Hi, I’m Nate.

I’m a dad and a builder. I started Arbor to take the hard parts of homeschooling off parents’ plates, so more families can raise their kids together.

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What I’m up to

The big one

Arbor

A whole homeschool year, planned around your kid. My wife Shelby and I built it together, so more families can teach at home without drowning in the work that isn’t the kids.

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Buffer

I also help build Buffer: tools for sharing your work on social media.

Faith Lab

Conversations about the evidence for Christianity.

FaithPods

An agency that grows Christian voices by landing them interviews on podcasts and in publications.

The short story

I think the best thing a family can have is time together: a close home, and a childhood that isn’t swallowed by school. Homeschooling gives families that time. The planning, the lessons, and the records are the wall.

That’s why we built Arbor. It carries those hard parts so parents can stay at the table with their kids. That’s the work that matters most to me right now: helping families raise their children well, build a strong home, and actually have the hours to spend with each other.

— Nate

Along the way

Before Arbor, a few other chapters.

Radio
Producer in Los Angeles and Portland.
Crazy Love
I worked with Francis Chan and helped build Crazy Love Ministries.
Church
I was a pastor and church planter in inner-city San Francisco.
Nonprofit
Inner-city nonprofit work in San Francisco.
AppleInsider
Staff writer and podcast host.
Sumry
A story-based resume. We built it, grew it, and sold it.
Work Different
A job board for companies that took care of their people. We built that, then sold it too.
Podcasts
I started a show years ago and have been making podcasts ever since.

On X

This is pretty much the only place I post. Recent notes from @natemhanson.

Aug 30Open on X
What are the funniest accounts on X?
Aug 30Open on X
If you’re brave, I’ll roast your podcast. Link below 👇👇
Aug 30Open on X
I think the issue is the @bot is amazing but by nature it is expensive. Usage may always be really bad on it unless @SpaceXAI decides to subsidize or choose cheaper models per task.
Peter Strömberg aka PEZ @pappapez@bot I got speedy reply from the AI assistant at their support. (unlike from you @grok). It is not a bug. Grok Bots burn a lot of tokens, and at the real cost it is insanely expens…
Aug 29Open on X
Right there with you… I need more @bot usage! It goes SO fast. I’m not even doing much at all. Please @SpaceXAI!
Dylan @dkmitc5 days until im reunited @bot
Aug 25Open on X
Loving @bot! Once SpaceX ups the usage, I plan to see it I can run all video changes through Grok Bot to Cursor. Possibly bye bye Claude for arborhomeschool.com. We’ll see!

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