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Jesus has two encounters with the Pharisees and it ends with "he looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts. The pharisees are hung up on rules and obedience to rules as the pathway to holiness. Part of Jesus' transformation is that he's paying attention to the anger that he's feeling and he responds to it in a way that's healthy and not destructive. 

I Forgive You / Mark 2:1-12 / A lame man is brought to Jesus and the first thing he tells them is that his sins are forgiven. This of course upsets the pharisees because only GOD can forgive sins. But this is what Jesus is coming to know and in this moment, speaks out loud into the world what he knows to be true about himself. What does it take to get to this place of knowing oneself? What holds us back from putting out into the world what we may know to be true in our hearts?

Jesus seems to learn early on that if he's going to live into his calling and become who he's intended to be, he will need to have times of solitude and stillness where he's not DOING but rather he is BEING in the presence of the Divine.

Awaken kicks off a new series looking at the humanity of Jesus and his journey from baptism to transfiguration.

Awaken celebrates the arrival of Christ as Micah brings our focus to the melody of creation and our participation in the collective song of God.

A week from the birth of a savior, Micah discusses the nature of a kingdom that brings peace through vulnerability and servitude.

Micah discusses the song of Zechariah and what it means to receive a message of liberation in a world where we only see in part, plus a special guest performs a musical interpretation of Zechariah's song.

Micah discusses Luke 2:29-32 and what it means to hear God.

Jenna kicks off a new series on the canticles of Christmas, songs inspired by the revelation of Christ in scripture. This week Jenna discusses the Magnificat and the complexity of hope in a world where darkness exists.

John 5: 1-15, Jesus heals a paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda, another place in scripture where a well invites healing and transformation.

Micah employs the Jewish tradition of Midrash to explore Hagar and the wilderness, the brotherly love of Isaac and Ishmael, and Abraham's last wife, Keturah.

Ezekiel 47 mentions a river that flows in death valley all the way to the Dead Sea where it will give life to everything it touches. Micah discusses what this says about the nature of God, the source of indiscriminate life for ALL.

Micah kicks off a new series that dives into the literal and symbolic importance of water throughout scripture. This first week explores the four rivers that flow out of the garden of Eden to the entire world.

Micah discusses the value of justice and its consistent thread throughout scripture.

Micah looks at the different aspects of beauty and its importance in the world we live in. The perception of beauty is an occasion for 'unselfing'

Micah discusses the practice of being authentic and offers up what a community can look like when we fully bring ourselves.

Micah discusses the practice of being hospitable and its importance in the life of the gospel.

Revelations 21: 1-5, 10 A new heaven and a new earth is a central theme in evangelical circles, but how do we walk out a faith that integrates our realities with our hopes for the future? Micah discusses the significance of living a holistic life.

John 1:1-14 - The Word of God incarnate, the image of the invisible God (Colossians 1), the exact representation of God (Hebrews). This is a continuation of Lost in Translation talking about the fact that the Bible "attests" to Jesus but does not supersede Jesus who is the original word.

Osheta Moore paints a picture of what Jesus might really mean when he foretells the separating of the sheep from the goats in Matthew 25