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A reflective look at creation’s second day as a metaphor for separation and space-making. They unpack the Hebrew idea of shaping the firmament and how painful prep work prepares for new life. The conversation links surrender, trust, and unseen labor to stories like Joseph. There is a call to release comforts, create inclusive space, and trust the Spirit during difficult growth.

A new series explores beginnings through Genesis 1:1–5 and the image of light emerging from darkness. The conversation invites a poetic, nonliteral reading of scripture and practices for seeing spiritual awakenings. Themes include God as creator, presence in dark seasons, and metaphors of midwife and gardener for nurturing new starts.

Pastor Micah delivers his last Christmas message to Awaken by taking a look at the theme of light throughout scripture. It's a promise in the midst of darkness, but what would it look like if we received light as the gift that it is and saw ourselves as a light worthy of sharing with others? Merry Christmas to you all!

Pastor Jenna discusses how love can be a response to fear and hate by looking at some of the complexities facing our city today. In the same breath, during this holiday season, how can we view love as action, choice, and a simple acknowledgment of God's presence in each of our lives.

Pastor Micah continues the Advent as Resistance series by looking at the complexity of joy in a world that seems absent of it. 

Pastor Micah traces the threads of two Hebrew words, shamar and shalom, as they appear throughout scripture. Their significance and connection can be found in the simple, yet deeply consequential question, "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Pastor Micah discusses hope as resistance to empire by looking at the complexity, difficulty, and necessity of hope in a world that seems lost in brokenness and violence.

Pastor Micah closes out the series on the song of blessing by looking at the ways God surrounds us and can be found within us at all times if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.

Pastor Micah continues the Song of Blessing series by discussing the next stanza, May God give you ears to hear Their loving voice. He uses 1 Samuel 3:1-10 & Matthew 3:13-17 to unpack God's heart towards us and their desire speak to us alongside our desire to hear more intently.

Pastor Micah elaborates on the song of blessing series by discussing Joshua in the Bible. Joshua inherits an impossible task — leading people into the unknown. God’s command, “Be strong and courageous,” isn’t about muscle; it’s about trust. Courage doesn’t mean not feeling afraid. It means choosing love over fear again and again.