Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

What do you do when you've tried to repair a relationship and nothing seems to be working? Sometimes reconciliation requires asking for help. Sometimes it means changing yourself even when the other person won't change. And in the most difficult situations, it may mean letting go of our attempts to control the outcome. As we close our week on family conflict, we'll look at what it takes to pursue healing without manipulation, guilt, or pressure. What is one real step you can take toward reconciliation today?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Some family conflicts won't disappear on their own, but there are practical steps we can take toward healing. Today we'll explore three ways to begin: pray before reacting, intentionally make time for a real conversation, and seek wisdom from someone you trust. Resolving conflict takes humility, courage, and sometimes more than one conversation. Which step could you take toward peace in one of your relationships today?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

When a family relationship is broken, our first instinct is often to focus on what the other person needs to change. But lasting reconciliation begins somewhere much closer to home. Today we'll explore why getting our relationship right with God changes the way we approach conflict with a spouse, child, sibling, parent, or anyone else we love. Before trying to fix someone else, what might God want to change in us?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Most of us learned how to handle conflict by watching the people who raised us, whether their example was healthy or not. We may shut down, lash out, run away, or repeat destructive behaviors without ever consciously choosing them. Today we'll take an honest look at the patterns we inherited and why recognizing them is an important first step toward change. What did your family teach you about conflict, and are you still carrying those patterns today?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Conflict is inevitable in every family. The real question is what we do when it shows up. Some of us shut down and go silent. Others come out swinging. And often, those reactions are patterns we learned long before we realized we were learning them. Today we'll begin looking at how the way we handle conflict can either strengthen our closest relationships or slowly pull them apart. When tension rises in your family, what's your default response?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Realizing you're headed in the wrong direction doesn't mean you have to keep going. You can make a U-turn. As we wrap up our week of Life Hacks from Proverbs, we'll discover how to recognize when we've drifted off course and take a real step toward the life God is calling us to live. Whether it's your marriage, parenting, finances, character, or relationship with God, it's never too late to change direction. Where do you need to make a course correction today?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

It's possible to say we want one thing while consistently making choices that lead somewhere completely different. We want stronger families but give them less of our attention. We want financial security but keep spending. We want a deeper faith but never make time for God. Today we'll return to Proverbs 7 and confront the gap between what we say we want and the direction we're actually walking. Where might your everyday choices be working against the future you want?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Most of our biggest regrets don't begin with one huge decision. They begin with small choices that don't seem all that important in the moment. In Proverbs 7, Solomon watches a young man make his way down a path without realizing where it's ultimately leading. Today we'll discover why wisdom looks beyond the next step to where that step will eventually take us. If you keep making the choices you're making today, where will they lead you tomorrow?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We can sincerely want a strong marriage, healthy relationships, financial stability, or a deeper relationship with God and still be moving in the opposite direction. That's because direction, not intention, determines destination. Today we'll explore a simple principle from Proverbs that can help us recognize when we're drifting before we end up somewhere we never intended to go. In the areas that matter most to you, does your current direction match your desired destination?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Nobody plans to get lost. It usually happens one turn at a time, and the same can be true in our relationships, habits, finances, and faith. As we begin a week of practical Life Hacks from Proverbs, we'll discover why wise people are willing to ask for directions and what Proverbs 3 teaches us about trusting God with the path ahead. You may know where you want to end up, but is the direction you're walking actually taking you there?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.