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The Restoration Initiative for Culture and Community and Canal Street Church have a long, deeply connected relationship. Originally...
Canal Street Church
May 21, 20203 min read
The Agony of Waiting - Charlene Chan
There are many things I am not good at. For example, competitive sports, making salads, holding long philosophical conversations,...
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Canal Street Church
May 14, 20204 min read
Growing in Christ Apart from the Public Gathering - Andrew Hollingsworth
The great German theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg rightly defined the church as “the fellowship of individual believers.” At its very core,...
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Canal Street Church
May 7, 20204 min read
Missing, Belonging, Longing - Walter Brown
During this coronavirus season, with all the limitations that characterize it, we repeatedly hear different versions of the old adage:...
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Canal Street Church
May 1, 20203 min read
Feels Like Loosing - Grace Bigler
I was laying in bed the other night and expressing some frustration to God as I dozed off. “You know, everyone always talks about...
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Canal Street Church
Apr 23, 20203 min read
Finding Peace and Purpose - Kristina J. Meyer
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...
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Canal Street Church
Apr 16, 20205 min read
Freedom Requires Surrender - Crystal Daspit
“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...
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Canal Street Church
Apr 9, 20203 min read
A Coronavirus Awakening - Matt Escarra
If we believe God is sovereign over all things, including the coronavirus pandemic, one of the obvious questions that arises is “God, why...
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Canal Street Church
Apr 2, 20202 min read
I Will Praise - Jeannette Thompson
On Monday, March 23 (seems like months ago!), the news was grim: the governor announced stay-at-home orders, and Louisiana’s COVID-19...
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Canal Street Church
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Counting God's Gifts - Pam Creech
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows. ...
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Canal Street Church
Mar 20, 20203 min read
Battle Ready: Sitting on the Rock - Kari Rodas
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
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Erik Garcia
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Whitney Plantation Reflections
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...
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Canal Street Church
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Q & A Forum with Alan Cross
There have been lots of questions and discussions on a biblical response to the border issue lately. We are thankful for our friendship...
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Page Brooks
Jun 8, 20182 min read
The Suicide Epidemic and What Our Church Is Doing About It
The string of celebrity deaths because of suicide highlights the rising suicide rate. As a chaplain, I have regretfully laid one too many...
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Erik Garcia
May 24, 20185 min read
Financial Stewardship
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...
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Page Brooks
May 1, 20182 min read
Haiti: I Went to Teach, but I Ended Up Learning
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...
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Izabela Marie Cormier, Worship Arts Director
Apr 3, 20182 min read
50 Days of Easter!
Death is swallowed up by a triumphant victory! So death, tell me, where is your victory? Tell me death, where is your sting? - 1...
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Kate Hutchison
Mar 31, 20184 min read
Mission Update: Ben & Kate Hutchison
Update from the Hutchisons! It’s hard to believe we’ve reached our 3 month anniversary as Denverites, surrounded by nearly 700,000 of...
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Lanie Anderson
Mar 8, 20184 min read
The #Metoo Stories of Genesis: Where Is God?
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...
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Izabela Marie Cormier, Worship Arts Director
Feb 8, 20186 min read
Conversations Display Intimacy With God
So far, reading through the entire Bible together, as a church family, has been awesome! For those who may not know, our congregation...
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