Episode 15: Davey Blackburn

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ABOUT THE EPISODE

In November 2015, Davey Blackburn came home to find his wife, Amanda Grace, tragically murdered during a home invasion. Davey was left to pastor their church as a single dad of their fifteen-month-old son Weston. In this episode, Sarah sits down with Davey to hear his story and to talk about how God turned a “festering, rotting thing” into an avenue of grace. He talks about grief, his path toward healing from the trauma, and the ways God showed up in his darkest moments. Davey’s story is ongoing, continued in the life of his family and his work as a writer, speaker, podcaster, and coach through Nothing is Wasted Ministries.

MEET THE GUEST

Davey and his wife, Amanda, moved to Indianapolis in 2012 to plant Resonate Church. They had a dream to start a church that would cause the city to come alive in the power of Jesus. Since high school, Davey has been passionate about seeing people meet Jesus and helping them discover their God-given purpose in life. On November 10th, 2015, Davey came home from the gym to find his wife murdered in a home invasion. Since that day, countless people have come to know Christ through Amanda's story.

Two years later Davey remarried and God’s redemption story began to unfold. Davey and his new wife, Kristi, have dedicated the rest of their lives to helping people through their valleys and teaching them that when following Jesus, Nothing is Wasted. They live in Indianapolis, IN with their three kids, Natalia, Weston, and Cohen. They founded Nothing is Wasted Ministries in order to help people live, learn, and lead through pain.

You can read more from Davey through his website DaveyBlackburn.com and connect with him on Instagram at @daveyblackburn and Twitter at @daveyblackburn.

EPISODE NOTES

• Join the Not My Story Community on Facebook

• Nothing is Wasted Ministries

• A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis

• Levi Lusko, pastor and author of Through the Eyes of a Lion

• Isaiah 30

• Psalm 34:18

• Timothy Keller

• Nothing is Wasted Podcast

• Marty Solomon

• Romans 8:28

• Text “NIW” to 66866 to get 21 days of devotionals from Nothing is Wasted Ministries

• What Davey is reading:

  • Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas

  • The God-Shaped Brain: How Changing Your View of God Transforms Your Life by Timothy R. Jennings, M.D.

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