Community picnics, softball, sports camp, rock painting, and gardens. The list of Calvary’s activities can get so long and busy that we lose sight of why we do these things. They are fun! But liking sports, potato salad, and socializing … Read More
Surveys tells us that Americans are more stressed than ever been before. It could be that the expectations we place on ourselves and others can be crippling. We don’t always make “the cut” in our relationships, careers, health, or happiness. … Read More
Pastor Wayne has been talking about our core values as a church for the past several weeks. Values determine the experience of an organization to its customers, of people to their friends, and of the Church (Christians) to the world. Generosity … Read More
When Carol Dweck was in the sixth grade, her teacher sat her and fellow students in rows, according to their IQ scores. The children who didn’t have high IQs were not allowed to carry the flag during assembly or … Read More
Believing in a Big God for Big Things: The second in Calvary’s series of Core Values is Faith: Believing in a big God for big things. Sometimes it’s easier to relegate faith to what happens between our right and … Read More
Calvary began a six-week series on Core Values last Sunday in which Pastor Wayne explained that values determine the flavor of a thing–including us! Red Delicious and Macintosh, for example, are both apples, but a Red Delicious is crisp and … Read More
I lived in East Africa for a couple of years with people who just loved to dance. My friends would grab an old can, a plastic bucket, or just about anything to make music and have a dance party. The … Read More