Tuesday at Calvary is normally reserved for meetings, at least in the morning. We’ve got meetings for the pastors, meetings for all staff, meetings for special break out groups, meetings for people to plan meetings for other people. But not today. Today was the All Staff De-Clutter Day. We’ve grown Read more…
Dan Nold says that’s the recipe for relationship with the living God. If you want to hear it for yourself, click here. Our lifegroup (still lovin it!) talked at length about how that applies to our lives tonight. A few thoughts & threads… Am I desperate for God? And if Read more…
Lilly and Sadie got things rolling this weekend. It was Lilly’s final show as part of the middle school drama club. They put together a wonderful Wizard of Oz, with Lilly playing the role of the great and terrible Oz. Sadie (5th grade) had a role as a junior munchkin, Read more…
I noticed a couple of things today while reading the Parable of the Sower from Matthew’s Gospel.. First of all, it’s the parable of the sower, but most of the attention and detail goes to the types of ground that the sower works with. Secondly, the celebrated product is a Read more…
Ran across this piece of history today*… David and his men were out doing their thing. While they were away, a neighboring group of banditos rolled up on their little town and carted off all the women and children. When David and his 600 men came home, not only was Read more…
Last Tuesday a group of us from Happy Valley boarded a bus at the nasty hour of 4am to head for “the city” and a day of Strategic Renewal with Pastor Jim Cymbala and The Brooklyn Tab. I had heard some of the stories and history of the Brooklyn Tab, Read more…
Well, not quite around the world, though it certainly felt like it. From NYC (Brooklyn Tabernacle visit for a prayer conference) to Dallas, TX (college ministry learning community) to PA Furnace (CityServe), it was a whirlwind of learning, growing, and experiencing God. There were some incredible AHA! moments; there were Read more…
Do you remember learning to pray? Was it a matter of repeating the phrases and words that you were taught, echoing the syntax of your mother or father? Maybe you read a book about it, or fell into a group that practiced prayer…who taught you to pray? And have you Read more…
For about as long as I can remember (or at least since my arrival in Happy Valley) Dan Nold has been telling me that it’s important to pay attention to the people God brings around you (me). Those words of wisdom flow out of the Experiencing God study that continues Read more…
1300 tickets sold here in Happy Valley. Theaters 4-12 expected to be jam-packed. Lines out the door and around the building. A bazillion pre/early teens are staying up waaaay past their bedtimes tonight all around the country. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know that I’m referring to Read more…