The Invitation Podcast

What is Radical Attention Paying? Tune in, pay attention, and find out! -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠ https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/⁠ -- Phil is on Substack at ⁠⁠ https://philschiavoni.substack.com/⁠⁠ where he writes devotional style posts. He'...

Prayer. We get to the heart of prayer, in Scripture, and in practice. --Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/⁠ -- Phil is on Substack at ⁠⁠ https://philschiavoni.substack.com/⁠⁠ where he writes devotional style posts. He's cu...

Fear. The Bible's story around fear takes some interesting twists and turns, and how we handle fear today can open up new worlds for us. Plus: does Kyle sing in this one? -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ -- Phil is on...

We are BACK! New format, new routine, but same great content! Tune in to learn more about the narrative of fasting through the whole Bible, some intriguing science on what happens when we fast, and receive the invitation to make fasting a part of your relationship with God. --Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @t...

Ruth, rest, and the sword that actually brings peace.--Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/⁠-- Phil is also on Substack at ⁠⁠https://philschiavoni.substack.com/⁠⁠ where he writes devotional style posts.

The story of Deborah and Jael take some surprising twists and turns as we look into the connection between The Promised Land, songs of praise, gruesome murder, and Jesus. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/⁠ -- Phil is also...

We often view Rahab as being saved by her faith, but what if she helped save others too? -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/⁠ -- Phil is also on Substack at ⁠⁠https://philschiavoni.substack.com/⁠⁠ where he writes devotional...

A prayer, a redemption, a snippet of the book of Deuteronomy. The shema is a prayer that's been prayed daily for thousands of years, and we'll take a deep dive on the ground that it covers and the invitations it makes. --Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠ht...

In Numbers we see the Israelites move on from their rescue from Egypt and march on towards the Promised Land. But in between is their trek in the wilderness, and things do not go as planned. Join us as we uncover the tests and challenges presented to them, and to us as we navigate the time between our salvation and our entrance to the Promised Land. Will the Israelites, will we each choose the Fru...

Jubilee! Dig in with us on the heavy load this word and this celebration carries in Leviticus and in the hopes we have for God restoring the ideals of Eden back to His Creation. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at ⁠https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ ⁠-- Phil i...

The notion of God's Kingdom being upside-down and inside-out started well before Jesus preaching of the Kingdom of Heaven. Join us to discover the surprising call to the Kingdom given in Exodus 19... and maybe even earlier in the Bible! -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our...

Who was the first person in the Bible to be "filled with the Holy Spirit?" The answer, and the conclusions as a result of the answer, will likely surprise you! Join us for an exploration of the foundational Scriptures for being filled with the Holy Spirit. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod a...

We cap off both our series on Moses at the Burning Bush as well as Season 2 of The Invitation Podcast with a deep reflection on the idea of calling. Join us as we share testimonies, reflect on Scripture, and lend practical advice on how to navigate the idea of calling and perhaps your own calling as well. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. F...

Moses' final objection at the Burning Bush is one of the will where he tells God, in essence, "I will not go." God's response? Anger. Join us, though, as we discover that God's angry response is surprising... how? Tune in to find out. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our websi...

In Part 5 of our series on Moses at the Burning Bush, we see Moses' say "I can't" and explore our own inadequacies when it comes to pursuing God. There are THREE important invitations God gives to us in this one three-verse passage of Exodus. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out o...

In Part 4 of our Moses and the Burning Bush series we look at Moses' identity formation, and ours, through the lens of our pasts, our presents, our gifts, and our shortcomings. We also will explore how the Bible first tackles "apologetics," in comparison and in contrast to how we often do so today. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail...

What's in a name? As God reveals His name (or does He?) and uncovers more about His identity, we learn a bit about our own identity too. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ -- Phil is also on Substack at ⁠https://philschi...

THE identity question "Who am I?" is asked by Moses and God responds with a paradox on presence and a sign that's no sign at all. Enjoy Part 2 of Moses and the Burning Bush. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ -...

A burning bush, a fugitive, and an abundance of opportunity to explore God's invitations for our own identity in Him. We kickoff a multi-episode series here by looking at the surprising corelation of the burning bush with the Garden of Eden, and introduce the tension between God's call on Moses and, well, Moses. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationp...

Through the story of Joseph we explore the intersection between dreams, ambitions, God, and serving others versus ourselves. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ -- Phil is also on Substack at ⁠https://philschiavoni.substack.c...

We pick up the pace and cover Abraham's faith journey - the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. Come for storytime with Phil, stay for the many ways in which Abraham's faith can inspire our own. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at https://theinvitationpo...

This is not your nursery room version of Noah and the Ark. In this episode we'll learn what the word "telos" means and how it relates to God's word on violence. We think you'll be surprised where this episode takes you to! -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out...

In this episode we cover the redemptive expectations of a mother turned sour amidst sibling rivalry and the shocking amount of grace God has towards humanity's first murderer. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ -- Phil i...

If you've ever read or heard Genesis 3 preached on, you've come to know it as "the sin chapter" or "the fall." There's no doubting that the impact of Genesis 3 includes sin and the fall, but perhaps there's more... Much, much more. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvi...

What is sin? We'll take a fresh, and hopefully encouraging look at the darkest word in the Bible. -- Thank you for listening! To contact the podcast, email us at theinvitationpod@gmail.com. Follow us on all of the socials @theinvitationpod and check out our website at https://theinvitationpod.my.canva.site/ -- Phil is also on Substack at ⁠https://philschiavoni.substack.com/⁠ where he writes de...