Praise You In This Storm

           The last month has been a very difficult month for Callie and me.  As most of you know by now and as I wrote in my blog last month, we were expecting.  Unfortunately, the pregnancy ended in a miscarriage.  I can’t tell you that I understand why it happened.  I can’t tell you that [...]

No Room, No Room, Move Down, Move Down!

For a long time now, the silliness of man’s striving in this world has been a source of amusement to me, especially when I catch myself doing it. It reminds me of the Disney version of “Alice in Wonderland”, the scene of the Mad Hatter tea party. They do not want to even admit Alice [...]

Connected

“If the church is not your mother, then God is not your Father.” It was a catchy sermon title, from a catchy preacher. Every Easter, he guest-starred at the church we attended. The case was made that one could not really follow Christ unless he also was faithful to The Church. Ultimately, we left that [...]

The Chase

As promised, here’s another Video submission to our blog. Let me introduce it by saying this is a very special video indeed. It’s called The Chase, and it was used as the primary illustration for the latest Canvas Women’s Retreat held October 29-31st… but that’s not the reason why this video is so special. It’s [...]

Be My Witness

No matter your perspective, you are never too small to make a difference. The proof is in the ability of Canvas’ childrens ministry  to give more that 25 chickens to a village in China this year. Our God has an amazing ability to take what we give and make it exponentially more. I firmly believe [...]

Backyard: The Church

Acts 2:46-47 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,praising God and having favor with all the people And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were saved. My [...]