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Ruthie Kim unpacks Paul's ministry in Ephesus, a city saturated with spiritual power and secondhand belief. A message on the difference between proximity to Jesus and true surrender to him, why "the Jesus Paul preaches" must become the Jesus who is your Lord, and the freedom found in confession — bringing what's hidden into the light, both before God and within trusted community.

Golden State Valkyries starting point guard and 2025 WNBA Most Improved Player Veronica Burton joins Canvas for a conversation on her faith journey, getting waved by the Dallas Wings, and how she's learned to root her identity in Christ rather than her career. A candid, encouraging conversation on servant leadership, pursuing peace, and trusting God in the in-between.

Travis looks at Paul's time in Corinth — a fast, transient, self-made city not unlike San Francisco — and asks what our lives reveal about what we actually love. A message on refusing to write off the city, giving more than we take, and choosing to live here as owners rather than tourists.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.