Resources
Resources
You Are What You Love
(1 John 2:12-17)
Teaching Sermon | Awakening Church (San Jose, CA)
Pastor: Carolyn Taketa
What we love is like gravity, pulling us toward who we become. When we anchor our hearts in God's unconditional love and choose to love Jesus more than worldly cravings, we will live in the freedom, joy, and peace Jesus offers.
Learning to Embrace &
Navigate Life’s Big Changes
Podcast | Asian America: The Ken Fong Podcast
Host: Ken Fong, Guest: Carolyn Taketa
Life transitions are hard. According to experts, the average person goes through at least 30 major changes in his or her life. How can we navigate through them so that we don’t just survive but thrive?
“I Have Now Seen the One Who Sees Me” (Genesis 16 & 21)
Teaching Sermon | Awakening Church (San Jose, CA)
Pastor: Carolyn Taketa
Hagar, the poor and powerless Egyptian slave, is the first person in the Bible to give God a name, El Roi, "the God who sees me." Hagar's interactions reveal that the God who sees you meets you where you are, provides what you need, and gives
you hope and a future.
“Our God who Sees”
From Jan Johnson: I’ve invited my longtime directee and friend Carolyn Taketa to share her thoughts in this wisbit because something important happens when we identify deeply with someone in Scripture. We’re never the same.
Blog | JanJohnson.org
Author: Carolyn Taketa
God Designed us to
Live in Community
For over 27 years, Trueface has equipped people to discover the joy and peace of living beyond the mask and building trust in God and others. Our vision is to see tens of thousands of high-trust communities connecting relationally and growing spiritually.
Podcast | Trueface
Host: Robby Angle, Guest: Carolyn Taketa
Who’s on Your Personal
Board of Directors?
Article | Smallgroups.com, Christianity Today
Author: Carolyn Taketa
If you are intentional about leading yourself and your life well, you need to gather trusted people to help guide your decisions, learn necessary skills, see the big picture, speak truth kindly, give insight into your blind spots, motivate you to change, and cheer you on.
How to Give and Receive
Feedback Well
Podcast | Here to There with Carolyn Taketa
Guest: Dr. Bill Donahue
Feedback, whether you are on the giving or receiving end, is hard but often valuable, if done well! Bill Donahue, Ph.D., gives us great practical guidance on how we can get better at this critical skill. Bill is an expert at building transformational leaders and teams in churches and corporations and has co-authored a dozen books related to leadership and community. https://drbilldonahue.com/
“We Need To Talk” -
Book Discussion
Podcast | Group Talk with Carolyn Taketa
Guests: Nick Lenzi and Andrew Camp
Conversations are absolutely critical to our relationships and our lives. Listen to my friends Andrew, Nick and I share strategies for better conversations at work and home as we discuss the bestselling book, "We Need to Talk" by Celeste Headlee, based on her wildly popular TED talk with more than 27 million views.
Conversations that Matter
(sample session)
Video Teaching Curriculum & Discussion Guide
Producer: Carolyn Taketa
As the Small Groups Pastor at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, CA, I wrote, directed, and produced annual video curricula for thousands of small group members to learn together. This sample is from a series focused on six masterful conversations Jesus had with various individuals in the Bible. If you are interested in creating a personalized curriculum for your church, please contact me.