One More Day

Happy Leap Year Day! Hope you have something extraordinary planned for your day. Or, if the day seems ordinary, you are able to be the extraordinary in it. Extra days, they don’ come along very often. A few weeks ago I was running the Myrtle Beach Marathon. Right before mile 18 there was a man [...]

Day of Abundance

On Mondays I fill my kitchen with piles of laundry to sort, wash, dry and put away. Today, is no different. My floor is covered and the smell is permeating the air. Although this is very much the normal routine for me, I was overwhelmed with a thought today while I sorted through the stinky socks and [...]

In the Middle

Here we are at the beginning of a new year; new opportunities, hopes and goals. Ready for the clean slate that comes with new beginnings. Or maybe you are at the end, celebrating the end of 2011, glad to see it over and ready to close the door. Life seems to hand us constant beginnings: [...]

Pillar of Salt

A little over 8 years ago God changed my life at the exact moment I asked Him to. I was sitting in a circle of women saying how “If God asked me to give up everything to follow Him, I would.” Luckily, He only asked for a few things. Within a short 3 months I was living in [...]

Dare To Trust

I have been reading the book Radical by David Platt. I can’t say I agree with everything that is written but there have been a few chapters that have challenged my faith and my “living out.” Or, how I live my life as a Christian. There is a quote in the book that is challenging me in [...]

Courage

We have had a lot of instances recently that have paralyzed my daughter with fear. As a mom it is about the worst thing to watch, a child who has always been fearless realize that there are things in life that are bigger than them. I am often torn between not having her push through or having her [...]

Beautiful As Mountains

  We are on our fourth day of our All American family vacation. Seriously, we just drove 1500 miles to see Mt Rushmore and the beauty of the Black Hills. We have seen a lot of God’s creativity over the last few days. Amazing. Mountains, Desserts, Rivers, Prairie and Plateau …. there is so much [...]

The Human Experience: Homeless

I hope you were able to join us at Canvas Church tonight for our new Growth Track series, The Human Experience. If not, we hope this will encourage you still to be a part of the conversation. In exploring the first section of the documentary, The Human Experience, we see two brothers come together in [...]

The Race

I have been thinking a lot about discipline and obedience. Being a runner and knowing the importance of good training and getting myself out for a run even when I don’t want to is an essential part of being successful at finishing a race. I know it is by the grace of God that I [...]

Bulwark

Have you ever had someone ask you to describe God? Who is he to you? Or has anyone ever described God in a way that just didn’t make sense to you? Friend…. Lover…. Healer…. Bulwark…. I believe we know God to the extent in which we have an experienced relationship with Him. It is hard [...]