The Art Of Bridge Building
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Travis looks at Paul in Athens — a city packed with gods, skepticism, and an altar "to an unknown god" — and asks how we build bridges in a world that's much better at building walls. A message on showing up in the places that shape our city, starting with common ground instead of conflict, and leading with what we're for rather than what we're against.
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From Safe To Sent
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Travis Clark looks at Paul and Silas in Thessalonica and Berea, and asks a question worth sitting with: when was the last time anyone noticed you were living differently? A message on how the early church was never built for the safety of the harbor, and what it looks like for us to move from playing it safe to actually being sent into our neighborhoods, workplaces, and city.
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How To Keep Your Faith In The Dark
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Travis looks at Paul and Silas, beaten and imprisoned at midnight, choosing to worship instead of despair. A message on facing the seasons where you don't know when the sun will break through: what you store during peace surfaces in suffering, worship is a declaration over your circumstances rather than a denial of them, and how you suffer can become the most powerful sermon you'll ever give.
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The Lies We Tell About Calling
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Travis digs into Acts 16 and Paul's journey through closed doors and dead ends, all leading to one unexpected divine detour — a conversation with a woman named Lydia at a riverbank. It's a message about how calling rarely starts with a clear plan, but usually starts with a person in need, and how the small, ordinary moments we're tempted to overlook are often exactly where God is at work.
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When You Lose A Friend
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Travis continues our Family on a Mission series with the second half of Acts 15 — the sharp parting of ways between Paul and Barnabas. A message on navigating relationships that are changing or ending: how subtraction isn't always a loss, how to love someone and still let them go, and why followers of Jesus are called to leave the door open for reconciliation.
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Jesus and...
Canvas Teachings Podcast
The first threat to the gospel was never people rejecting Jesus — it was people adding to Him. In this message from Acts 15, Travis walks through the early church's first great conflict and asks a question worth sitting with: what have you quietly added to "Jesus" that you now trust more than Him?
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Resilience in the Real World
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Austin Payne from 3Crosses Church in Castro Valley shares from Acts 14 on Paul and Barnabas facing persecution in Lystra and Iconium, and what it means to trust God in the middle of adversity. Three takeaways: turn from useless things, turn toward the living God, and ask who you actually trust.
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Good News For Tired Souls
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Gabby Alzate, Executive Director of Because Justice Matters, continues our Family on a Mission series with a message on the freedom Jesus offers weary souls. Walking through Paul's first recorded sermon in Acts 13, she unpacks how the gospel isn't just good news for those far from God — it's good news for tired hearts carrying weight they were never meant to carry.
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Set Apart & Sent Out Together
Canvas Teachings Podcast
Rachael Wade is the founder of Olive Us - a organization that seeks to encourage women in their faith journey through podcasts, events, and other resources.
Rachael teaches on Acts 13:1-13, exploring how God calls an unlikely, diverse group of ordinary people — the "Antioch Five" — and sets them apart for His mission. A message on prayer, fasting, encouragement within the body of Christ, and the freedom God offers each of us as we're sent out together to bring His light to the world.
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Rising above disappointment
Canvas Teachings Podcast
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.
info_outlineRachael Wade teaches on Acts 6:1-7 and how true shalom is only realized when our mission aligns with God’s heart to ensure that no one—especially the most vulnerable right in front of us—is overlooked in the pursuit of collective flourishing.