Sinopsis
Teaching from the weekly worship gatherings at Awaken Community. A safe place to journey with Jesus at the center.
Episodios
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June 22_The Questions of Jesus: Faith Beyond Zealots and Heretics
22/06/2025 Duración: 57minJudy Howard Peterson is with us for a part two discussion of last weeks message. This week she looks at Matthew 26:47-56, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me?". There are so many biblical interpretations of this passage leading to every different aspects of theology. How do we hold the reality that Judas was one of the twelve that Jesus specifically invited?
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June 15_The Questions of Jesus: Life Beyond Text and Tradition
15/06/2025 Duración: 51minGuest speaker Judy Howard Peterson brings a prophetic word in the midst of a tumultuous season across the globe. She addresses Jesus question in Matthew 12:1-14 "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the sabbath will you not take hold of it and lift it out?" She invites us to experience life beyond the text and tradition.
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June 8_The Questions of Jesus: What do you want me to do for you?
08/06/2025 Duración: 40minAwaken's own Cathy Solomon delivers her first Sunday morning sermon in a perfectly Cathy way. She addresses Mark 10:46-52 when Jesus asks the question to Bartimeaus: "What do you want me to do for you?"
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June 1_The Questions of Jesus: Do you love me?
01/06/2025 Duración: 37minOur guest speaker this week is a former Awakenite Jae Bates who unpacks John 21:15-19 by looking at the narrative of Peter's life and the ways he has denied those parts of himself that Jesus has invited him to lean into and accept. In what ways are we invited to step into who we truly are?
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May 25_Questions of Jesus: Dr. Kelly Sherman Conroy
25/05/2025 Duración: 32minDr. Kelly Sherman Conroy discusses John 5:1-9 and the question "Do you want to be made well?" She navigates the complexities of healing work as someone with indigenous roots and brings emphasis to how we hold, honor and move through sacred wounds in colonized spaces.
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May 18_Encounters: Feed My Sheep
18/05/2025 Duración: 23minPastor Micah closes out the Encounters series by bringing us to John 21:1-17 and the moment Jesus meets Peter on the shore after resurrection. Peter, in the aftermath of his failure and shame is brought back into the mission Jesus invites all of us into; feed my sheep.
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May 11_Encounters: Some Worshipped, Some Doubted
14/05/2025 Duración: 39minPastor Micah continues the Encounters series by looking at Mattew 28:16-20. The disciples went to Galilee to the mountain to see Jesus and when they saw him, some worshipped and some doubted.
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May 4_Encounters: The Road to Damascus
04/05/2025 Duración: 39minPastor Micah continues the Encounters series with Acts 9:1-19 where Paul is confronted by Jesus on the road to Damascus. Micah discusses the context of Paul's conversion and the significance of Ananias's actions and our invitation to embody peacemaking in a similar way.
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April 27_Encounters: Mary at the Tomb
27/04/2025 Duración: 39minAwaken opens up a new series called Encounters where we look at examples of people's interactions with the resurrected Christ and unpack what it means for us as a community. Micah begins with John 20:11-18 and Mary's interaction with the gardener who is revealed to be Jesus.
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April 20_Easter: Resurrection is Interruption
20/04/2025 Duración: 26minAwaken gathers for its first Easter Sunday in the new building. Pastor Micah discusses Matthew 27-28 and the subversion of expectations throughout the resurrection story, including the many holy bodies that are raised to life in verses 51-53.
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April 13_Lectionary: Letting Go
13/04/2025 Duración: 37minPastor Micah discusses Philippians 2:1-11 and the importance of love within a community. This passage connects back to the Garden of Eden and the posture of letting go as we enter into continued relationship with God and one another.
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April 6_Lectionary: The Wilderness, the Wanderer, and the Way
06/04/2025 Duración: 42minWild 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.
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March 30_Lectionary: The Prodigal Son
30/03/2025 Duración: 40minPastor 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.
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March 23_Lectionary: Prophecy
23/03/2025 Duración: 38minMicah 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.
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March 16_Lectionary: Covenant
16/03/2025 Duración: 20minMicah 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.
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March 9_Lectionary: Jesus in the Wilderness
09/03/2025 Duración: 36minAwaken enters the season of Lent by bringing us into the wilderness experience Jesus has in Luke 4.
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March 2_Where the End Begins: Altars - Part Two
02/03/2025 Duración: 32minAfter 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.
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January 19_Where the End Begins: Altars
19/01/2025 Duración: 38minAwaken 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?
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January 12_Where the End Begins: God Can't
12/01/2025 Duración: 30minThis 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.
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January 5_Where the End Begins: Jacob and Fish
05/01/2025 Duración: 42minMicah 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.