About Nate

 

Nate is an author, blogger and ordained pastor in the Reformed Church in America. In 2015, Nate released his first book, Man Enough: How Jesus Redefines Manhood, with Zondervan. He contributed to Learning Change: Congregational Transformation Fueled by Personal Renewal. Nate’s second book, More Than You Can Handle: When Life’s Overwhelming Pain Meets God’s Overcoming Grace, released in March of 2019 with Zondervan. Currently, Nate serves as the pastor of Christ’s Community Church in Fishers, Indiana where he lives with his wife and three children.

 
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While Sarah went on a spiritual retreat, I took the kids to the Great Smoky Mountains for a quick camping trip. I admit, I had some trepidations about taking three kids camping by myself, but I figured it would be better than solo parenting at home.
I came across the garbage can while in Assisi, Italy. I think of it often. The subtle way it shifts our thinking from what we are giving to our kids versus what we are taking from them. Our actions now ripple far into tomorrow. @wiredtohunt, this ec
I’ve spent a good chunk of this fall in the wilderness; I’ve wandered the mountains of Montana, revisited wood lots in Indiana, and returned to swamps of Michigan that I’ve grown up in. I’ve been alone, been with good friends,
The last two weeks have been an adventure in the making for three years. @jeffrey.petersen.779 and I wandered the mountains of Montana for two weeks chasing elk and mule deer. We didn’t find any elk, but we found a wilderness that captured our
For the next couple weeks, I’ll be walking toward that horizon. I don’t know where exactly I will end up, but that’s how it goes with journeys into and through the wilderness. Wilderness—a place of wildness and unpredictabili
Final game of the season. Couldn’t be more proud of this kid. He’s never played before, but early this year he decided he wanted to play football. In the winter months of 2022, he went to conditioning. Went to two camps over the summer. H
A little over three years ago, I had the privilege of sitting at the table for @byjeffchu’s master’s thesis dinner. It was one of the best meals I’ve eaten. Then he moved to West Michigan. Tonight I sat at his table and he served