What if this Christmas, you prayed the two words that transformed your life for eternity? You don’t need a religion, you need a relationship with the God who loves you. How quickly your world could change.

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.

 For many, this is going to be a hard Christmas after a hard year. All of us have lost something in 2020. BUT, in our grief, there is a comfort only God can bring! “He is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in Spirit.” (Psalm 34:18)

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.

How quickly the world changed for Joseph and Mary that first Christmas 2,000 years ago. And still today our lives can change in the blink of an eye. What if you were just two words away from your life being transformed?

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.

Everything changed that night the Savior of the world was born in Bethlehem -- and lives are continually transformed by this baby born in a manger. This Christmas, whatever it is that you are facing, Gene invites you to join him in praying these simple words: “God, change me.”

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.

Imagine how suddenly life changed for Mary and Joseph when they received word that they would be raising the Son of God! This week, in the midst of an ever-changing world,  Gene explores two-word prayers that unleash the power of God in your life. Fortunately, Christmas means that YOUR world can change too. 

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.

No race worth running comes without great effort -- and sometimes it can be painful. Our spiritual journey is no different. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9

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 Christ’s church is united, it is unstoppable. Yet churches are notorious for losing focus from their purpose and the race they are running. In a year full of so much divisiveness, let’s not forget the mission we are on...together.

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.

There are a couple habits that frequently happen to many followers of Jesus....without us even realizing it. Thankfully, by God’s grace, we can throw off whatever it is that hinders us and find grace for the sin that has us entangled so easily. 

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.

What hinders you spiritually? In today’s devotion, Gene shares two common barriers that pull us away from being fully devoted followers of Christ. If we’re going to persevere, we must first eliminate the things that are dragging us down.

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.

2020 has been maybe the most difficult year many of us have ever encountered -- to keep persevering, to keep moving forward, to keep our faith. This week, Gene focuses on perseverance and how we can apply Hebrews 12:1 in our lives.

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.