“I know the plans I have for you”

Posted by on Feb 21, 2012 in Blog Entry | 0 comments

Dennis Green is a 49-year-old follower of Jesus Christ and an artist.   ♥ Jeremiah 29:11 says, “I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Plans. Plural. Not “plan” singular.) ♥ As far back as I can remember, I’ve always liked to draw, paint and...

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Nourishing the Heart

Posted by on Jan 9, 2012 in Blog Entry | 1 comment

Keith Sullivan is an area manager for several restaurants, a chef and a heart surgery survivor. Here he shares his passion for food, people, canvascommunity and God.     Jamey has been asking for stories now for a couple of weeks, I now know it’s time for me to tell mine. I was born in 1962; in 1963 I had my first open-heart surgery. In 1970 I had my...

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Three Degrees of Bentley

Posted by on Nov 22, 2011 in Blog Entry | 1 comment

The concept of six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone, on average, is six connections away from anyone else on the planet and, if you talk to a complete stranger, you will eventually find a connection (that connection may or may not include the actor Kevin Bacon, but you get brownie points if it does). This brings me to my concept of the...

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Vulnerability

Posted by on Sep 19, 2011 in Blog Entry | 0 comments

(A variation of this post was preached at Canvas Community on September 12, 2011) Do you remember that debt ceiling drama in Washington, D.C. from earlier in the summer?  If you recall, the credit limit we had established for ourselves had been reached, and in order for the government to continue operating, we needed to raise that limit – the “debt...

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Finding Jesus despite the Christians

Posted by on Aug 19, 2011 in Blog Entry | 3 comments

So I’m sitting across from Jamey during a “Dinner and a Movie” night at Canvas and I mention that I’m having a hard time finding the blog on the Web. He says there is something out there, but that they really need more writers. Suddenly, my hand lifts off the table and I’m volunteering. That’s how these things usually start with me — and with...

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Life is hard, sometimes

Posted by on Jul 28, 2011 in Blog Entry | 2 comments

I recently watched a movie called Outsourced. It had a B list cast, was very predictable and had a fair amount of cheesiness to it. However, after a summer of very intense nursing school boot camp, I was in the mood for something that wouldn’t make me think. For those of you unfamiliar with the movie, it follows a corporate executive to India where he gets a...

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