Navah Podcast

Bonus Episode: An Evening of Storytelling with Pete Greig

Navah Church KC — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600

In a bonus episode drop, we're sharing the recording from a special evening we hosted with Pete Greig (founder of 24-7 Prayer) during his visit through Kansas City. Adam Cox and David Blackwell host a playful and provoking conversation with Pete to help Navah connect with the past, present and future story of the wider 24-7 Prayer movement.

#38 The Promise in Progress (Part 2 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 25 May 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Closing out Season 3, these final two episodes are pulled from a teaching time Juli and Adam Cox gave during our recent Spring Retreat. Adam continues by rehearsing our roots as a prayerful family on mission surrendered to the Holy Spirit and the promises of Jesus that still hold true through the process of pruning.

#37 The Perspective on Pruning (Part 1 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 18 May 2021 11:00:00 -0500

As we close out Season 3, these final two episodes are pulled from a teaching time Juli and Adam Cox gave during our recent Spring Retreat. Seasonly timely, Juli starts off with exploring the differences between voluntary vs involuntary transitions, and pruning vs topping in how we see and receive change, loss, and growth from the Lord.

#36 Separation and Simple Prayers

Navah Church KC — Tue, 04 May 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Rule of Life, Ep 13 : Continuing David and Adam’s conversation with Doug and Julie Day, the Day’s expound on their practical history of spiritual disciplines and how over their life—from being newlyweds to parents, and from the home to the workspace—they’ve worked to continually plan out a structure of small disciplines that have brought refreshment and strength to their family.

#35 Family On Mission

Navah Church KC — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Rule of Life, Ep 12 : Launching conversation around the “Saints Gathered” part of Navah’s Common Rule, David and Adam talk with Doug and Julie Day about being a family on mission gathered together and the power that comes through the hospitality of welcoming the life of Jesus in each other that we only get when we gather.

#34 A Planned Hunger

Navah Church KC — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Rule of Life, Ep 11 : This week, David and Adam hang out with Gary Schmitz, a local father in the faith and leader in the citywide prayer movement, PrayKC, and hear about his 20+ year dedication to reading scripture in community and how his pursuit of hunger for the word of God has sown into his life over the decades.

#33 To Catch One’s Breath: Sabbath Contemplation

Navah Church KC — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Rule of Life, Ep 10 : In this second part of David’s conversation with Tim Goddu about the Sabbath we focus on the fourth word of Sabbath: Contemplation, our unhurried attention on Jesus. We talk about the barriers of busy-ness and some of the practices of Listening Prayer and Scripture Memorization as a part of our Sabbath contemplation of and towards hearing the voice of God.

#32 Leaning into the Strength of Sabbath

Navah Church KC — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0500

Rule of Life, Ep 9 : We continue our conversations around Sabbath as David sits down with Tim Goddu. Tim reflects how through his life the pursuit of Sabbath helped him lean into the strength of God’s way for his life instead of our own energy, and how Sabbath is a foundational piece of shaping his intimacy with Jesus, whether it be in seasons of hustle and intense ministry, or seasons of grief.

#31 Experimenting with the Sabbath (Part 2 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0500

If you'd like to dig further into books that have inspired our pursuit of Sabbath as a part of our Common Rule, pick anything from this lengthy list: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, and Emotionally Healthy Leader, by Peter Scazzero; The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, by John Mark Comer; Sabbath as Resistance, by Walter Brueggemann; The Sabbath, by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; and Sabbath, by Wayne Muller.

#30 Exploring the Sabbath (Part 1 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0600

#29 Internalizing the Great Commission (Joshua & Meredith Johnson)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Rule of Life, Ep 6: Joshua ad Meredith Johnson are leaders in the missions organization All Nations, and are a part of Navah’s Home Church Equipping Team. The Johnsons spoke with David and reflected on how spiritual practices aren’t just for our own edification but how the simple practices of abiding with Christ are integrated in the great Commission of disciplining others.

#28 Cause for Pause

Navah Church KC — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Rule of Life, Ep 5: Silence and Solitude. David, Katie, and Juli expound on their different experiences and practice of silence and solitude as a part of prayer. Whether it be a willful surrender of our ego to the Lord’s timing in the midst of a fast past culture or the easy, restful coming home to the Lord, we highlight the importance and power of letting stillness become the new norm of our hearts.

#27 I Drew My Prayer in the Air

Navah Church KC — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Rule of Life, Ep 4: From swing sets to road trips, to folding laundry, silence or weeping, David sits with Katie Egli to think back on their learning experiences of prayer and how we grow in our prayer by reframing our conversations around “I want to enjoy prayer more” instead of “I’m not praying enough”.

#26 A Bible, Needle, and Thread

Navah Church KC — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Rule of Life Series, Ep 3: David hangs out with Adam Chiarelli to talk about the Bible and each of their own history of moving from familiar to fascinated with the written word and how the scriptures can be a pathway to relationship with God.

#25 Upstream / Downstream

Navah Church KC — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Rule of Life Series, Ep 2: Continuing to talk about spiritual practices, Adam and Juli Cox share with David Blackwell about their own personal histories of attempting a Rule of Life, and how they have worked to move away from holding these practices as a rigid, perfectionistic burden to an ongoing process of letting Jesus teaching us through our fumbling and joyful attempts to live like Him.

#24 Rule of Life : The Heart of the Practices

Navah Church KC — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0600

If you'd like to learn more about how Navah is gathering around a Common Rule of Life, visit our website: Navah Common Rule for more information and links to our Bible Reading and Daily Prayer plans.

#23 Love Tastes Better Than Coffee (Jesse & Leah Roberts)

Navah Church KC — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 08:00:00 -0600

If you want to hear and support the music of Jesse and Leah Roberts, find them at https://www.poorbishophooper.com/ and https://www.everypsalm.com/

#22 Blessed, Broken, Given (Adam Cox)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0600

We continue with more conversation about the seasons we find ourself in as David sits down to talk with Adam Cox about the movement of Jesus in the near past (and near future) of Navah. Looking at how we live in a year of uncertainty and turmoil, Adam dives into the vulnerability of how to receive pressure out of James 1, and then how do we walk forward in that pressure.

#21 Weights and Measured: Prophetic Discernment (Katie Egli: 2 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0600

(Part 2 of 2) In the second half of David' conversation with Katie Egli around the prophetic, we delve into the murkier waters of our responsibility to test and weigh words in the midst of relationship, our need for both diversity and disagreement, and how we submit our personal filters as we discern both the personal and public words we feel from God.

#20 Prophetic Humility and the Space Between Us (Katie Egli: 1 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0600

(Part 1 of 2) In a bit of departure from storytelling, David hangs out with Katie Egli for a conversation about the meeting place of the pastoral and the prophetic, specifically in places of differences or downright disagreement in the church. Drawing from Galatians 5, we talk about how the fruits of the Spirit push us to prioritize humility and friendship over ‘being right’.

#19 Your Best Work is Still Ahead of You (Robb & Patti Black)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0600

After decades of missionary life in Morocco, Robb and Patti Black were asked to move to Kansas City. David sits with them to hear their story of being led by the Lord to wait in Kansas City and now to again love and live among the Muslim people, now here in Kansas City, in partnership with All Nations and Hope for Ismael. If you are inspired by the Black’s story and want to know more about how to be prayer or finance partners with them, or to take part in their course “Lead with Love” (an 8-week course around cross-cultural discipleship with Muslims) you can email Robb at krobb.black@gmail.com

#18 A Step Further (Tim Goddu)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0600

After 30+ years of inner city ministry, Tim Goddu was led by the Lord in a season of grief to land in Kansas City. Tim and Laurie Goddu are a part of Navah’s regional teams which coach home church leaders across the city and this week we talk with Tim about his history of living out ministry in a neighborhood, whether it's a coastal inner city or midwest suburb, and how his experience informs how they coach young leaders.

#17 The Lord is Writing Me a Good Story (Sawyers)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0600

The Navah Podcast returns! Season 2 is underway and this time around we are focused on local stories of Kingdom mischief in the Navah family scattered around Kansas City. First up is a powerful story from Mark and Jana Sawyer that makes the Family of God live up to it’s name.

#16 Where Our Best Prayers Take Us (Joe Steinke, Mike Andrea: 3 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0500

Part 3 of 3: Closing out our first season, Joe Steinke and Mike Andrea sit with us taking a high-altitude look at the history and future of 24-7 Prayer, looking and speaking into the next generation of firebrand youths with a strengthening voice and once again saying “What’s the Vision?”: It’s still just Jesus.

#15 What’s Good for the Family is Good for the Kingdom (Joe Steinke, Mike Andrea: 2 of 3

Navah Church KC — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Part 2 of 3: From questions about Kayne West around a bonfire to piercing questions over board games, Joe and Mike share from their learning curve stories of parenting and how they hold their kids before the heart of God. Joe Steinke serves on Global Leadership Team of 24-7 Communities Network, and Mike Andrea is the International Team Leader of 24-7 Prayer.

#14 I’m Feeling Good Either Way: Disasters of the Soul (Joe Steinke, Mike Andrea: 1 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Part 1 of 3: We got an afternoon hanging out with Joe Steinke and Mike Andrea and in the first part of our conversation we ended up talking through their history in leadership and the crucial role of asking questions and re-affirming “who are we to one another” in seeing the success in failures. Joe Steinke serves on Global Leadership Team of 24-7 Communities Network, and Mike Andrea is the International Team Leader of 24-7 Prayer.

#13 Life Stages: God’s Up, I’m Down (Jon Petersen: 2 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Jon Petersen has published two books expounding his decades of stories, experience, and journey through watching Jesus love his Church. Unravelled: Reform the Church Transform the Culture (CityForce, 2018), and Unveiled: What a Pirate, a Pot Farmer, and a Gaggle of Prostitutes Taught Me About Being the Church (CityForce, 2019).

#12 The Wandering Friar (Jon Petersen: 1 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Part 1 of 2: Jon Petersen is an overseeing father in 24-7 Prayer and the founder of CityForce, an organization that partners with churches and business leaders for city transformation. We got to sit with Jon and hear from his long legacy of fathering from the perspective of Jesus, both in the sense of raising a family and raising and coaching young leaders in the Church.

Happy New Year and 2020 Podcast Update

Navah Church KC — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0600

Welcome to 2020 Friends! Just a little house-keeping hello as we approach the the ending horizon of our first season, but before we start tiding up our things we have a special mini-series of interviews that will launch next week that we are really excited to share with you. Find us next week!

#11 What is Success For Us? (Ralf Neumann: 2 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0600

Part 2 of 2: In this shorter addition from our time with Ralf Neumann, Dave and Ralf talk about two challenges that Ralf’s family and community face in their cultural context and how they respond with patience and humility to being where Jesus has called them to be.

#10 The Gospel in a Religiously Un-Musical World (Ralf Neumann: 1 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0600

Part 1 of 2: A longtime friend, Ralf Neumann is a leader in the PolyLux 24-7 Prayer Community in Neubrandenberg, North East Germany, and we kick off our time hanging out by talking about his cultural context and the patience and faithfulness in being the Church in one of the most a-religious areas in Europe.

#9 Pastors Piled up at the Door (Lisa Koons)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 11:00:00 -0600

While Lisa Koons (USA National Director of 24-7 Prayer) was in town we were able to sneak in a brief conversation and get a verbal tour of the shape and stories of the Charlotte 24-7 Prayer Room, and hear how creative engagements in a sacred space can open us up to meet a God who’s particular about being everywhere and somewhere specific.

#8 Looking for Jesus in Disguise (Nathan Chud: 2 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:00:00 -0600

Part 2 of 2: After years in pastoral and missions work, Nathan and Marisa Chud landed back in their home turf of Alaska working in their respective fields of education and law. In this episode we dig into Nathan’s journey of embracing the calling of Jesus to work “outside the Ministry” and the process of fighting through a sacred/secular divide to normalize a sense of dignity in the calling to work—and seek the Kingdom—in the spheres of society.

#7 The Journey is the Goal and Roots of Friendship. Also, Rod Stewart (Nathan Chud: 1 of 2)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0500

Part 1 of 2: Nathan and Marisa Chud are core founding friends of Navah and we sat down with Nathan for an—often squirrelly—stroll down memory lane into the deep history of friends exploring together which Navah (then named the KC Boiler Room) grew out of.

Bonus Episode: Pete Greig Interview, "How to Pray" Book Tour (Live)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:00:00 -0500

Pete Greig’s “How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People” (NavPress, Oct. 1, 2019) is available for purchase directly from Nav Press, or from your preferred book seller. You can also find the Prayer Course companion resources for the book at https://prayercourse.org

#6 Staring Darkness in the Eye: A Luminous Dark (Alain Emerson: 3 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:00:00 -0500

"Luminous Dark" by Alain Emerson [Muddy Pearl, 2018] is available for purchase worldwide, and you can hear more from Alain about the story and why he wrote the book here.

#5 A Church Built on Surrender (Alain Emerson: 2 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:00:00 -0500

Part 2 of 3: In this part of our time with Alain Emerson, we shift our focus from nationwide prayer initiatives to their local church story; delving into the process of continually surrendering to let Jesus build His Church His Way, and holding fast to the Presence of God over a preference of form.

#4 Old Wells, New Wells (Alain Emerson: 1 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:00:00 -0500

Part 1 of 3: Alain Emerson is the National Director of 24-7 Prayer Ireland and a leader at Emmanuel church in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. He opens up our conversation sharing his story of 24-7 Prayer in the context of a historically divided church.

#3 Almond Trees and Carving a Desert Space (Drew: 3 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0500

Part 3 of 3: Drew continues with more stories of seeing how Jesus is intimately moving in the Middle East, and talks about his family finding a balance of outward movement vs the inner life through rhythms of being with God for God’s sake in the practices of stillness and solitude.

#2 Near Enough to See Hunger Emerge (Drew: 2 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0500

Part 2 of 3: In this part of our conversation with Drew, he dives into stories of his family’s engagement in the midst of disciple-making movements and seeing fruit emerge out of the place of rest and abiding with God over strategic planning.

#1 Do You Want to Be a Part of It? (Drew: 1 of 3)

Navah Church KC — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500

Part 1 of 3: Kicking things off in our first podcast conversation, we talk with Drew (who’s last name we’re keeping private for sensitivity reasons). Along with his wife Mary and three daughters, Drew lives in Beirut and in the first part of our conversation he recounts his journey of being called to love and live in the Middle East.

#0 So It Begins

Navah Church KC — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the Navah Podcast!