God’s Chisel

One of the great ministries at Canvas Church is our Drama Team. This is a production from a Sunday worship service a few weeks ago. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.  

A Gift

Kids are a great source of joy and fulfillment.  The Bible says children are a gift from the Lord (Ps 137:3).    Kids also challenge us and push us to our limits sometimes.  Lately, Jill and I find ourselves telling our kids that the world doesn’t revolve around them.  Often, when I say that, I [...]

Bonds Are Formed

What are places for you that are conducive for revelation and inspiration? I have two distinct areas that the Holy Spirit likes to drop nuggets on me and that is in the middle of my workout at the gym or during growth track on Wednesday nights at Canvas Church. Just weeks ago we briefly got [...]

Love Me For Me

I have spent the past couple of years really struggling with one simple concept.  How hard is it to find a significant other who truly loves me for me?   When we reach a certain point in our lives, we really start craving that true love and longing from a significant other.  Some people are blessed [...]

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 [...]

Itsy Bitsy Spider

So I have this tiny little brown spider that lives in my shower.  He seems to always stay in the same area, and doesn’t move much.  I blow a puff of air on him every now and then to make sure he’s still alive. I got to thinking that a lot of people handle interpersonal [...]

From A Distance

“God is watching us, from a distance…??”   I was 12 years old, seventh grade and it was the first time I had to try out for a solo in the school choir.  The song was from on of my favorite singers, Bette Midler’s, it was “From a Distance.”   I stepped up in front of [...]

The One

What has happened with the covenant of marriage in the church today?  Many statistics show that the divorce rate among the church is up near or above 50% which is slightly higher than that of the divorce rate in the secular world.  Now, I believe that the main reason that the divorce rate is higher [...]

Sex Matters

We had been married almost three years. You would have thought we had dealt with some of our past relationships. Maybe it was because we had started talking about having children. To be honest I am not completely sure why. But, in what seemed like an overnight change in attitude, Ted couldn’t forgive me for [...]

Breakdown: The Law of God

How do you know what is right and what is wrong? How do you know what is on that perfect line in the middle? People say that the 10 Commandments are irrelevant, old fashioned. Really?!! For those of you that think they need to change or they are just asking too much, tell me….How do [...]