Shepherd visit: gslcwi.com/advent
"What Then Should We Do?" | Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson
December 17, 2018 15:30 - 11 minutes - 3.37 MB"What then should we do?" | Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson John gives us a picture of not only a need for repentance but a recognition of God’s forgiveness as a first fruit of the Holy Spirit that allows us to approach the altar of judgement and forgiveness in the first place. Originally recorded at the Good Shepherd Madison campus on Sunday, December 16. For more about Advent at Good Shepherd, please visit: gslcwi.com/advent
Joyful Expectation | Advent Three
December 13, 2018 20:58 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBJoyful Expectation | Advent Three For the four Sundays in Advent, there will be a new edition of the "Joyful Expectation" podcast - exploring the liminality or "in between" nature of the Advent season. On this episode: A story of normalcy disrupted A Gospel reading from Luke 3:7-18 A reflection from Pastor Chris Enstad For more about Advent at Good Shepherd visit: gslcwi.com/advent
"Repent and Follow" | Pastor Sheryl Erickson
December 11, 2018 17:04 - 12 minutes - 3.94 MB"Looking for the Fig Tree" | Pastor Sheryl Erickson In a season where we long for comfort John the Baptist calls us FIRST to an uncomfortable question: how have we prepared our world for the coming of Jesus? Originally recorded at the Good Shepherd Madison campus on Sunday, December 9. For more about Advent at Good Shepherd, please visit: gslcwi.com/advent
Joyful Expectation | Advent Two
December 04, 2018 20:24 - 17 minutes - 9.31 MBJoyful Expectation | Advent Two For the four Sundays in Advent, there will be a new edition of the "Joyful Expectation" podcast - exploring the liminality or "in between" nature of the Advent season. On this episode: A double major in divinity and engineering reflects on science & faith A Gospel reading from Luke 3:1-6 A reflection from Pastor Joe Brosious For more about Advent at Good Shepherd visit: gslcwi.com/advent
"Looking for the Fig Tree" | Pastor Chris Enstad
December 03, 2018 17:40 - 13 minutes - 5.61 MB"Looking for the Fig Tree" | Pastor Chris Enstad The coming kingdom means new life. We miss the new life when we focus only on what is passing away, torn down or lost. Jesus calls us to look always for the buds of spring, the first signs of new life. Originally recorded at the Good Shepherd Madison campus on Sunday, December 2. For more about Advent at Good Shepherd, please visit: gslcwi.com/advent
Joyful Expectation | Advent One
November 28, 2018 17:37 - 18 minutes - 9.44 MBJoyful Expectation | Advent One For the four Sundays in Advent, there will be a new edition of the "Joyful Expectation" podcast - exploring the liminality or "in between" nature of the Advent season. On this episode: An oncologist shares about the perseverance that can come from suffering A Gospel reading from Luke 21:25-36 A reflection from Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson For more about Advent at Good Shepherd visit: gslcwi.com/advent
"Revealing the Nearness of the Kingdom"| Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson
November 20, 2018 18:14 - 11 minutes - 7.63 MBThis Sunday's Gospel reading from Mark (Mark 13:1-8) is called the Little Apocalypse. Don’t let that scare you though. The word apocalypse usually brings up images for us of death, destruction and catastrophe. It’s true that Jesus describes earthquakes and war and famine, but there is more than just destruction in this passage. The literal translation for the word apocalypse is “an uncovering or a revelation”. It means something is being revealed. Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson preach...
"Giving without expectation" | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
November 13, 2018 17:04 - 11 minutes - 7.8 MBWhat does it look like to give without asking for anything in return? We might know people who can live this out, but it sure isn’t easy. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to live with generosity, humility, and faith. But how often we forget. We have a hard time giving without asking for anything in return and when we do give we find ourselves complaining about it. Not so for the woman in this story. Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson preaches on Mark 12:38-44 - originally rec...
"The Servant and the Cross" | Pastor Joe Brosious
November 09, 2018 21:37 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBPastor Joe Broisous preaches on Mark 10:35-45 - exploring the meanings of the atonement. Originally recorded at the Good Shepherd Madison Campus on October 21, 2018.
"Sacred Relationships" | Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson
October 25, 2018 21:15 - 12 minutes - 8.27 MB"In this story about divorce and blessing children- Jesus reminds the Pharisees and the disciples and us -that all people are created by God and that our relationships are sacred. The people we are in closest relationship too- our children, our spouses, our parents, our friends- and people we don’t know at all- were all made by God with love. " Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson preaches on Mark 10:2-16. Originally recorded at Good Shepherd's Madison Campus on October 7, 2018.
"Raw and Un-Filtered Jesus" | Pastor Joe Brosious
October 25, 2018 21:04 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB"It is a question that has been asked for thousands of years in one form or another. Who is the greatest, the disciples ask? Mirror mirror on the wall! But how do we know when we are being great? How do we know when we have made it? How do we know that we truly belong?" Pastor Joe Brosious preaches at the Good Shepherd Madison campus on September 23, 2018.
"You Belong Here" | Pastor Sheryl Erickson
October 25, 2018 20:55 - 13 minutes - 8.54 MBPastor Sheryl Erickson preaches on Mark 8:27-38. Recorded at Good Shepherd's Madison Campus on September 16, 2018
"Withholding Judgment" | Pastor Chris Enstad
September 19, 2018 14:34 - 37 minutes - 13.4 MB"Withholding Judgment" Pastor Chris Enstad preaches on James 2:1-17 Music Credits: The Basket by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
"Culture-All" | Pastor Joe Brosious
September 19, 2018 13:42 - 25 minutes - 8.89 MBPastor Joe Brosious preaches on Mark 7:24-37 Music Credits: The Basket by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
"More than a good meal" | Pastor Dara Schuller Hanson
September 06, 2018 15:38 - 37 minutes - 9.42 MBPastor Dara Schuller Hanson preaches on John 6:56-59 from our Madison Campus. Music Credits: The Basket by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
"Overflow" | Pastor Chris Enstad
August 31, 2018 20:46 - 47 minutes - 10.8 MBEphesians 5:15-20 God fills us with the Spirit, bringing joy and thankfulness to ordinary days.
"Making Peace" | Pastor Sheryl Erickson
August 17, 2018 17:29 - 15 minutes - 5.19 MBCalled to live differently This week’s reading from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians (Ephesians 4:25 – 5:2) is a particularly piercing word for the church today. Paul makes a powerful appeal that’s needed in a time when “truth” is a questionable commodity in our current society. Along with questioning “the truth”, we live in a culture where anger, malice and slander are met – and dished out – at every turn. Paul unequivocally reminds us, that as Christian disciples, we are to live different...
"Bound Together in Grace" | Pastor Chris Enstad
August 09, 2018 16:04 - 21 minutes - 7.3 MBNo Longer Strangers: Bound Together in Grace Part four of a six-part series from Ephesians Responding to Grace Christianity is not necessary in our society in order to make “good” people. Other religions preach most, if not all, of the same morals that our Christian Bible does. Our civic laws perform much of the same function as the original Ten Commandments! Where Christianity differs is in how that goodness comes into play. Christian ethics, values, and morals come as respon...
"Gods Powerful Love" | Pastor Joe Brosious
August 01, 2018 20:20 - 18 minutes - 6.52 MBNo Longer Strangers: Gods Powerful Love Part three of a six-part series from Ephesians Despite the walls around us, we can still find a way to love others as much as God first loved us. Music Credits: Glass Beads by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
"Aliens Brought Near" | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
July 27, 2018 21:38 - 13 minutes - 4.51 MBNo Longer Strangers: Aliens Brought Near Part two of a six-part series from Ephesians As human beings there will always be things that set us apart or cause us to be different from one another, there will be things that divide us. And Jesus came to reconcile us to God and to one another, breaking down walls, mending relationships and showing us that we are united in Him. In the household of God, Jesus is our cornerstone. He is our foundation and what holds us up. And God works th...
"The Family" | Pastor Chris Enstad
July 18, 2018 16:51 - 20 minutes - 7.09 MBNo Longer Strangers: The Family Part one of a six-part series from Ephesians “[God] destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to his will, the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:5 Howard Hendricks, the great Baptist church leader, and Promise Keepers speaker, once compared the church to a football game. A stadium full of people who need exercise watching 22 grown tired men beating each other up ...
"Living Powerfully" | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
July 11, 2018 20:57 - 13 minutes - 9.16 MBLiving by Faith: Living Powerfully Part six of a six-part series from 2 Corinthians What does it mean to be winning? And how does God’s winning look different than the worlds’. Music Credits: Glass Beads by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
"Living Generously" | Pastor Chris Enstad
July 02, 2018 21:26 - 17 minutes - 6 MBLiving by Faith: Living Generously Part five of a six-part series from 2 Corinthians Giving is not optional. How do we teach ourselves that we give, not because we are required to, but because we can? Music Credits: Glass Beads by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License.
"Living Honestly" | Pastor Sheryl Erickson
June 26, 2018 20:22 - 15 minutes - 5.5 MBLiving by Faith: Living Honestly Part four of a six-part series from 2 Corinthians Christians live as if the gospel were true. At least that’s how we’re supposed to live. That was even the goal way back in the Apostle Paul’s time when he wrote his 2nd letter to the Christian church in Corinth. Sadly, we are a sinful people who don’t live out the gospel as well as we ought. This led one observant Christian to say, “When the world rejects the good news of Jesus Christ, it’s often n...
"Living Confidently" | Pastor Joe Brosious
June 18, 2018 16:08 - 19 minutes - 6.68 MBLiving by Faith: Living Renewed Part three of a six-part series from 2 Corinthians What does it mean to live confidently in our faith? This week we look at Pauls struggles, and what we can learn from them. We go through periods where we are confident in our faith, and others where we are less. But Paul shows us that we can live as he did, seeing an opportunity in everything to boast in the Lord, because he walked by faith, and not by sight. Music Credits: Glass Beads by ...
"Living Renewed" | Pastor Dara Schuller-Hanson
June 11, 2018 19:11 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBLiving by Faith: Living Renewed Part two of a six part series from 2 Corinthians How many times have you almost lost heart? Through Paul's letters we hear words of promise and hope that can carry us from being worried to living our lives, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. Hand yourself over to God as Paul did in order to carry on. Life is not about suffering, God did not want us to struggle in this life. The promise of renewal is about facing the reality of life, knowing t...
"Living to Serve" | Pastor Chris Enstad
June 05, 2018 15:17 - 28 minutes - 10.8 MBLiving by Faith: Living to Serve Part one of a six part series from 2 Corinthians The true Christian life is one lived in sacrificial love and service to our neighbors. Jesus’ paid for this new way of living with his own life! The resurrection of Christ was, and is, the first fruits of the Holy Spirit… the call and ability to live our lives unafraid that there might not be enough love or grace or mercy to go around. And so we serve each other, and our neighbors, sacrificially. We g...
"Called to be Witnesses" | Pastor Joe Brosious
June 01, 2018 15:01 - 14 minutes - 9.49 MBPastor Joe Brosious shares from Luke chapter 24 on how all followers of Jesus are called to be witnesses in daily life.