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Teaching from the weekly worship gatherings at Awaken Community. A safe place to journey with Jesus at the center.

Episodios

  • April 6_Lectionary: The Wilderness, the Wanderer, and the Way

    06/04/2025 Duración: 42min

    Wild Fig Network's Executive Director, Eugene Kim visits Awaken to walk us through the Israelites experience of empire in Isaiah 43. He points us to examples of resistance that have formed the basis of christian thought and God's heart towards all marginalized people.

  • March 30_Lectionary: The Prodigal Son

    30/03/2025 Duración: 40min

    Pastor Jenna takes the stage again to walk us through Luke 15 and the story of the prodigal son, this time highlighting the complexities of repair work when we experience brokenness in relationship.

  • March 23_Lectionary: Prophecy

    23/03/2025 Duración: 38min

    Micah takes us through Isaiah 55 and the prophets reminder of the vision God has for the world around us, one of abundance and partnership in making that vision our reality.

  • March 16_Lectionary: Covenant

    16/03/2025 Duración: 20min

    Micah explores Genesis 15 and the meaning of the word "covenant" and why this word/idea is so important to the biblical story. Where can we find significance in the fact that God chooses to be in committed formal relational partnership(s) with humanity despite knowing the outcome and tendencies.

  • March 9_Lectionary: Jesus in the Wilderness

    09/03/2025 Duración: 36min

    Awaken enters the season of Lent by bringing us into the wilderness experience Jesus has in Luke 4.

  • March 2_Where the End Begins: Altars - Part Two

    02/03/2025 Duración: 32min

    After a six week hiatus to focus on the big move, Awaken is meeting again on Sunday mornings. Micah brings us back to the story of Jacob and invites to consider how hope and imagination can pull us into a future we might not be able to see at the present moment.

  • January 19_Where the End Begins: Altars

    19/01/2025 Duración: 38min

    Awaken ends its time at St James by discussing the role and significance of the altar in Jacob's story. What does it mean to mark a moment in time and how does God meet us as we set up our own altars in this time of transition?

  • January 12_Where the End Begins: God Can't

    12/01/2025 Duración: 30min

    This is the second to last Sunday at St James and Micah takes another approach to Genesis 28 by discussing the significance of being surprised by God's presence and staying curious about the places and people we will come into contact with in our new church home.

  • January 5_Where the End Begins: Jacob and Fish

    05/01/2025 Duración: 42min

    Micah kicks off a final series for our time at St James. He opens by discussing the ways God is with us in the midst of transition by looking at Jacob's life. Also, in classic Micah fashion he gives a beautiful illustration of fish.

  • December 22_Awake in the Waiting: Longing

    23/12/2024 Duración: 22min

    Pastor Jenna brings our Advent series to a close in preparation for Christmas Eve. She walks us through the ways the evangelical understanding of longing can be counter productive to an otherwise important revealing that can happen through our longings.

  • December 15_Awake in the Waiting: Waiting

    15/12/2024 Duración: 43min

    Micah processes the importance of waiting and the through line that we can see through scripture. It's in the waiting that things are exposed and produced within us.

  • December 8_Awake in the Waiting: Crying Out

    08/12/2024 Duración: 49min

    Micah discusses Exodus 1:1-18 & 2:23-25 when the Israelites cried out and God heard, saw, listened, knew them. In the same way that Jesus modeled what it means to be human, we are met by God in the moments when we can acknowledge and embrace our limitations and struggles.

  • December 1_Awake in the Waiting: Darkness (Fixed)

    01/12/2024 Duración: 46min

    Awaken begins a new series through our last Advent season at St James. Micah kicks the series off by discussing the significance of darkness and the ways God shows up alongside us as a midwife is present to those birthing new life into the world.

  • November 24_Take Heart: Searching the Psalms

    24/11/2024 Duración: 02min

    Micah closes out the Take Heart series by looking at Psalm 27 to help us navigate the difficulty of balancing hope for the world and the harsh realities we have to be reconciled to. 

  • November 17_Take Heart: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

    17/11/2024 Duración: 45min

    Micah talks through the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3 and invites Awaken into the work of civil disobedience in the name of sacrificial love for others.

  • November 10_Take Heart: Calm in the Storm

    10/11/2024 Duración: 42min

    Micah brings us to Mark 6:45-52 when Jesus appears to the disciples in the midst of a storm on the sea. He points us to the ways that Jesus has proven himself a presence of peace and comfort to those in distress.

  • November 3_Take Heart: I Have Overcome The World

    03/11/2024 Duración: 40min

    Awaken starts a new series this month as we find ourselves in a tumultuous political season. Micah kicks things off by adding context to Jesus words in John 16:33, "take heart for I have overcome the world". What does it mean to find peace in the midst of anxiety and uncertainty?

  • October 27_Wells and Fences: Peacemakers

    27/10/2024 Duración: 38min

    The Wells and Fences series comes to a close with a powerful message from Micah as we near Election Day. What does it mean to be a peacemaker? How do we do this for even those we might find ourselves at odds with? We can't make peace in the world if we haven't made peace within ourselves.

  • October 20_Wells and Fences: Power and Empire

    20/10/2024 Duración: 37min

    Micah is back at Awaken to talk through the concept of power and empire in scripture. How does power look in the kingdom of God and how do we integrate the ways Jesus has modeled what it means to hold power within the context of our own lives in this election season?

  • October 13_Wells and Fences: Jesus in the Wilderness

    13/10/2024 Duración: 41min

    Awaken's Youth Director Trevor speaks for the first time on a Sunday morning and invites the congregation into the story of Jesus journeying through the wilderness. How does the human Jesus experience these tests and what example does it set for how we might find encouragement and grace in the midst of our own struggles?

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