Pastor Travis teaches on how to process disappointment, using the story of the early church in Acts 12 to encourage us to continue praying, resting, and holding onto hope even when our previous prayers haven't been answered the way we expected.

Philip Pattinson teaches on sacrificial love—especially in foster care—must flow from an ever‑deepening awareness that we are God’s deeply loved, delighted‑in children.

Gabby Alzate teaches from Acts 11 and how a “family on mission” learns to recognize and join God’s unexpected new work by moving from assumption to listening, from testimony to discernment, and from resistance to participation.

Pastor Travis teaches on the story of Peter in Acts 10, exploring how the gospel disrupts our internal "algorithms" of bias and prejudice, calling us to move beyond our certainties and walls to embrace a wider, more expansive love that unites all people as one family.

Gabby Alzate dives into Acts 9:32-43 to explore the kind of community that emerges when the resurrection is truly active.

Through the story of Saul we discovered that God doesn't show up to make you someone else. He shows up to redirect who you already are. Not domesticating you—deploying you.

We love a redemption story — until it's about someone we've actually been hurt by. Jaime Lannister? Sure. Darth Vader? Fine. The Grinch? We gave him a musical. But the person who wronged us in real life? That's a different conversation.

In Acts 9, the early church had to answer one of the most defining questions a community can ask: Will we love God more than we hate our enemies?

This week at Canvas, Travis walks through the story of Saul — the early church's most hated person — and Ananias, the ordinary believer whose one yes changed the trajectory of Christianity forever. We'll explore what it looks like to be a family that makes room for the person nobody expected.

Three things we'll unpack:

01. Who we call "lost," God calls "loved."

02. Radical grace will likely cost you your reputation.

03. Choose to measure people by their highest calling, not their lowest moment.

If you've been carrying real hurt from a real person — this one's for you. And if you've ever wondered whether you're too far gone for God to use — this one's for you too.