Episodes

3 days ago
3 days ago
Judy 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?

Sunday Jun 15, 2025
June 15_The Questions of Jesus: Life Beyond Text and Tradition
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Guest 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.

Sunday Jun 08, 2025
June 8_The Questions of Jesus: What do you want me to do for you?
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Awaken'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?"

Sunday Jun 01, 2025
June 1_The Questions of Jesus: Do you love me?
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Our 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?

Sunday May 25, 2025
May 25_The Questions of Jesus: Dr. Kelly Sherman Conroy
Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
Dr. 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.

Sunday May 18, 2025
May 18_Encounters: Feed My Sheep
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Pastor 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.

Wednesday May 14, 2025
May 11_Encounters: Some Worshipped, Some Doubted
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Pastor 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.

Sunday May 04, 2025
May 4_Encounters: The Road to Damascus
Sunday May 04, 2025
Sunday May 04, 2025
Pastor 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.

Sunday Apr 27, 2025
April 27_Encounters: Mary at the Tomb
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Sunday Apr 27, 2025
Awaken 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.

Sunday Apr 20, 2025
April 20_Easter: Resurrection is Interruption
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Sunday Apr 20, 2025
Awaken 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.