Practical faith for the long haul.
Havilah's Podcast is a Christian teaching show shaped around practical faith, emotional honesty, and long-haul faithfulness. Recent episodes move from Bible study on feelings to coaching for communicators who are trying to preach, teach, and keep their inner life intact.
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Havilah's Podcast is a Christian teaching show with a strong pastoral center. It is intimate, but not casual. Recent episodes return often to the question of how faith is lived when emotions, pressure, calling, family history, and ministry work collide. The show does not treat feelings as a distraction from spiritual life. It treats them as part of the work. In the episodes around I Do Feelings, ordinary panic over dinner becomes a doorway into shame, prediction, and the mental stories that make small moments feel enormous. The teaching moves from Romans to Genesis, from theology to psychology, and from abstract claims to examples that feel lived-in. It also carries a recurring concern for people who preach, teach, and communicate in faith communities. Those episodes are especially direct. They talk about voice fatigue, sustainable rhythms, courage, identity, and the temptation to measure calling by crowd response, viral moments, or constant output. The show is at its sharpest when it challenges burnout as a spiritual achievement and reframes faithfulness as showing up over time. It also revisits older messages on rejection, abandonment, confidence, and spirit-led living. Those conversations are personal and sometimes heavy, with family stories used to explain how pain can mark people even when they do not fully understand its source. The result is a show that feels like table-side discipleship for listeners who want application as much as encouragement. It is not primarily a debate show. It is not coolly analytical. It is a steady stream of biblical reflection, testimony, correction, and coaching for Christians trying to become more whole while staying faithful to what they believe God has asked them to carry.
Made for: For Christian listeners seeking emotionally honest teaching on feelings, confidence, calling, family pain, and spiritual resilience. It especially fits preachers, teachers, and communicators who want encouragement without pretending the work is easy.
What sets it apart: The show blends Bible study, testimony, and practical coaching with unusual directness about emotional spirals and burnout. Its strength is turning everyday pressure into a concrete spiritual takeaway.
Welcome to Havilah’s Podcast where we're breaking the mold, shaking things up, and keeping it real! As a full-time minister for over two decades, women’s pastor at Bethel Church, and the heart behind Truth to Table, Havilah's got some serious truth bombs to drop. Get ready for real talk on life, family, relationships, ministry and more - no fluff, just truth. Brace yourself for laughter, blush-worthy moments, and plenty of ""hey, same here!"" revelations.Let's dive in!www.truthtotable.comwww.theinfluencertable.com www.havilahcunnington.com
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Havilah Cunnington pairs Christian conviction with practical guidance on preaching, resilient ministry, marriage, intimacy, and healing.
Havilah Cunnington turns Christian formation into practical instruction, moving between the craft of preaching and the private work of relationships.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded reflection on sermons that endure, with structure serving the Spirit rather than limiting him.
A sermon that only leaves a warm impression may fade fast, and this episode presses into what helps preaching stay with people months or even years later.
A candid reflection on recovering a preacher's calling amid pressure, empathy, and cultural noise.
The episode approaches preaching as a craft, not a weekly hurdle to clear. It frames the work as something that can be practiced, examined, and grown into, especially for communicators who have had little formal training but still carry the weight of regular faith-community…
A steady call for preachers to trade the thrill of a moment for the discipline of showing up.
This single-episode review frames preaching as something measured less by applause than by endurance. Viral clips, standing ovations, crowd size, and follower counts are set aside in favor of a quieter test: finishing the race, living worthy of the calling, and staying faithful…
A candid pastoral reminder to trust God's unseen work when a message feels like public failure.
Havilah reframes a failed sermon less as a private disaster than as a normal hazard of public ministry. She speaks from the familiar mess of messages undone by sound trouble, crying babies, slide problems, or the plain ache of knowing something did not land the way she hoped.
A grounded conversation about making room for rest before success starts setting the terms.
Havilah Cunnington's conversation about high-functioning couples stays close to a familiar pressure point: the way drive and discipline can quietly edge out celebration, rest, and connection.
A warm Christian conversation about sex, healing, and the work of pursuing a healthier intimate life.
Havilah's conversation with Caitlin Zick centers on sex, intimacy, and what it takes to live in a healthier sexual environment. The discussion turns especially tender when Caitlin describes being asked to picture a 13-year-old girl and consider what that child deserved, a prompt…
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
The host and guest Jenna Zint discuss the importance of emotional health and how understanding emotions can transform relationships with oneself, others, and God.
Havilah and guest Caitlin Zick discuss sex and intimacy in Christian marriages, focusing on overcoming past trauma and misconceptions.
Havilah Cunnington hosts a new series on relationships, focusing on high-functioning marriages with guest Michelle Thompson.
A speaker explains that emotional reactions are predictions from the brain, not signs of brokenness, using a personal story about panicking over dinner.
A Bible study series exploring emotions as part of God's design, based on the book 'I Do Feelings'.
Havilah Cunnington revisits a 2022 message about rejection, abandonment, confidence, and the inherited narratives she connects to her father’s childhood institutionalization and later conversion from atheism to Christianity.
Havilah Kennington opens this 2021 message, rebroadcast as the first episode of a best-of series, with the claim that God's voice "speaks to us from our future" and creates a compelling future.
A preacher with 30 years of experience discusses the importance of sustainable preaching and avoiding burnout for long-term influence.
Havilah Kennington frames "preaching like it matters" around a church in Brazil that grew from 500 people to almost 25,000.
Havilah’s Podcast 376, “Preaching Like You Know Who You Are,” focuses on seasoned communicators and the pressure to sound like other preachers instead of sounding like themselves.
In the season finale of her "art of preaching" series, Havilah argues that God isn't raising up viral "mic drop" speakers but stewards who carry their calling faithfully over decades, citing Ephesians 4:1 on living worthy of one's calling.
In this installment of her "art of preaching" series, Havilah addresses what happens when a sermon or talk fails, describing a specific incident where a major speaking event's tech team loaded an outdated slide deck three minutes into her 45-minute talk to thousands of professionals.
Havla Cunnington discusses how to keep showing up in your calling when you feel burned out, especially after experiencing major life changes or answered prayers.
Host Habla interviews Ellis Madry about common dating mistakes Christians make and how to avoid them, focusing on building healthy sexuality within the church.
Havilah Cunnington explains how to keep your brain in discovery mode rather than defend mode for better productivity and well-being.
A host and a 25-year-old intern discuss navigating life in your 20s, sharing personal experiences and advice.