As a church with real people with real lives learning to follow Jesus, we take this time of year to call on those who call Canvas Church home to share intimate stories from their life. This is for the purpose of showing others you are not alone, others have shared this similar struggle, event, loss, abuse. We thank those who have had the courage in the past and the upcoming weeks for sharing these stories.

Brandan walks us through a couple passages in 1 Corinthians to remind us as believers we have all been given gifts and not for our own personal gain but these gifts are for helping others.

Jesus is RISEN!!! 

This week Brandan looks at Genesis 3:1-13 and explores the topic of shame. Reminding us God's love doesn't change based on our actions, we are loved no matter the mistakes we have made. 

Brandan walks us through how we are the vine and there are times in our life where God chooses to prune us. Not because its easy or it feels good, but because it is good for us. Brandan talks through some of the prunings of his past to show there are blessings when we are pruned.

Listen in as George explains how Disney may offer happiness and joy for a couple days, but then it ends. In Philippians, we find a joy that is everlasting, no castle required. 

To pray or not to pray, if God has already planned out the fate of the world what good is it for me to pray? Brandan explores the prayer paradox by looking at both old and new testament scripture, so listen in and see what he has learned this week. 

As parents, we have a responsibility to teach our children a number of lessons but the most important of all is pointing them to Christ. This is not as simple as "do as I say not as I do" our kids are smarter than that, we have to live a life pointing to Christ or they will likely go their own when they are older. 

Listen in as Brandan talks about a topic people love to give advice on but never happily accept, PARENTING... Dun dun dun... Brandan reminds us our identity must be found in Christ and not in the success/failure of our children, spouse, job etc. Also we due to technical difficulties we do not have the last 5 min of Brandan's message, but don't worry all the good stuff as at the beginning. 

Why is this man wearing a sweater on his head? Where is Brandan to stop this nonsense? Is it a new trend? (I hope not) Listen in as George Aubrey takes a look at Matthew 7 and the importance of the reading the bible and especially the red letters. Here is the link to video George references and we watched during church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hUs4TXRuVk

Listen in as Brandan is back this week as he continues to examine what it takes to get from "here" to "there".