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 Pet

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

May 25th, 2021 38m 38s

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 t

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

May 18th, 2021 32m 22s

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 transit

#36 Separation and Simple Prayers

May 4th, 2021 40m 40s

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 work

#35 Family On Mission

Apr 27th, 2021 36m 49s

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 hospitalit

#34 A Planned Hunger

Apr 13th, 2021 43m 30s

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 pur

#33 To Catch One’s Breath: Sabbath Contemplation

Mar 30th, 2021 32m 32s

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

#32 Leaning into the Strength of Sabbath

Mar 23rd, 2021 31m 10s

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,

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

Mar 16th, 2021 39m 21s

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 Ruthl

#30 Exploring the Sabbath (Part 1 of 2)

Mar 9th, 2021 44m

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

Feb 16th, 2021 41m 3s

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 ou

#28 Cause for Pause

Feb 9th, 2021 34m 53s

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

#27 I Drew My Prayer in the Air

Feb 2nd, 2021 31m 52s

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 w

#26 A Bible, Needle, and Thread

Jan 26th, 2021 39m

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

Jan 19th, 2021 36m 12s

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 prac

#24 Rule of Life : The Heart of the Practices

Jan 12th, 2021 37m 46s

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)

Dec 16th, 2020 42m 8s

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)

Dec 8th, 2020 45m

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 turmoi

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

Dec 1st, 2020 39m 22s

(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 disagreem

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

Nov 24th, 2020 34m

(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.

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

Nov 17th, 2020 37m 38s

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

#18 A Step Further (Tim Goddu)

Nov 10th, 2020 31m 32s

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 w

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

Nov 3rd, 2020 31m 13s

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 Fam

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

Mar 10th, 2020 37m 24s

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 voic

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

Feb 25th, 2020 30m 5s

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