Navigate - A Tower Life Center Podcast
Navigate is a discussion-based podcast designed to help us live our lives as followers of Jesus in a fallen and ever-changing world. In this discussion based format, we are diving into topics that will help to shape and form the framework of how we live our lives. Our goal is to help all of us navigate our lives by becoming more like Jesus.
Episodes
56 episodes
Origins - Week 2 Discussion - Where was Adam? (Father's Day 2026)
Join us as we break down our Father's Day message from this week. In this discussion we talk about what it looks like to live out manhood in the way that the Bible lays out as opposed to caving to the world's distorted way of manhood.
Origins - Week 1 Discussion - Design and Distortion
This week's discussion is centered around what God's perfect design looked like and how Satan looked to distort that design from the beginning of time. We dove into how humanity caved to the deception of the enemy and how sin entered the world....
You're Not The Boss of Me - Week 4 Discussion - Overcoming!
What does it look like to overcome? Today's discussion features conversation around what it looks like to overcome and how God can use that in our lives and the lives of those around us.
You're Not The Boss of Me - Week 3 Discussion - Current Circumstances
The pressures that come from the circumstances around us can feel overwhelming. In this discussion, we break down Brad's message on what it looks like to take the things going on in our every day life and tell them "you're not the boss of me"!
You're Not The Boss of Me - Week 2 Discussion - My Past Experiences
What does it look like to not allow my past to dictate my present and future any longer? Do I really have to forgive them for what happened to me? Can I forgive myself for the things I've done and the choices I have made? We dive into all of th...
You're Not The Boss of Me - Week 1 Discussion - Emotions and Feelings
Does how we feel matter at all? What do we do with our emotions when they feel like they are controlling every part of lives? This week's discussion centers around how we can use the emotions we have to spur us on in spiritual growth as we take...
White Hot Week 5 Discussion - Holding Heat: How to withstand the pressure of the valley.
In this week's discussion, we broke down our takeaways from Jon Schwander's message on withstanding the pressure of the valley. Our discussion highlights some impactful insights we pulled out of what he brought on Sunday morning as well as what...
White Hot Week 4 Discussion - Beyond Milk: Maturing beyond spiritual infancy!
Join this week's discussion as we look at what it means when the Bible says in Hebrews that we should move beyond milk and onto solid food for our spiritual maturity. How can we train for a life of discerning what is righteousness and what isn'...
White Hot Week 3 Discussion - Wait! I have a responsibility? Fan into Flame!
Giving the fire to us is God's responsibility; tending the fire is ours. This week we talked about what the Bible means when it tells us to "fan into flame" the gift of the Spirit that God placed in us. We revisit the question we asked when we ...
White Hot Week 2 Discussion - What should a life led by the Holy Spirit look like?
If God gave us His fire of the Holy Spirit in us, what could our lives look like? In this episode we discussed a life led by the Spirit and what happens as we seek to follow His leading in our lives.
White Hot Week 1 Discussion - Am I burning within because of what Jesus did for me?
Join the discussion as we recap Good Friday's night of worship, prayer and remembrance as well as Easter Sunday. We discuss on this episode what Easter really should mean for as we continue to go about our daily lives!
Holy Hands Week 4 Discussion - What does it mean to live with "ready hands"?
In this episode we discussed what it means to live with Ready Hands asking God to use us. While God doesn't NEED us, He does WANT us and He invites us into partnership with him. So, we talk about what it means to carry the Kingdom and advance t...
Holy Hands Week 3 Discussion - How do I live with open hands trusting God instead of controlling things, people and situations?
This week we had a discussion around living our lives open handed - trusting God instead of trying to control the things, people and situations He has placed in our hands. That's hard and we outlined some ways we can practically begin to live i...
Holy Hands Week 2 Discussion - How do I live a life of "Lifted Hands" through worship and prayer?
What does it mean to live my life with lifted hands? How does prayer and worship play into the spiritual formation that God has for me? Listen in as we discuss what it looks like for God to develop dependence on Him in our lives. Through that d...
Holy Hands Week 1 Discussion - What is spiritual formation and why do I need it?
Listen in as we kick off our test drive of a new set up! This week we dove into breaking down Sunday's sermon discussion on Spiritual Formation. We looked at the process of being formed by God, deformed by sin and then needing to be reformed on...
UPDATE! What's coming next? Test-driving an evolution in the life of Navigate.
It's been a while since we have recorded and we are excited about where God is leading us for the next season! Listen in as we lay out the resource we are test driving over the next 10 weeks. Our prayer is that this test drive will be fru...
Q&A Episode "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 09
You have questions - we tried to provide some answers! Join us for an episode where we answer some of the follow up questions you had to each of the episodes we released in this collection. See you soon for collection 5!
SELF CONTROL "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 08
Is self control just a churchy way to say that we have discipline? In this episode we broke down why it's actually so much more than just having discipline in our lives. This is your last chance to submit a question or comment befor...
GENTLENESS "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 07
Who said that a fruit of the Spirit was weakness? Is that really what it means to be gentle? Are we really supposed to just be weak and let people walk all over us? If not, then what does it mean to be gentle? That is the aim of the question we...
UPDATE "Living by the Spirit - Collection 4, HALFTIME
We've been MIA for a few weeks, we know! Thanks for your understanding and grace. New episodes coming soon! We can't wait to finish this collection for you and we are working on the next collection as we speak.
FAITHFULNESS, "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 06
Living a life of faithfulness can be so challenging. Part of the reason we find it a struggle to live faithfully is because we may be unclear of what the Bible means when it calls us to faithfulness. On this episode, we dive into what it means ...
KINDNESS & GOODNESS, "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 05
In this episode we dive into what it means to allow the Holy Spirit to produce kindness and goodness in our lives. While these two fruit are different, they also carry so many similarities. If we can allow the Holy Spirit to produce these fruit...
PATIENCE, "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 04
The episode we couldn't wait for - patience! In this episode, we tackle patience by looking at the same 4 questions we have for each of the other fruit of the Spirit that Paul laid out in Galatians 5. Dive in with us as we take a deeper look at...
PEACE, "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 03
What if we told you that peace is more than just avoiding conflict in your life? While doing your best to avoid conflict is certainly a part of peace, it's an incomplete definition. In this episode we dive into what peace is and how we can trul...
JOY, "Living by the Spirit" - Collection 4, Episode 02
Why is joy so hard? Joy can be one of those things that feels so illusive even though we are told in scripture how important it is that we embrace a life of Joy. In this episode, we dive into understanding why it's so hard and how we can ...