Pursuing Life

By Calvary Church Pa

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Episodes: 157

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Every single person has a unique story. We believe stories are powerful—God has made himself known through the stories of the Bible and continues to share His goodness and faithfulness through the lives and experiences of ordinary people.

Episode Date
Ep. 147 Asking for a Friend | How Do I Share My Faith?
May 11, 2026
Ep. 146 Asking for a Friend | If God is in Control of Everything... Do My Prayers Even Matter?
May 04, 2026
Ep. 145 Asking for a Friend | Why Does God Feel Silent Sometimes?
Apr 27, 2026
Ep. 144 Asking for a Friend | Why Do I Feel Stuck in My Faith?
Apr 20, 2026
Ep. 143 Asking for a Friend | Can the Bible be Trusted?
Apr 13, 2026
Ep. 142 Asking for a Friend | Is Doubt a Sin?
Apr 06, 2026
Ep. 141 Asking for a Friend | Can God be Trusted?
Mar 30, 2026
Ep. 140 Asking for a Friend | Is Jesus Really the Only Way?
Mar 23, 2026
Ep. 139 The Wonder of Christmas | What “Peace On Earth” Really Means with Pastor Dave Ross
Dec 29, 2025
Ep. 138 The Wonder of Christmas | Why You Shouldn’t Skip the Genealogy with Pastor David Harrop
Dec 22, 2025
Ep. 137 The Wonder of Christmas | Uncertainty is a Part of Life with Tammy McDaniel
Dec 15, 2025
Ep. 136 The Wonder of Christmas | God Breaks His Silence with Kylie Martin
Dec 08, 2025
Ep. 135 Heavy But Hopeful | Breaking Free from Guilt & Shame
Sep 01, 2025
Ep. 134 Heavy But Hopeful | God is with us in the Valley of Grief
Aug 25, 2025
Ep. 133 Heavy But Hopeful | Addiction is More Than Just a Behavioral Fight
Aug 18, 2025
Ep. 132 Heavy But Hopeful | Finding God in the Midst of Anxiety & Depression
Aug 11, 2025
Ep. 131 Meet Our Staff | Providing a Space to ‘Empty the Box’ with Caryl Roper
Jul 28, 2025
Ep. 130 Meet Our Staff | The Slow Journey of Following Jesus with Jason Smith
Jul 21, 2025
Ep. 129 Being Present Where You Are with Jeremy & Svatia Mueller
Jul 07, 2025
Ep. 128 | Following Jesus is About Step-by-Step Obedience with Joel & Rachel Shelley
Jun 30, 2025
Ep. 127 Meet Our Elders | A Father to the Fatherless with Freeman Chakara
Jun 23, 2025
Ep. 126 Meet Our Elders | You Can’t Have One Foot on the Boat and One on the Pier with Steve Iseman
Jun 09, 2025
Ep. 125 Meet Our Elders | Seasons of Serving and the Importance of Relationships with Grif Jack
Jun 02, 2025
Ep. 124 Behold the King | His Call to Follow
Apr 28, 2025
Ep. 123 Behold the King | His Suffering, Sacrifice, and Victory Won
Apr 21, 2025
Ep. 122 Behold the King | His Unjust Trials
Apr 14, 2025
Ep. 121 Behold the King | His Agony and Arrest
Apr 07, 2025
Ep. 120 Behold the King | His Last Supper
Mar 31, 2025
Ep. 119 Behold the King | His Authority Challenged
Mar 24, 2025
Ep. 118 Behold the King | His Zeal for God's House
Mar 17, 2025
Ep. 117 Behold the King | Triumphal Entry
Mar 10, 2025
Ep. 116 Meet Our Staff | I Work Behind the Scenes, Which is How I Like It with Sharon Lambertson
Feb 24, 2025
Ep. 115 Global Focus | God is Faithful in the Unknowns with Jen Drakopoulos
Feb 17, 2025
Ep. 114 Meet Our Elders | There Isn’t Any Skill that Can’t be Used to Serve God with Matt Holden
Jan 27, 2025
Ep. 113 Meet Our Elders | God Has a Pretty Good Track Record of Using Ordinary People with Bryan Willoughby
Jan 21, 2025
Ep. 112 A Conversation about Advent with Tammy McDaniel
Nov 25, 2024
Ep. 111 Global Focus | Reproducing Preschool Curriculum in Cambodia & Beyond with Brian and Jody Williams
Nov 18, 2024
Ep. 110 Meet Our Staff | Transitioning from a Leadership Role to a Support Role with Jonathan Yoder
Nov 04, 2024
Ep. 109 Meet Our Staff | How a Driver’s Ed Instructor Became a Licensed Professional Counselor with Pastor George May
Oct 21, 2024
Ep. 108 Made New | From the Depths of Addiction to the Depths of Grace with Jonathan Vasquez
Oct 14, 2024
Ep. 107 Made New | A Legacy of Faith with Don Isely
Sep 23, 2024
Ep. 106 Meet Our Staff | Angie Glick on Building Family and Community through Foster Care and Adoption
Sep 16, 2024
Ep. 105 Made New | I Thought I Was Saved But I Wasn’t with Matt Bachman
Sep 09, 2024
Ep. 104 Made New | Jesus Saved Me Eternally and He Rescued Me from the (Literal) Mountain with Jeff Batzer
Aug 26, 2024
Ep. 103 Meet Our Staff | Sometimes it Takes That Consistent Commitment from Those Around You with Andrew Herr
Aug 19, 2024
Ep. 102 Made New | How Much More Does He Care for You? with Delanie Ouk
Aug 12, 2024
Ep. 101 Made New | The Amazing Adventure of Being Loved by God with Barry Shumaker
Aug 05, 2024
Made New | Series Trailer
Jul 29, 2024
Our 100th Episode
Jul 22, 2024
Ep. 99 Global Focus | You Think One Way, but God Goes a Different Way with Don & Tabitha Nguyen
Jul 15, 2024
Ep. 98 Meet Our Staff | Trusting God and Following His Path Instead of Our Own with Pastor Dave Ross
Jul 08, 2024
Ep. 97 One of the Ways My Body is Affected By the Fall is Depression with Tammy McDaniel
Jun 24, 2024
Ep. 96 Meet Our Staff | A Love for Books and How They Help Us Grow with Kim Jack
Jun 17, 2024
Ep. 95 Every Day | Six Questions to Take Inventory of Your Relationship with Technology with Adam Derus
Jun 10, 2024
Ep. 94 Celebrating Our 2024 Graduates
Jun 03, 2024
Ep. 93 Every Day | Renewing Our Minds by Memorizing Scripture with Beth Weaver
May 30, 2024
Ep. 92 Every Day | Opening Up Your Home & Opening Up Your Life with Josiah & Olivia Huss
May 13, 2024
Ep. 91 Every Day | Permission to Play with Kevin Gushiken
May 06, 2024
Every Day | Series Trailer
Apr 29, 2024
Ep. 90 Meet Our Staff | Proud to be Canadian, Working Two Jobs & Being a Good Sender with Bethany Zipprick
Apr 22, 2024
Re-Release | Ep. 56 Global Focus | Preparing to Go to the Mission Field with James & Nica Yates
Apr 15, 2024
Ep. 89 Global Focus | Engaging with the Unreached with Noah Anderton
Apr 08, 2024
Ep. 88 Global Focus | Exploring God’s Call with Sam
Mar 18, 2024
Ep. 87 REST | Depletion is Inevitable, Therefore Restoration is Essential with Philip & Lynn Jackson
Mar 11, 2024
Ep. 86 REST | God Values Us Whether We’re Producing or Not with Stan Maughan
Mar 04, 2024
Ep. 85 REST | Living Life from a Place of Peace and Gratitude with Laura Leigh Kinley
Feb 26, 2024
Ep. 84 REST | What is Sabbath and Why Does it Matter? with Scott Messner
Feb 19, 2024
REST | Series Trailer
Feb 12, 2024
Ep. 83 Sending John & Janet Soden
Feb 05, 2024
Ep. 82 Celebrating 50 Years of Calvary Preschool with Susan Hixon & Jody Williams
Jan 29, 2024
Ep. 81 Another in the Fire with Justin & Laura Houghton
Jan 24, 2024
Ep. 80 Meet Our Elders | Raising Up the Next Generation of Church Leaders with Sam Harbin
Jan 15, 2024
Ep. 79 Meet Our Elders | Only God with Jay Weaver
Jan 08, 2024
Ep. 78 Global Focus | Sharing Our Lives and the Gospel with the People of Japan with Steve & Jemi Rohrer
Nov 13, 2023
Ep. 77 Meet Our Staff | These are My Friends & They Serve All Over the World! with Terri Sherman
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 76 I Have Decided | Who is God and What is My Purpose of Being Here? with Katina
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 75 Meet Our Staff | From Managing Walmart to Leading Young Adults with Adam Derus
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 74 I Have Decided | David Platt was Plan “C” for Cross-Con, but God’s Plan “A” for Ian Forrey
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 73 I Have Decided | How an Apple Juice Run Led to an Encounter with Jesus with Larry Richardson
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 72 Meet Our Staff | We Can All Be Pursuing Life in Christ…No Matter Our Age with Kathy Noel
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 71 I Have Decided | Following Jesus from the Citrus Groves of Florida to the War Zones of Angola with Lois Zigrang
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 70 I Have Decided | Why Living Life Like a Roomba Vacuum is Very Inefficient with Kyle Matteson
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 69 Meet Our Staff | Disability Ministry and Surrendering Our People to Jesus with Cheyanne Seber
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 68 Disciples Making Disciples | Adoption, Parenting, and Recognizing and Leveraging the Season You're In with Chris & Ashley Kresic
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 67 Disciples Making Disciples | Sharing Hope with the Next Generation with Becky & Lizzie
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 66 Global Focus | How Prayer Brought Together Three Cross-Training Candidates with Melea, Hadassah & Allyson
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 65 Meet Our Staff | Initiating, Letting Go, and Living a Repurposed Life with Ray Huber
Nov 09, 2023
Ep. 64 Disciples Making Disciples | Winning the Lost, Building Believers, and Equipping Workers with Karl & Eileen Fisher
Nov 09, 2023
I Have Decided | Series Trailer
Sep 04, 2023
Ep. 63 Disciples Making Disciples | It's Not as Intimidating as it Seems with Michelle Kirby & Lydia Swarr
Jul 10, 2023
Ep. 62 Disciples Making Disciples | Am I Actually Pursuing the Call to Make Disciples? with AJ & Lindsey Lafferty
Jun 26, 2023
Disciples Making Disciples | Series Trailer
Jun 19, 2023
Ep. 61 Meet Our Staff | Living in Light of God's Grace with Ginny Rehnberg
Jun 12, 2023
Ep. 60 Graduate Recognition | Celebrating God's Work in the Lives of Our High School Seniors
Jun 05, 2023
Ep. 59 Workship | Recognizing God's Faithfulness & Trusting His Leading in Business with Mike Smucker
May 22, 2023
Ep. 58 Workship | How God Created Us as Holistic Beings & the Ways Counseling Helps Us Pursue Life in Him with Beth Gregory
May 15, 2023
Ep. 57 Workship | Finishing Well & Finding Purpose Amidst Life's Transitions with Cliff Hurter
May 08, 2023
Ep. 55 Global Focus | Cultivating Christ-Centered Community Among Refugees & Providing Hope and Healing to Those Who Have Experienced Trauma and Conflict with Juan & Rose
Apr 24, 2023
Ep. 54 Global Focus | Understanding Church Planting & Reaching Least-Reached Communities with the Gospel with Bobby & Michele Law
Apr 17, 2023
Ep. 53 Unpacking Easter: A Conversation on the Crucified and Risen King
Apr 03, 2023
Ep. 52 Meet Our Staff | Joshua Brussel on Growing Up in Holland, Discipling Middle School Students, and Becoming a Dad
Mar 27, 2023
Ep. 51 Meet Our Staff | Laura Leigh Kinley on Discerning Between a Hobby and a Career as a Creative Type
Mar 20, 2023
Ep. 50 We Are Family | Finding Christ Through In-Laws & Setting an Example for Future Generations with Mike Derus & Jere Brubaker
Mar 13, 2023
Ep. 49 We Are Family | Returning to Faith as a Prodigal, Being a Single Mom, Embracing Adoption & Using Your Story to Impact Others with Julianna Gerlach
Mar 06, 2023
Ep. 48 Meet Our Staff | John Noel on His Dad's Legacy, Being Intentional as a Parent and Grandparent & Traveling the World
Feb 27, 2023
Ep. 47 We Are Family | Getting Honest about Infertility and Longing for a Family with Emily Bechtel
Feb 20, 2023
Ep. 46 We Are Family | Foster Care, Choosing Love Over Convenience and Comfort & Clinging to Hope through Mental Health Challenges with Melinda Smith
Feb 13, 2023
Trailer | We Are Family
Feb 06, 2023
Ep. 45 Meet The Host | Monica Kirsch on One Year of Podcasting, Growing Up at Calvary Church, and Learning How to Pray
Jan 30, 2023
Ep. 44 Meet Our New Elders | Mike Fueyo on Serving Those with Special Needs, Coming to Faith in Jesus & Being Obedient in Times of Spiritual Dryness
Jan 23, 2023
Ep. 43 Meet Our New Elders | Scott Powell on Planting Churches in Taiwan and Working with Refugees
Jan 16, 2023
Ep. 42 Meet Our New Elders | Brad Mullen on the Influence of Billy Graham, Teaching the Word of God, and a Life Dedicated to Ministry
Jan 09, 2023
Ep. 41 Workship | Making a Difference in the Education World with Abby Reiner
Nov 21, 2022
Ep. 40 Meet Our Staff | When Things Don't Go as Planned with Meagan Landis
Nov 14, 2022
Ep. 39 Workship | From Architecture to Managing Properties for the Gospel with Joel Sims
Nov 07, 2022
Ep. 38 Meet Our Staff | Helping Kids Find a Place to Belong with Anna Fillgrove
Oct 31, 2022
Ep. 37 Workship | Helping Others Steward Their Finances with Amanda Rock
Oct 24, 2022
Trailer | Workship
Oct 17, 2022
Ep. 36 Celebrate Faithfulness | Leading Students with Intentionality with Olivia Huss
Oct 10, 2022
Ep. 35 Celebrate Faithfulness | "The Debt I Owe to Calvary Church" with Bill Schmidt
Oct 03, 2022
Ep. 34 Celebrate Faithfulness | Finding Healing through the Local Church with Kaylee Glessner
Sep 26, 2022
Ep. 33 Celebrate Faithfulness | Understanding the Big Picture with Curt & Diane Bitterman
Sep 19, 2022
Ep. 32 Celebrate Faithfulness | We're All Pursuing Life in Something with Pastor Beau Eckert
Sep 12, 2022
Trailer | Celebrate Faithfulness
Aug 29, 2022
Ep. 31 Can You Relate? | Discipleship (Pt. 2) with Sarah Hoang, Megan Grant & Leslie Powell
Aug 22, 2022
Ep. 30 Can You Relate? | Discipleship (Pt. 1) with Peter & Sarah Hoang
Aug 15, 2022
Ep. 29 Can You Relate? | Parenthood with Jon & Beth Wolfe
Aug 08, 2022
Ep. 28 Meet Our Staff | How Childhood Tinkering Led to a Knack for Solving Problems with Steve Yates
Aug 01, 2022
Ep. 27 Can You Relate? | Marriage (Pt. 3) with Rick & Kim Grunden
Jul 25, 2022
Ep. 26 Meet Our Staff | How a Degree in School Counseling Prepared Naomi Long for Student Ministry
Jul 18, 2022
Ep. 25 Can You Relate? | Marriage (Pt. 2) with Will & Marisol Kassis
Jul 11, 2022
Ep. 24 Meet Our Staff | A Childhood Hobby Became a Blessing for Calvary with Jason Martin
Jun 27, 2022
Ep. 23 Can You Relate? | Friendship with Karis Derus
Jun 20, 2022
Ep. 22 Can You Relate? | Singleness with Kari Sangrey & Liz Rodriguez
Jun 13, 2022
Ep. 21 Can You Relate? | Marriage (Pt. 1) with Andy & Deanna Schall
Jun 06, 2022
Trailer | Can You Relate?
May 23, 2022
Ep. 20 Meet Our Staff | Living Life for Christ Can Be Exciting! with Meg Iseman
May 16, 2022
Ep. 19 This is My Story | A God-Shaped Hole Aching to Be Filled with Mark Nicolas
May 09, 2022
Ep. 18 This is My Story | Surrendering from Climbing the Ladder with Shelly Malloy
May 02, 2022
Ep. 17 Meet Our Staff | An Outspoken Atheist Went All In on Following Jesus with Stan Maughan
Apr 25, 2022
Ep. 16 This is My Story | Chris Torchia Skipped School to Skateboard and Ended Up Finding Jesus
Apr 18, 2022
Ep. 15 This is My Story | He Takes Us Back Always with Zach Rodgers
Apr 11, 2022
Ep. 14 This is My Story | Hungry for the Word of God with Bethany Jensen
Apr 04, 2022
Ep. 13 This is My Story | Compelled by Love with Jim Lines
Mar 28, 2022
Ep. 12 Meet our Staff | Longevity & Influence with Pastor John Frye
Mar 21, 2022
Ep. 11 This is My Story | Dennis Lien on Growing Up Buddhist & Coming to Church With His Neighbors
Mar 14, 2022
Ep. 10 Global Focus | Launching into Church Planting with Michael & Nicole Gilchrist
Mar 07, 2022
Ep. 9 Meet our Staff | It All Started with a Sony DV Camcorder with Justin Gathright
Feb 28, 2022
Ep. 8 Conversations with God | Prayer in the Midst of Health Complications with Valerie Stoltzfus
Feb 21, 2022
Ep. 7 Conversations with God | Prayer in Adoption with John & Debbie Roche
Feb 14, 2022
Ep. 6 Conversations with God | Prayer and the Mission Field with David Harrop
Feb 07, 2022
Ep. 5 Conversations with God | What is Lament? with Phil Morrison
Jan 31, 2022
Ep. 4 Advent | Peace with Sandy Robinson
Dec 27, 2021
Ep. 3 Advent | Joy with Alex Vocature
Dec 20, 2021
Ep. 2 Advent | Love with Kiki Moyer
Dec 13, 2021
Ep. 1 Advent | Hope with Tyler & Shyanne Noel
Dec 06, 2021
Pursuing Life Trailer
Dec 05, 2021