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June 18_Tom Albinson & IAFR

Tom sheds light on the current worldwide refugee crisis and his engagement with it through the non profit organization, IAFR. He shares the significance of the Lord's Prayer in a world desperate for hope.

June 11_Rev. Kelly Chatman & Mary Maker

Ruth 1:6-18, Mary provides context for her experience as a refugee and invites us to consider the importance of support systems and staying proximate to people with different life stories.

June 4_Iterations: Exile

Jeremiah 29:1-14 The people of God in Exile - even here God is with them in Babylon. Exile is the place where your entire conception of who God is and what God is like dies and you find out God is still with you in this place/iteration.

May 28_Iterations: From Theocracy to Kingdom

1 Sam 8:1-22 - God warns them of all the things they will become if they go in this direction. As the people go down this path, they forget where they came from and they become Egypt - the very thing they were liberated from.

May 21_Iterations: Judges

Judges 2:16-23, The children of God in this book of the Bible are often portrayed as rebellious and forgetful of the ways of God. Micah invites us to consider the ways God is more patient, hopeful, and available to us than we might otherwise be led to believe.

May 14_Iterations: Wilderness and the Wandering People of God

Numbers 9:15-23, The Israelites follow a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night trusting that the spirit of God is in it. Micah recalls the journey of Awaken, the movement of the spirit in our midst and invites us to trust that God is present and guiding us through whatever wilderness lay ahead.

May 7_Iterations:The Freedom of God

Exodus 2:23-25 - God hear, remembers, sees, and knows the people while they are enslaved and oppressed. Micah invites us to consider what ideas and realities we need to be freed and liberated from.

April 30_Iterations: Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 32 - Jacob has spent his life running from God and his own name. Micah highlights that ways God relentlessly pursues us and seeks to bring us into a way of life that bears good fruit and wholeness  of self.

April 23_Iterations: Abram & Babel

Genesis 11:1-4, 12:1-5 These two chapters highlight the difference between a life motivated by fear and a life motivated by faith. Micah walks us through another iteration of the people of God following the voice of God towards partnered life together.

April 16_Iterations: Garden of Eden

Awaken kicks off a new series exploring the different iterations of the people of God throughout scripture. What does a journey with God look like as a people experiencing different contexts and circumstances in history? Micah starts in Genesis 1 & 2 where humans are invited to move and work from a place of rest.