ABOUT NATE

 Nate Pyle is a local church pastor. He walks alongside people during their joys and sorrows, hoping to be present to them in their questions about faith, suffering, and hope.

As an author, writer, and speaker, Nate has written or contributed to three books, published articles with major media outlets, and has spoken at colleges, church gatherings and retreats across the country.

His Man Enough: How Jesus Redefines Manhood (2105) was hailed a “a well-written, friendly invitation to a more considered perspective on Christian manhood” by Publishers Weekly. Voices on both the conservative and progressive sides praised the book as a helpful contribution, and it’s as relevant as ever with current conversations around muscular Christianity.

Nate’s More Than You Can Handle: When Life’s Overwhelming Pain Meets God’s Overcoming Grace(2019) helps readers understand that the good news isn't that we can handle everything, but rather that God promises to be with us at the very moments we can't handle anything. Bestselling author Sarah Bessey calls it “a journey through and into the possibilities of hope.”

His writing has been featured in articles featured in publications like Religion News Services, Christ and Pop Culture, Huffington Post, Sojourners, The Glorious Table, and The Deseret News. And he maintains a popular, annoying Twitter feed at @NatePyle79 where he posts about identity, politics, mental models, ways of living, and ideas of justice re-oriented around the cross and the one who hung on it. 

Nate and his wife and three children live in Fishers, Indiana where Nate pastors Christ’s Community Church. Nate also facilitates a joint effort of revitalizing churches and missional engagement in the Re-formed Church of America and the Christian Reformed Church.For the past 10 years, I’ve been called ‘pastor’. To be clear, that doesn’t mean I’ve mastered what it means to follow Jesus, or that I know all the answers to people’s questions about the Bible, or that God’s ways make sense to me, or that my political beliefs align with one particular party. In fact, if I’m convinced of anything, it’s that following Jesus means constantly re-learning. Identity, politics, mental models, ways of living, ideas of justice all have to be re-oriented around the cross and the one who hung on it. I don’t write to convey the answers I believe I have. I write to learn. And I hope you’ll learn with me.