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Awaken Community
Teaching from the weekly worship gatherings at Awaken Community. A safe place to journey with Jesus at the center.
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Oct 23, 2022 • 42min
Oct 23_Heart of Awaken: Justice
Micah discusses the value of justice and its consistent thread throughout scripture.

Oct 16, 2022 • 42min
Oct 16_Heart of Awaken: Beauty
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'

Oct 9, 2022 • 42min
Oct 9_Heart of Awaken: Authenticity
Micah discusses the practice of being authentic and offers up what a community can look like when we fully bring ourselves.

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Oct 2, 2022 • 39min
Oct 2_Heart of Awaken: Hospitality
Micah discusses the practice of being hospitable and its importance in the life of the gospel.

Sep 25, 2022 • 45min
Sep 25_Heart of Awaken: Holistic Faith
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.

Sep 20, 2022 • 40min
Sep 18_Heart of Awaken:Word of God Incarnate
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.

Sep 11, 2022 • 48min
Sep 11_Lost in Translation: Sheep vs Goats
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

Aug 29, 2022 • 39min
Aug 28_Lost in Translation: Practicing Co-Creation
Reverend Kelly Chatman discusses the at times challenging messages within Matthew 5 with some real life examples of what it looks like to embody Jesus' words for the people.

Aug 21, 2022 • 47min
Aug 21_Lost in Translation: Different Creation Stories
There are two different tellings of creation in Genesis 1 and 2. Micah pieces together the essence of this commonly misunderstood discrepancy and explores what it says about who God is.

Aug 14, 2022 • 52min
Aug 14_Lost in Translation: How to Love Gay People and the Bible Pt. 2
This week Micah takes on Romans 1:18-32 and the patriarchal system in which it is contextualized. This discussion follows up the July 31 message on 1 Corinthians 6.