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“Values are the goods we prize and pursue—the things we regard as genuinely worth having, becoming, and giving ourselves to.” —Dallas WillardWe must take the time to ask ourselves: How do the values we profess align with the values of God's Kingdom?Core values quietly shape our lives. They influence what captures our attention, how we spend our time, what we celebrate, what we resist, and who we are becoming. They form the culture of our homes, our communities, and our organizations long before they ever appear on a website or in a mission statement.Values are aspirational. They do not simply describe who we are today; they help orient us toward who we long to become.Some of our values are explicit. Many are not. Whether we recognize them or not, we are all being formed—every day—by the values our culture rewards, the stories we believe, and the practices we repeat. The invitation is not to shame ourselves for this reality, but to become more awake to it.In this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series, we invite you into a conversation that has been unfolding in our own lives for more than two decades. Together, we'll explore the core values that have gradually emerged as guides for the work of Become Good Soil—and, more importantly, for our own apprenticeship to Jesus.Living our values is deeply personal. No two lives will embody them in exactly the same way. Sometimes it is surprisingly difficult to trace a straight line between what we do and the values quietly shaping those choices. Unearthing and reorienting those hidden values asks us to slow down, pay attention, and become curious about the formation already taking place within us.Over the years, we've come to recognize roughly a dozen values that we hope increasingly inform everything we do at Become Good Soil. We certainly haven't mastered them. In many ways, these values continue to expose us, invite us, and call us further up and further in. While each deserves an episode—or perhaps a lifetime of reflection—we are grateful for the opportunity to begin the conversation.What follows is a two-part introduction to the core values we hope will continue to shape our lives, our work, and, perhaps, offer a companion for your own journey and the life of your community.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

"This is the most difficult and at the same time the most important thing to embrace in the Christian life: that we become willing participants (with God), not only in what God does but in the way He does it."—Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand PlacesFriends, we continue to be gripped by these two questions. How are our daily activities shaping us into the people we are becoming? And, what changes might aim our becoming more closely toward the Person and Way of Jesus? In this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series we invite you to reflect with us on these questions and the ancient idea of a rule of life. Our hope—as we revisit the rule of life—is to facilitate a gentle check in regarding how we are arranging our days.Developing a rule of life does not mean picking up a heavy yoke or toeing the line for a critical voice. Rather, “rule” in this case is related to a ruler or guide. Just as it's helpful to use a ruler to steady our hand when drawing a line, so a rule of life helps guide our lives in the direction we yearn to live. As has often been observed, a rule of life is like a trellis supporting a growing vine. The trellis supports the vine as it grows and bears fruit, shaping its form and making possible its generativity. As a vine without a trellis becomes tangled, turned in on itself, and unfruitful, so can our hearts and lives, habits and relationships, desires and impulses devolve without the structure of a supportive rule of life. With characteristic understatement, Jesus reminds us that each day of life brings plenty of predictable challenges (Matthew 6:34). What would it be like to receive from our God and the wisdom of His people a “trellis” of habits and practices that over time will form the resilience, endurance, faithfulness, joy, and love of Jesus? What would it be like to have a Kingdom-trellis upon which to rest our souls as we trust the Spirit to form in us by day and decade the character of Jesus and allow us to persevere through whatever challenge we may face on the Way?Check in with us as we explore a rule of life together.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“The Hebrew way to understand salvation is not to read a theological treatise but to sit around a campfire with family and friends, listening to a story. It is the very nature of storytelling to include us, the hearers, in the story… For salvation is not the spiritual diagnosis of souls, one here, one there. It is the story of a people. A community with a past, with ancestors, with common experience.”—Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand PlacesIn this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series, we invite you to pause and personally explore how koinonia—the heartbeat of the redemptive community modeled in the New Testament—might provide a clue for how we live counterculturally in a world deeply formed by hyper-individualism.In the film Defiance, we see a heroic picture of redemptive community. The Bielski brothers gather fleeing refugees in the forests of modern-day Belarus to escape the persecution of World War II. There in the woods, with only the essentials, a redemptive community is formed as they struggle to survive. When they host a wedding, it becomes a beautiful reminder that joy and sorrow coexist. (Links to the Defiance Trailer and Wedding Scene here.)Throughout the New Testament, we see redemptive fellowship being recovered and nurtured by a remnant of people whose hearts are being captured and apprenticed by the Living God. We catch a glimpse of this in Acts chapter 2. Koinonia is defined as fellowship, association, community, participation, and sharing in one another's lives.The first picture we have of koinonia exists within the Trinity itself: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in perfect fellowship. But more than simply observing that fellowship, we are invited into koinonia—first and foremost with God.And from this place of intimate communion with God, the gospel invites us to love others. Paul helps us explore this idea through the imagery of the body in 1 Corinthians 12:25–26:“The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don't, the parts we see and the parts we don't. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance.”To be in fellowship with others in our fallen age is inherently risky. It involves cycles of rupture and repair. How do we pursue, engage in, respond to, repair, and flourish within a redemptive community? Where might God be inviting you to reconsider your participation in koinonia?Join us as we explore this profound idea of koinonia together.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

What does it really cost to follow Jesus? And what does it cost us when we don't?In this powerful conversation, Steve Adams welcomes Morgan Snyder to the Embracing Brokenness Podcast for a deep and honest discussion about discipleship, formation, healing, risk, and the slow work of becoming whole in Christ.Morgan reflects on his 26 years in formal relationship with Wild at Heart, his transition with his wife Cherie into the Become Good Soil movement, and the deeper work of apprenticeship to Jesus in the second half of life. He shares why he and Cherie are now focused on “going deeper with fewer,” investing in the thirsty few who long for more of God and the abundant life.Together, Steve and Morgan explore the danger of consumer Christianity, the difference between information and formation, the invitation to become wholehearted men and women, and why brokenness is not the end of the story but often the beginning of deeper restoration.This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, spiritually dry, overextended, or aware that simply “believing the right things” has not produced the healing, maturity, intimacy, and purpose they long for. Morgan reminds us that God is not far away. He meets us at the end of our rope, in our need, in our pain, and in the ordinary moments where we create space to notice His voice.Learn more about Morgan and Cherie Snyder's work at Become Good Soil:https://becomegoodsoil.comLearn more about Embracing Brokenness Ministries:https://embracingbrokenness.orgChapters00:00 — God Meets Us at the End of Our Rope01:00 — Welcome to the Embracing Brokenness Podcast01:32 — Introducing Morgan Snyder02:14 — Morgan's History with John Eldredge and Wild at Heart03:34 — Becoming Good Soil and Going Deeper with Fewer04:55 — Husband and Wife Ministry in the Second Half of Life05:45 — Don't Waste Your Pain07:01 — Preferring a Circle Over a Platform08:00 — The Hidden Years and Carrying Water09:11 — Steve's First Wild at Heart Retreat11:08 — Trusting the Slow Work of God12:33 — The Interior Work of Becoming Whole14:23 — We Are All Being Discipled by Something16:21 — Leaving Platform, Salary, and Momentum17:45 — Brokenness, Anesthesia, and the Fire in the House21:22 — The Cost of Not Following Jesus22:36 — Sabbath as Resistance23:48 — God as the Father Who Initiates Our Children24:56 — Why Embrace Brokenness?27:16 — Living Where God Has to Show Up29:16 — Becoming the Kind of Person God Can Entrust30:25 — Risk at the Core of Discipleship31:05 — Prison Ministry and Holy Ground34:11 — What Is Burdening Morgan's Heart?35:48 — Dallas Willard and the Discipleship Crisis37:40 — Power, Service, and the Vulnerable39:52 — The Incomplete Gospel41:57 — Consumer Christianity and Hyper-Individualism43:53 — Information Is Not Enough45:22 — What If God Feels Distant?46:31 — How Do I Find God?47:31 — Creating Space to Notice God48:37 — The Gift of Margin49:35 — Micro-Shifts That Change a Life50:31 — Start with What Is Necessary51:08 — Becoming a King and Practical Resources52:02 — Become Good Soil and the Thirsty Few53:28 — Participating in the Restoration of All Things54:05 — Closing Thoughts

“We cannot become spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.”—Pete Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy SpiritualityFriends, how do we learn from Jesus to live the life of the Kingdom in every corner of our existence and every dimension of our personhood?How do we learn not only to see reality as Jesus sees it, but also to feel in our bodies, engage in our relationships, regulate our nervous systems, and make meaning of our everyday lives as He would?How do we join the Spirit—and His community of apprentices—in having our whole person transformed into the likeness of Jesus, expressed uniquely through our distinct personhood, relationships and stage of development?How do we include in our whole person formation our vision of self, God, and others, our communal connections, our relationship with time and our place within all of creation?As we continue diving into our Become Good Soil Foundations Series, join us for this podcast episode dedicated to exploring whole person formation into the likeness and way of Jesus.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“For many former Smokejumpers, smokejumping is not closely tied with their (current) way of life, but is more something that was necessary for them to pass through and not around, and, once unmistakably done, does not have to be done again. The “it” is within, and is the need to settle some things with the universe and ourselves before taking on the “business of the world.” This “it” is the something special within that demands we do something special, and “it” could be within a lot of us.” —Norman Maclean, Young Men and FireFriends, how are we to understand the story of our lives as it unfolds across the years? What meaning do we give to our failures and our faithfulness, our losses and our triumphs, the long disappointments and the surprising gifts we never would have chosen—yet somehow needed? And how do we recognize true growth, not only in our own maturing, but in our apprenticeship to Jesus and the life of His Kingdom?Dietrich Bonhoeffer once suggested that the cost of not following Jesus is, in the end, far greater—even in this life alone—than the cost of walking with Him. For discipleship is not merely a matter of belief, but of learning to live in intimate fellowship with Christ, slowly being formed into the kind of people He Himself would be, if He were to live our lives in our place.In this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series, we explore apprenticeship and initiation as two essential lenses for making sense of this question: how our small, particular stories are caught up into something far larger—the redemptive and unfolding story of God.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“It is a world of magic and mystery of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen and wonderful things too. It is a world where goodness is pitted against evil, love against hate, order against chaos, and where a great struggle often makes it hard to be sure who belongs to which side, because appearances are endlessly deceptive. Yet for all its confusion and wildness it is a world where the battle goes ultimately to the good who live happily ever after and where in the long run everybody, good and evil alike, become known by their true name. That is the fairytale of the gospel.” —Frederick Buechner, Telling the Truth: the Gospel as Comedy, Tragedy, and Fairy TaleFriends,What happens in you when you hear the word desire?Is there a kind of quickening—something like curiosity?Or a hesitation… a guardedness?Maybe a quiet opening that feels like hope.Or a heaviness in your chest that carries sadness.Or even a flash of cynicism.What have you come to believe about desire…in your life with the Triune God,in His Kingdom,in your apprenticeship to Jesus?And what if the recovery—the honoring and stewarding of desire in its purest form—is actually central to your restoration as an image-bearer of God?In this next episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series, we explore the recovery of longing and desire. Because at the heart of the Christian story is an arresting claim: that desire, in its essence, is not something to fear—but something given by God, meant to lead us to Him and into His Kingdom.It was the awakening of desire—those fleeting, radiant moments—that first beckoned C. S. Lewis. He described this awakening as joy. And that joy stirred something in him, calling him to search for more.And the same is true for us.Our longing is not a liability. It is part of the way back to joy. Everything we love—every glimpse of beauty, goodness, and delight—is from God, is for God, and ultimately finds its home in Him.The story of the kingdom is a story of desire being gathered up and restored—a great homecoming.Let's press forward together.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“To be sure, the kingdom has been here as long as we humans have been here, and longer. But it has been made available to us through simple confidence in Jesus, the Anointed, only from the time he became a public figure. It is a kingdom that, in the person of Jesus, welcomes us just as we are, just where we are, and makes it possible for us to translate our “ordinary” life into an eternal one.” —Dallas Willard, The Divine ConspiracyHow would you answer this question: What is the gospel that Jesus preached?When I (Cherie) first encountered this question, I was both arrested and bewildered. I had some sense of what I thought the “gospel” might be, but I could not, for the life of me, articulate what it was that Jesus himself preached. I was new in my adult faith in Jesus and spent most of my devotional time reading the Psalms, the Gospel of John, and Paul's letters.This question launched me on a treasure hunt that changed my life—and continues to propel me today. It led me first deep into Matthew's account of the life, teaching, death, and resurrection of Jesus, then into Mark's and Luke's, and back again to John. Over the past twenty years, I have returned again and again to these profound and sweeping accounts of the earthly ministry of the Anointed One.What was the gospel that Jesus preached? And what does an apprenticeship look like when it seeks not only to have faith in Jesus, but to practice living the faith of Jesus?Let's remember it together. Join us for this episode of the Become Good Soil podcast. Indeed, the Kingdom of God is at hand.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Cherie and Morgan 

I sat down with Morgan Snyder, author of Becoming a King and founder of Become Good Soil. At 50, Morgan opens up about his liminal season: turning 50, launching his adult kids, empty-nesting with Cherri, stepping away from 26 years with John Eldredge at Wild at Heart, and choosing a biblical Jubilee year of intentional pause, grief, and unlearning.He gets raw about excavating his false self, naming his deepest fear, redeeming 25 years of marriage from broken beginnings, and shifting from building big platforms to quietly serving the thirsty few as a spiritual father in the second half of life. This episode is my invitation to you—especially men (and the women who love them)—who are ready to slow down, grieve what must die, let fear become a guide, integrate your shattered parts, and apprentice yourself to God's subversive, mustard-seed kingdom. Fewer people. Deeper relationships. Exponential impact over scale.If you're in midlife transition, wrestling with identity, or craving wholehearted leadership that flows from being rather than doing, press play. It works. Slow and steady brings forth the kingdom.--Brother,If you're ready to align your identity, marriage, and vocation so you can lead wholeheartedly—from a sound mind and a healthy soul—I'm here to walk with you.I help high-performers (entrepreneurs, CEOs, founders, senior leaders, sales executives, and mission-driven men) get honest about their story, untangle limiting beliefs, renew their mind with truth, and live with clarity, confidence, and purpose that flows into every area of life.No more performing from a false self. No more disconnected marriage or vocation that drains your soul. Just real, wholehearted leadership that honors God and serves others deeply.Ready to explore what this could look like for you?Start with my free Unlock Intimacy Challenge: 7 days for Christ-following entrepreneurs to rebuild connection with your wife.Or book a no-pressure discovery conversation to talk confidentially about your story. lantzhoward.com and click "Work with Lantz."I'm selective with who I take on—spots are limited because this work is deep, personal, and life-changing. If you're thirsty for real alignment and maturity, reach out. I'd be honored to serve you.Peace and courage on your journey,Lantz Howardwww.lantzhoward.com

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us…”—St. JohnHenri Nouwen offers these soulful questions:“In what quiet ways have you bartered the worth of your soul to other grade-givers—some clamoring voices in the world around you, other critical voices firmly within your own being? By what small, repeated surrenders have you allowed yourself to become the very thing the world applauds, and the one thing you did not want to find yourself becoming?” In reflecting on these questions, we are keenly aware of the reality that we have often “bartered the worth of our soul” and been painfully malformed through “small repeated surrenders.”Yet as we take stock of our precious yet infected souls, we experience Jesus's pursuit afresh. As the generous host of all creation, as our creator and king, He invites us to once again entrust ourselves fully to Him—everything we are and everything we are not yet—and receive the nourishment, embrace, and affection we so desperately need and is His joy to extend.In this second episode of our Become Good Soil Foundations Series, join us as we explore the wondrous reality whispered through the text of scripture, the text of nature, and the lives of those who intimately live the with-God life: that all reality begins with God—a God who overflows with creativity, energy, love, welcome, and life.Let's seek together how we might live more deeply from a posture of rest and receptivity, moving through our days and decades as those ever-receiving love and belonging—and, from that overflow, continually extending love and belonging to all those around us. We are so grateful to venture deeper on this journey together.It's all been prologue. The best is yet come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“The creeds function like a treasure chest, waiting to be opened and explored. The creeds are not meant to reduce our faith to simple facts; they are not intended to drive away mystery and complexity. Rather, the creeds secure a framework for the whole of our faith, so that we can freely go and explore the riches of the mystery in each part and in the whole.” —Jason Ortiz and Daniel Keating in The Nicene Creed: A Scriptural, Historical, and Theological CommentaryFriends, beneath every value we express and every thought we act upon lies an underlying belief. Though often unexamined, each of us has developed a comprehensive worldview that shapes every moment of our lives. What are those beliefs and assumptions—and to what degree do they align with reality as revealed by God?Join us for the first episode of the Become Good Soil Foundations Series, where we explore these core beliefs and assumptions of our faith and the fellowship of Become Good Soil.Drawing on Jesus' imagery in Matthew 7, we ask: what would it look like to make a fresh assessment of the foundations upon which the “house” of our lives is built? What might we notice if we paused to appreciate the beauty and strength of the “rock” itself—and to reckon honestly with the areas of our lives still resting on shifting sand?As a fellowship, what does it look like to freshly receive and act upon Jesus' invitation to relocate the whole of our lives onto the Rock—who is Christ Himself, His teaching, and His beautiful Kingdom?Come along in a courageous global fellowship as we venture together down a path and process that leads to a life truly worth living.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom, Morgan & Cherie Note: In our conversation on The Nicene Creed this is the reference. For further exploration: Ortiz, J., & Keating, D. A. (2024). The Nicene Creed: a scriptural, historical, and theological commentary. Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

“We are greatly strengthened for life in the kingdom now by an understanding of what our future holds, and especially of how that future relates to our present experiences. For only then do we really understand what our current life is, and are we able to make choices that agree with that reality.” — Dallas Willard, The Divine ConspiracyWhere are we going?Friends, this simple question continues to wake us, gently and insistently, again and again. As we linger with it, we remember that every path—whether chosen or assumed—is always leading somewhere. The question meets us as both invitation and mercy, asking us to notice where we are headed and to hold our lives up to the light of God and His kingdom.In doing so, this question stirs our imagination toward the greatest end—the long-awaited day when God's kingdom is fully revealed on earth as it is in heaven, when all things are gathered up and made right, good, and beautiful. With that ultimate future shimmering before us, we find ourselves able to turn—sometimes subtly, sometimes decisively—and set our course again toward the good, the true, and the beautiful, trusting God to lead us faithfully in the present moment and into what is yet to come.For more than a year, we have carried this question in our minds and hearts as we have listened for God on behalf of Become Good Soil. Through prayer, discernment, and many honest conversations—with God and with so many of you—a clearer sense of where Become Good Soil is being led in this new season has slowly come into view.It is our deep joy to finally share this emerging vision with you.In this final episode of Our Origin Story, we reflect on the expanded mission and vision of Become Good Soil. At its heart is a simple and steadfast desire: to walk alongside you as you continue your apprenticeship to Jesus—the gradual, grace-filled transposing of your whole life into the life of Christ—and as you faithfully steward the generative outposts of Eden entrusted to your care.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“In the darkness, something was happening at last. A voice had begun to sing. The hills were coming up. The earth was heaving and swelling like a wave of the sea. ‘Man, I give you the rule of this land. Treat it gently and cherish it.'”—C.S. Lewis, The Magician's NephewIf home is both our origin and our destination, the soul is always searching for a path back to where it was born. Though precarious and fraught with danger, that path is also saturated with the Life of God—life that is not only intended to guide us, but to be our sustenance for the epic quest.Recovering our origin stories is essential to our apprenticeship. They are seeds that are planted, becoming the identity of today and the vision of tomorrow.So what are the seeds of your origin story? What patterns or progressions do you notice as you slow down and reflect? How might God be inviting you to consider what He is forming in you today, in light of where He is leading you?We're on this journey with you.Join us as we unpack some of the seeds of the Become Good Soil story—and, in doing so, help recover and strengthen the promise carried in the seeds of your story as well.It's all been prologue. The best is yet to come.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

“We are born out of the laughter of the Trinity." — Meister Eckhart (1260-1328),  Medieval MysticDear Friends,Around 2011, we discovered the work of Karen Horney and her insight into how humans relate to one another, especially under stress, in uncertainty, or for the sake of self-protection.Her work on the styles of relating became catalytic for both of us. It gave language to dynamics we were feeling but didn't yet understand — why, despite our love for one another, we so often felt hurt, alone, or misunderstood. We were desperate for clarity, longing to discover what was not working, and what needed to change within us and between us to grow the kind of marriage we both believed was possible.In 2014, we recorded a live conversation exploring how our styles of relating had been colliding — and sometimes colluding — since before we were married. That conversation became Episode 9 of the Become Good Soil podcast, marking an early milestone in our journey toward healing and deeper connection.Now, we invite you to join us again as we revisit this territory. This is the first episode in a three-part series reflecting afresh on the Styles of Relating — a return to what these styles are, an exploration of how they may be showing up in our relationships, and an honest look at what it could mean to employ them in the service of Love instead of fear.We're honored to walk this path with you.For the Kingdom,Cherie & MorganP.S. If you haven't explored our first two podcasts and the blog on Styles of Relating recently, we would encourage you to check out the following soul-nourishing resources as well:Wild, Unfettered, and Free - Jesus Modeling Styles of Relating (Blog)Getting Naked - BGS Podcast Episode 014 (Part 1 of 2)Getting Naked - BGS Podcast Episode 015 (Part 2 of 2)

“What is hard about marriage is what is hard also about facing the Christian God: It is the strain of living continually in the light of a conscience other than our own, being under the intimate scrutiny of another pair of eyes.”— Mike Mason, The Mystery of MarriageWhat is the fruit of a decade given over to apprenticeship, to the slow work of excavation, and to the painful but promising transformation within the Kingdom of God? More precisely, what is the fruit born from the tender soil of our closest relationships?Over twenty-five years spent investing in the shaping of leaders, I have found one of the deepest and most gladdening sources of confirmation to be the voices of the wives of Become Good Soil men. It is one thing, after all, for a man to speak of his own progress—but it is quite another, and perhaps of far greater weight, when a spouse dares to offer her own candid reflections on what it is to share life with one who has set his whole heart upon the precarious path of becoming.As we prepare to launch into an extended BGS Podcast series—a deeper dive into the central truths of Becoming a King—it seems only fitting, indeed right and good, and more than a little risky, to let this voyage begin with the voices of women. These are women who generously offer their honest and loving observations from a deep well of intimate relationships.This episode features the voices of four remarkable women whose husbands have been engaged with the message of Become Good Soil for a decade or more. Join me as they share about the joyous, transformative effects they've witnessed in every dimension of their husbands' lives, their marriages, and their families.For the Kingdom,Morgan and Cherie

Jesus' way with his disciples is to both heal and mature. The post 180: Jesus as Coach, with Conrad Schottel appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Reclaim the lover inside you. The post 179: The Sex Talk You Never Got, with Sam Jolman (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

God loves masculine sexuality. The post 178: The Sex Talk You Never Got, with Sam Jolman (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

A brief, real-time reflection for the soul The post 177: Examen appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Salvation is not merely a rescue from peril but the restoration of our true selves. The post 176: First Breath appeared first on Become Good Soil.

We are not called to avoid failure but to entrust it to God's redemptive story of love. The post 175: Live to Rescue, with Greg Lindsey appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Love begets compassion. Compassion begets connection. Connection begets love. And love wins. The post 174: Fieldnotes with Pablo Ceron (Part 3) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

John and Stasi are joined by Morgan and Cherie for a big announcement—the upcoming birth of a new ministry. It takes courage to say yes and follow wherever God leads. In today's podcast, Morgan and Cherie talk about the process of being open to God's calling—from their decades with Wild at Heart to the exciting adventure that's next. It's a tender, encouraging story of what can happen when we wholeheartedly embrace God's invitation into the unknown.For more, visit the Become Good Soil website here.  The Become Good Soil podcast—Episode 171: A New Birth—can be found here.The song mentioned can be accessed on YouTube or Spotify_______________________________________________There is more.Got a question you want answered on the podcast? Ask us at Questions@WildatHeart.orgSupport the mission or find more on our website: WildAtHeart.org  or on our app.Apple: Wild At Heart AppAndroid: Wild At Heart AppEpisode Number 797Watch on YouTubeMore pauses available in the One Minute Pause app for Apple iOS and Android.Apple: One Minute Pause AppAndroid: One Minute Pause App

Do you receive compassion for yourself to the measure that God is offering it? The post 173: Field Notes with Pablo Ceron (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

In times of uncertainty, there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Kingdom's call. The post 172: Fieldnotes with Pablo Ceron (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

We invite you to an intimate conversation to hear firsthand about a new birth emerging.  The post 171: A New Birth appeared first on Become Good Soil.

As we bring all our parts into connection with Love, we are healed and transformed. The post 170: Initiation of Our Parts, with Sam Eldredge (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The mark of a true warrior lies in his capacity to treat his own heart with compassion. The post 169: Initiation of Our Parts, with Sam Eldredge (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The point of our practices is the treasure of God himself. The post 168: Reflections on the Praxis appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The masculine soul craves the wisdom and joyful rest of the sage's presence. The post 167: The Age of the Sage, with Brett Davis appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Daily prayer paves the path back to secure attachment to the heart of God. The post 166: Unpacking the Daybreak Prayer, with Cherie Snyder (Part 4) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Over the decades of our apprenticeship, we become people whose very lives are an act of prayer. The post 165: Unpacking the Daybreak Prayer, with Cherie Snyder (Part 3) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

We are in God's life, and therefore we are fully and forever okay. The post 164: Unpacking the Daybreak Prayer, with Cherie Snyder (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

A breathtaking invitation to honesty, simplicity, and connection in prayer The post 163: Unpacking the Daily Prayer, with Cherie Snyder (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The hidden life is key to becoming a wholehearted leader. The post 162: The Great I Am, with Jared Anderson (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The goal of masculine initiation is God himself. The post 161: The Great I Am, with Jared Anderson (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

We're invited to a radical path that transplants us from narrow self-centeredness to wholehearted others-centeredness. The post 160: The Metanarrative of Masculine Love (Part 3) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

When the time is right, a man must leave his father and mother to find his True Father and Mother in God's heart. The post 159: The Metanarrative of Masculine Love (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

I came from the Father. Now I come home to the Father. – Jesus of Nazareth Friends, We come from the Trinity.  We will return to the Trinity.  So what is in the way of our homecoming?  Perhaps better said, where do we find ourselves along the journey of home-going? The mission and message of Become Good Soil reach thousands globally, nourishing men from 18 to 83. Men of different ages and at different stages of masculine initiation. At first glance, the diversity of our stories is outstanding.  But there is a universal ache informing and uniting us all: We hunger and thirst for the love, validation, and intentionality of a man who is stronger than us.  In a phrase, we hunger and thirst for God himself.  Brothers, we do not hunger and thirst for this wild and generous Father in vain. We find him, realize him, feast on him, and, from this nourished place, carry him with us into the dearest relationships of our daily lives.  The Father is undefeated. His love is winning.  His goodness is prevailing.  His intentional and scandalous validation of us is immeasurable.  And he is just getting started.  Let's pick up the next first track of our masculine initiation and be visited again by this ancient truth:  It all starts with the Father.  For the Kingdom, Morgan

We all hunger and thirst for the love, validation, and intentionality of a man stronger than us.  The post 158: The Metanarrative of Masculine Love (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

When the son is ready, the Father appears.  The post 157: From Success to Failure to Sonship appeared first on Become Good Soil.

"You are all one in Christ Jesus." The post 156: The Metanarrative of Feminine Love, with Cherie Snyder (Part 3) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The Living God is relentlessly and lovingly pursuing us in and through the feminine. The post 155: The Metanarrative of Feminine Love, with Cherie Snyder (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

What does the integration of wholehearted masculine love with wholehearted feminine love feel like? The post 154: The Metanarrative of Feminine Love, with Cherie Snyder (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

What if losing the track is an essential part of engaging in God's initiation of our souls?  The post 153: The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Too much uncertainty is chaos. But too little is death. The post 152: The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Together, we will look back to look forward. The post 151: A Soul's Review appeared first on Become Good Soil.

God has the first word. And God has the last word. This is good news. The post 150: A Christmas Feast (Part 2) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Let's remember the beauty, cost, and largeness of the Tale that has woven our ordinary lives into its surprise, delight, and power. The post 149: A Christmas Feast (Part 1) appeared first on Become Good Soil.

This episode features an excerpt from a conversation Jonathan and Melissa recently had with our friend, Morgan Snyder. In it, the Helsers share song stories from their most recent album: The Land I'm Livin' In. This episode features the stories behind the songs I Believe, and We Make Space! Morgan Snyder is an entrepreneur, teacher, writer, speaker, and friend of our community. His passion is to both be shaped by and shape the men and women who are shaping the kingdom of God. He is the creator of Become Good Soil and the author of the book “Becoming A King.” For more about Morgan, head to http://becomegoodsoil.com. To learn more about our ministry, go to www.jonathanhelser.com, www.18inchjourney.com, or www.cagelessbirds.com. To learn more about our Audio Upgrade Campaign, we invite you to visit http://cagelessbirds.com/donate. Thank you!