Iterations

Iterations: Garden of Eden

April 16, 2023 • Micah Witham • Genesis 2, Genesis 1

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.

Iterations: Abram & Babel

April 23, 2024 • Micah Witham • Genesis 12:1–5, Genesis 11:1–4

This week we look at Genesis 11:1-4 and 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.

Iterations: Jacob Wrestles with God

April 30, 2023 • Micah Witham • Genesis 32

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

Iterations: The Freedom of God

May 7, 2023 • Micah Witham • Exodus 2:23–25

Exodus 2:23-25 - God hears, 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.

Iterations: Wilderness and the Wandering People of God

May 14, 2023 • Micah Witham • Numbers 9:15–23

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.

Iterations: Judges

May 21, 2023 • Micah Witham • Judges 2:16–23

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.

Iterations: From Theocracy to Kingdom

May 28, 2023 • Micah Witham • 1 Samuel 8

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.

Iterations: Exile

June 4, 2023 • Micah Witham • Jeremiah 29:1–14

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.

Iterations: Acts

June 25, 2023 • Micah Witham • Acts 15

Acts 15 - Early christians meet as a council in Jerusalem to start the church in the book of Acts. They find that the spirit of God is leading them beyond the confines of their religious structure and are thus tasked with living as a people of God rooted in love and a new way forward.

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Spring 2023