"Looking for the Fig Tree" | Pastor Chris Enstad
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
Release Date: 12/03/2018
An Advent Conversation with Will Willimon
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
“In Advent, we celebrate and anticipate the earth-shaking, life-transforming good news that God is coming to us. Watch out. Get ready. God is on the way.” – Will Willimon, Heaven and Earth Rev. Dr. Will Willimon joined Good Shepherd on Tuesday, December 10, 2025 via Zoom for a conversation about the often-misunderstood season of Advent. In 2024, Willimon authored “Heaven and Earth: Advent and the Incarnation” and this conversation touched on the message of the book along with his experiences in leading congregations through the season of Advent. About Will Willimon | (Bio from...
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Exploring Servant Leadership with Professor Tom Thibodeau
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
What 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 community member who has helped make Servant Leadership a community initiative in the LaCrosse area....
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Conversation Sunday | What makes prayer difficult?
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
Good 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.
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Conversation Sunday | Vocation or Occupation?
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
Conversation SundaysVocation 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 topic, Theologian-in-Residence Ryan Panzer and Director of Spiritual Development Sarah Iverson...
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Created for Community | Episode 4
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
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.
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Created for Community | Episode 3
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
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.
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Created for Community | Episode 2
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
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.
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Created for Community | Episode 1
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
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 healthy community is cultivated and sustained - even in unexpected places like a fraternity or sorority.
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Welcome as you have been Welcomed
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
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.
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Good Shepherd Archives | Pastor Clem Peterson
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church - Madison & Verona
Originally recorded on September 15, 1985
info_outline"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