All Episodes
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Episode 48 - Helpful Advice for Parents in 2025 with Seth Fitzsimmons
Parenting has its challenges in every generation. But some would argue that the onslaught of things pushing on families today is unrivaled in history. From the pace ...
Episode 47 - Marriage Skills: Part 2 with Brandon Steenbock
We continue our conversation from last week with Dr. Brandon Steenbock especially looking at the topic of Marriage Skills that would be really helpful for us to have, ...
Episode 46 - Marriage Skills: Part 1 with Brandon Steenbock
If you’re not married yet, you’ve likely got some ideas of how things will go. If you’ve been married, you know that many of those ideas and plans you had didn’t go e...
Episode 45 - You’re Never Too Old with Carol Kolosovsky
“Say thank you for the ideas that you don’t have time for today, because a time may come…” Author and retired teacher Carol Kolosovsky joins us on the podcast to talk ...
Episode 44 - The Power of the Gospel to Change Culture with Mark Paustian
“If you want to change the culture, entertain it!” Story takes us someplace and all effective communication ultimately comes down to story. Our guest this week is au...
Episode 43 - Discovering Purpose with Kevin Festerling
Have you considered how your life, family or place of employment is built? This week, we are joined by President and Principal of Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School Mr...
Episode 42 - Meditation and Online Church Possibilities with Jonathan Favorite
For the past 20 years or so, our culture has been waking up to the impact and power of meditation and the Bible actually has a lot to tell us about that. This week we ...
2025 Holy Week Special
As we kick off the new season of Great Questions, Great Conversations, Mike Westendorf sits down to talk with Pastor Pete Panitzke about the sequence of events between...
Episode 41 - Followership Applied
Episode 40 covered the ins and outs of what Followership is and in this week's episode we will take a look at how it can be applied. Our guest is Prof. Don Kudek of W...
Episode 40 - Followership Defined
Millions of dollars are spent every year in our country to developing develop better leaders. And yet, even if you are a leader, you spend much of your time followin...
Episode 39 - Loving Our Friends With Special Needs
Our guest on the podcast is Pastor Joel Gaertner, the Director for Special Ministries of the WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod). The reality is that ALL of u...
Episode 38 - Honoring Christians Who Have Died
Reflections on Memorial Day and Ending WellMemorial Day is thought of many different ways. A national holiday. The start of summer vacation. Family gatherings and cook...
Episode 37 - Modern Mentorship and the Church's Need for Humility
Our Guest this week is Jim Buske of Lighthouse Youth Ministry and he relayed a story he asked a man in the predominantly African American Garden Homes neighborhood of ...
Episode 36 - The What and Why of Voting in Church
Voting is a significant topic in American culture, especially in an election year. But what does the "right to vote" really mean? While it seems straightforward, the r...
Episode 35 - Does God Love Me or My Behavior?
Have you ever wondered if God seems to care more about how we behave than who we are? It's honestly not fair of us to see the God of the Bible, the God of the cross an...
Episode 34 - The Value and Importance of the Creeds
Why Lutherans Use Creeds in ChurchCreeds are a statement of belief that help Christians express the basic truths that they believe, as both an individual or as a corpo...
Episode 33 - When Jesus Went To Hell
Understanding Jesus Descent into HellThe Apostles Creed is a simple summary of the Biblical, Christian faith through the use of several statements that have rich theol...
Episode 32 - Do You Have $80?
Three Thoughts on what God Has Already Given YouIn a sermon from a few weeks earlier, Pastor Pete shared an illustration that involved $80 as he helped the congregatio...
Episode 31 - Aha's of Holy Week
Biblical Observations from the Passion Story. One of the benefits of reading the Bible over and over is that we all mature through experiences. Wisdom comes from the...
Episode 30 - The Value and Challenge of Bible Translations
How different does this sound?"Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."and“If anyone wants to follow me, let a pers...