Canopy Church Podcast

The last of our three Holy Week narratives, today's story takes place on Resurrection Day as two of Jesus' disciples have an encounter with a stranger on their journey to Emmaus. For more info, visit canopy.church

In a special, Good Friday edition of our podcast, we take an imaginative, in-depth look at a man who plays a brief but significant role in the biblical story, Barabbas, and see in him the very personification of the Gospel message: Jesus takes what we deserve so that we can have what He deserves. For more info, visit canopy.church .

A bit of a non-traditional message for this week. This is a narrative written based on the events of the first Palm Sunday told from the perspective of Simon the Zealot, one of Jesus' 12 disciples. For more info, visit canopy.church .

From our  Exodus  series. Exodus 16 tells the story of God's people, newly freed from slavery in Egypt only to find that they hadn't brought any extra food with them into the desert. What follows is a profound revelation of the character of YHWH: He is a God who feed His people with bread from His own hand. He is God of the Feast. For more information, visit canopy.church

From our Exodus series. In Exodus 7-8 we read about the various plagues sent by God to the land of Egypt. From first read, one might wonder what these plagues of frogs, locusts, and blood have to do with the Israelites freedom. However, we discover each of these plagues is a display of Yahweh's power to show the Egyptians the Almighty God. In what areas of our life are we potentially settling...

From our Exodus series. As we dive into Exodus 5:22-6:12,  we want to know what it means to be claimed by God as citizens of His Kingdom, but it’s entirely dependent on who God is. In order to know who we are, we must begin with knowing and discovering who God is. Who are you, Lord? If we want to understand the Bible, we can’t begin with the people in the Bible - we must begin with the God the peo...

From our Exodus series. As we dive into a journey of learning how to live free, we find ourselves with Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3:1-22, where we learn the name of God - I Am Who I Am. Though Moses meets God on holy ground, we must remember that God is not untouchable to us. God invites us to come and see WHO He is. For more information, visit canopy.church .

Christmas has happened - what now? Instead of blind optimism or depressed pessimism, maybe there's a way we can bring the hope of the incarnation into our world? Jesus shows up in a broken and desperate situation, and by showing up in it, transforms it. Jesus reawakens our humanity so that we can reflect the image of God to all creation. In this New Year, we have something to be excited about...

Isaiah 9 reminds us that the hope of Christmas is both smaller than you ever imagined and greater than you ever dreamed. The hope of the world came from an unexpected land and in the form of a child. However, the hope came in the shape of The King the nations truly needed - a Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.    For more information, visit canopy.church .

For centuries, the global Church has relied on the liturgical calendar to interrupt the cadence of life in the empire and to draw followers of Jesus up into the rhythms of the King and His Kingdom. These holy habits ground us in God’s story and the part we play in it and, in so doing, cause us to move through the world differently, at a different rhythm and tempo. Advent is a time during which Chr...

As we prepare for Thanksgiving, we are reminded to offer our gratitude as worship to God. Psalm 100 reminds us to enter places with thanksgiving - extending with open hands a gift we have to bring. Our response to Jesus' greatest act as King is worship of deep gratitude.  Therefore, we seek to be a people of immense gratitude and thanksgiving for all that Jesus has done for us, and we desire...

As a church, Canopy celebrated Orphan Sunday on November 11th. We jumped into Romans and Deuteronomy, where we were reminded that God "defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing." Josh and Heather Harrison shared their personal journey with adoption, and a couple from Canopy shared their journey as well. As...

From our Vision series. Canopy is a family of house churches learning to live free. This weekend, we explored Exodus 33 and the truth that we find freedom in being covered by God. God works through us. God is with us. He does not leave us to fend for ourselves but has given us His Spirit to seal us as His own, to advocate for us to us, to lead and guide us, and to empower us for His mission. We wa...

From our Vision series. Canopy is a family of house churches learning to live free. This weekend, we explored Exodus 19:2-8 and the truth that we find freedom in being commissioned by God. God works through us. Jesus has invited us to partner with Him in God’s restorative work in the world through His Spirit with and in us. We want to grow in our awareness that He is at work and in our availabilit...

From our  Vision series. Canopy is a family of house churches learning to live free. This weekend, we explored Exodus 6:2-8 and the truth that we find freedom in being claimed by God. God is for us. In Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit, God has made us His own, His people, citizens and heirs of His Kingdom, daughters and sons. We want to grow in our identity as His children, in intimacy wi...

From our Life of Jesus series. In John 2:1-11, when Jesus famously turned water into wine, He wasn't just showing off. He was making a statement that should shape the way we should read the rest of the book of John, the way we view the Good News of the Kingdom, and the way we see our lives. Jesus has come to be the Restorer of Joy! For more information, visit canopy.church .

From our Life of Jesus series. The Great Commission in Matthew 28:16-20 has been foundational to the Church since Jesus spoke it 2000 years ago, but what does it actually mean? Who is Jesus commissioning? Where is He sending them? How do they make disciples? The disciples who heard first these words went on to change the world. As we hear and live them, we can do the same. For more information, vi...

From our Life of Jesus series. The way we try to change the world and the way Jesus is changing it are very different. Our strategy often involves overwhelming and overt displays of power aimed at instant outcomes, while Jesus took a much quieter and slower approach. The parables of the mustard seed and the yeast in Matthew 13:31-35 provide us with a compelling vision of what it means to live in a...

From our Pentecost series. Having been ignited by the Holy Spirit, the early Church went on to participate daily in the life of the Spirit. It is not enough simply to receive the Holy Spirit one time; we must continue to "walk in step with," must "go on being filled" by the Holy Spirit. This week we take a look at Acts 2:42-47 to see how the Church in book of Acts continued to...

From our Pentecost series. The Holy Spirit is the fire, but the Church is the kindling. In the first part of our two-part series on the Day of Pentecost, we take a look at Acts 2:1-13. What what the postures of the first followers of Jesus that prepared them for what the Holy Spirit did on the Day of Pentecost? What did they believe and pursue that changed everything for them and for the whole wor...

From our Life of Jesus series. In Luke 5:1-11, an awful day of fishing turns extraordinary when Jesus shows up. The call to cast their nets in deeper waters was a call to radical and inconvenient faith for the disciples, the kind of faith that Jesus always rewards. But, to be clear, the reward wasn't the fish. For more information, visit canopy.church .

From our Life of Jesus series. Mark 4:35-5:43 is an eyewitness account of a day spent with Jesus. In this 24 hour period, we see who He is, what He values, and what it means to follow in His footsteps. For more information, visit canopy.church .

From our Life of Jesus series. In Matthew 18:1-5, Jesus commends a little child as a picture of greatness in His Kingdom, but what does that actually mean? Jesus' call isn't  to embrace the sweetness or innocence or capacity for wonder of a child but something far less appealing and far more powerful. For more information, visit canopy.church .