Episodes
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
A resolution to love
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Let's commit to growing in love this year!
Listen as Dave talks about the first way we live out our Awaken vision of creating followers of Jesus: welcoming others into God's love.
Monday Jan 09, 2023
A sermon in 5 questions
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
As we begin 2023, Dave offers 5 questions to ask ourselves based on one of Paul's prayers in the letter of Ephesians. Join us as we start our series "Resolutions" and begin the year with greater awareness and intention!
Monday Dec 19, 2022
The road to salvation passes through Egypt
Monday Dec 19, 2022
Monday Dec 19, 2022
After the birth of Jesus, there is an immediate threat on his life, forcing his parents to flee to Egypt. Egypt has been a threat to the promises of God from the beginning of the Bible. Will it now derail God's plan of salvation? Listen this week as we look at how to live in a world where Jesus has been born, but much of the world still appears the same.
Monday Dec 12, 2022
The distance in our hearts
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Join guest speaker Sammy Castro as he shows how the magi's heart is what made them open to receiving from God.
Monday Dec 05, 2022
One Shepherd to rule them all
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
There is a universal longing we all carry for the restoration and healing of all that's been broken and lost in our lives and the world. In his Gospel, Matthew shows how this longing finds fulfillment in the person of Jesus, but not everyone recognizes this truth. Listen now as Dave shows how the story of Herod and the Magi reveal 2 ways we miss the hope of God being birthed in our world and 2 ways to recognize it.
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Immanuel
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Have you ever experienced the loss of God? Has it ever felt as if God is removed from this world or your particular situation? Listen this week as we explore how Matthew's use of the Old Testament in the birth story of Jesus reveals the truth of God's faithfulness and eternal presence with us.
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
The narrowing of your world
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
In Matthew 15, Jesus healed an age old curse that had led to prejudices and stereotypes directed toward the Canaanites. By doing so, he was expanding the worldview of his disciples, offering them a bigger view of God.
Listen as we look at how the technologies we use today can narrow our world and deepen the prejudices we hold. Then, discover 4 ways to break free into a larger view of God and the world we share together.
Monday Nov 07, 2022
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Listen as Joe Mrugalski prepares us for the Christmas season by looking at the incarnation of Jesus and why we celebrate Christmas.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Your attention please
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Our time is a precious, limited resource. But have we given thought to how we're spending our time and what we're giving our attention to? Listen as we explore how the technology we use is set up to capture our attention and how that affects us.
Monday Oct 24, 2022
You as the product
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
As we continue our technology series, Dave shows how the services we use are set up in a way to extract a profit from us and turn us into products exploited for others' gain.
Link to video shown: interview with Sean Parker, first president of Facebook