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.

Sep 28Open on X
The older I get the more I'm okay with the weird and wild stuff in the Bible. CS Lewis said something like that about fairy tales... you have to get older again before you can listen. Been deep in Michael Heiser lately. Changes everything.
Sep 28Open on X
I think the world is weirder than we think. We act like we understand it, so resurrection, healing, sin, why God doesn't fix everything this second... those feel impossible.
Sep 28Open on X
But we don't know what time is. Or consciousness. Our microscopes keep finding smaller stuff that breaks the rules of the macro. Dark matter is most of the universe and we have no clue what it is. We don't really understand anything.
Sep 24Open on X
Just gotta say it. Grok @bot is waaaay better than Muse. Muse just doesn't do stuff. Gets stuff wrong a lot. I'm sure it'll get better but Grok Bot just worked out of the box. It wowed me. I want to like Muse but it's not there yet. Excited to see how this bot competition goes. Oh and then Tesla will launch Optimus soon and we'll have a physical bot with us too. Game changer.
Sep 24Open on X
Homeschool dad here. The thing that used to eat our evenings was planning... what each kid needs next, how it all fits together. My wife and I built Arbor for that. Whole year plan + curriculum tailored to each kid. Still using it for our own. arborhomeschool.com

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