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Ep. 88 Global Focus | Exploring God's Call with Sam

March 18, 2024

As we enter our spring Global Focus, we’ll be joined on Pursuing Life by a few of our Cross Training candidates. Cross Training is a program with four sequential tracks, designed to prepare individuals to take the gospel globally across cultures.

The first track of Cross Training is called Explore, and its purpose is exactly as you might guess! It’s a chance for those who sense God might be calling them to cross-cultural missions to explore their interest through intentional, foundational activities.

Today’s guest, Sam, is in the beginning of his Cross Training journey, and has been working his way through the Explore track for about a year, though he’s really been exploring God’s call for his life since he became a believer in college. Since then, he has had various opportunities to develop a large array of skills that culminated into his decision to apply for Cross Training. While it took many years, many careers, and many location changes for Sam to arrive here, he is confident that no part of his journey has been wasted.

Hear from other Cross Training candidates featured on Pursuing Life:

Ep. 76 with Katina

Ep. 70 with Kyle Matteson

Ep. 66 with Allyson, Hadassah, Melea

Ep. 97 One of the Ways My Body is Affected By the Fall is Depression with Tammy McDaniel

June 24, 2024

Tammy McDaniel is no stranger to struggles with mental health. What started with a dark season of battling postpartum depression has turned into over 20 years of Tammy learning how to manage and care for her mental health through many different seasons of life. In the last few years especially, Tammy has taken intentional steps towards being mentally healthy, and she has learned about the interplay between spiritual and mental health – as well as emotional and physical health – that have helped her to understand how depression and faith can coexist, and how she can partner with God in seeking to be healthy in all areas of life. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Strong Like Water by Aundi Kolber https://a.co/d/arxi14d Try Softer by Aundi Kolber https://a.co/d/acszfsn The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. https://a.co/d/8jsgtgm The Place we Find Ourselves Podcast with Adam Young, LCSW, DMiv https://adamyoungcounseling.com/

Ep. 96 Meet Our Staff | A Love for Books and How They Help Us Grow with Kim Jack

June 17, 2024

Kim Jack is the Calvary Church librarian, and for the last ten years, she has been intentional about making sure that we have all kinds of resources available to help us grow in our pursuit of Christ. Kim loves books, but more than that, she loves stories. Today, she’s sharing with us her story of coming to know Christ, and how God directed her path to bring her to the Calvary staff.

Ep. 95 Every Day | Six Questions to Take Inventory of Your Relationship with Technology with Adam De

June 10, 2024

To wrap up our series on everyday habits and rhythms, we’re joined by Adam Derus, Calvary’s Director of Young Adults, who is here to give us a few practical ways to take a personal inventory of our relationship with technology. Adam has sought to take ownership of his time and set healthy boundaries with technology, and today he is sharing with us some of what he’s learned as we seek to do the same for ourselves. Disclaimer: There are some topics discussed in this episode that may not be appropriate for little ears. Parents, we advise you to listen through this episode before sharing it with your children. Listen to Adam's C4 message about technology here: https://calvarychurch-pennsylvan.http://subspla.sh/bqvh3t3 Resources shared in this episode (and more!): - Habits of the Household by Justin Whitmel Early https://a.co/d/eIX3X9R - Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend https://a.co/d/34hRl7T - Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer https://a.co/d/2MDcfFr - Digital Liturgies by Samuel James https://a.co/d/a2ljp8K - Tech-Wise family by Andy Crouch https://a.co/d/hamPRqN - 12 Ways your Phone is Changing You by Tony Reinke https://a.co/d/35jmkdW