The Restoration Initiative for Culture and Community and Canal Street Church have a long, deeply connected relationship. Originally...

There are many things I am not good at. For example, competitive sports, making salads, holding long philosophical conversations,...

The great German theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg rightly defined the church as “the fellowship of individual believers.” At its very core,...

During this coronavirus season, with all the limitations that characterize it, we repeatedly hear different versions of the old adage:...

I was laying in bed the other night and expressing some frustration to God as I dozed off. “You know, everyone always talks about...

For those of you who don’t know me well, I moved to New Orleans in August as part of a volunteer year. I live in a house as part of an...

“He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delights in me.”(Psalm 18:19, CSB) Last summer, Doug and I...

If we believe God is sovereign over all things, including the coronavirus pandemic, one of the obvious questions that arises is “God, why...

On Monday, March 23 (seems like months ago!), the news was grim: the governor announced stay-at-home orders, and Louisiana’s COVID-19...

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows. ...

We will get tired on this journey. Some of us might even fall ill. We will have times of feeling isolated, anxious, angry, grieved - but we

As a kid Growing up in New Orleans, the thought of visiting plantations was a dread. A long car drive. A packed lunch. A tour of an old...

There have been lots of questions and discussions on a biblical response to the border issue lately. We are thankful for our friendship...

The string of celebrity deaths because of suicide highlights the rising suicide rate. As a chaplain, I have regretfully laid one too many...

Dear Church Family, Way to step up with your giving last month. To speak about giving and money always seems to have this sense of taboo...

One week in April, our church sent a team to Haiti to teach about 40 pastors in a conference. This was the third year we conducted the...

Death is swallowed up by a triumphant victory! So death, tell me, where is your victory? Tell me death, where is your sting? - 1...

Update from the Hutchisons! It’s hard to believe we’ve reached our 3 month anniversary as Denverites, surrounded by nearly 700,000 of...

We flipped the final pages of Genesis in February as a church, and the book was no light read for women in our community group. There are...

So far, reading through the entire Bible together, as a church family, has been awesome! For those who may not know, our congregation...