Become Good Soil

For men, and the women they champion, who are recovering the path and process to become wholehearted mature apprentices of God and His Kingdom. 9326c130-f4a0-11ef-a275-5bd47b0c8b59

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011: Live in the Day and Measure in the Decade

Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download It is rare that we pause and pull back far enough from our daily life to observe and wonder about the who we have and have not yet become. At Wild at Heart we produce a weekly podcast, and Craig and Allen recently invited me into the studio to reflect on how we've each changed over the last decade. It was the first of a series of rich conversations that led us into some core ideas, hopes, and desires that have come to shape us as we pu...

May 06, 2015•35 min

010: Receiving the Heart of the Father – Cherie Snyder

Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download The soul searches for a Father. It was John Ortberg who put those words to me in a way so succinct it cut to the core. I see it in nearly every action of every day. Every reaching. Every ache. Desire reveals design. Design reveals destiny. It is the intention of the heart of our True Father that we would become sons in ways beyond what we could ask for or even imagine. That's why George MacDonald offers this invitation: "Since we are t...

Apr 15, 2015•1 hr 1 min

009: Nearing the End of My Beginning

Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download For centuries, Celtic Christians have identified a "thin place" as a location where the veil between heaven and earth becomes especially sheer; a place where the unseen reality of God’s Kingdom is made vivid to the senses; a place where the Presence of God is unmistakable as it rouses the deepest spaces within the human heart. I can't recall a conversation with a sage that suspended me in a thin place for as long a sacred period as thi...

Jan 26, 2015•55 min

008: A Conversation with my Aussie Hero, Dave Tolman

There are few men I respect more than Dave Tolman. He is one of the giants who served as a sage and guide at the most recent Become Good Soil Intensive . I had a rare chance to turn on the microphone and record a conversation with him that I think you'll enjoy. Dave is a Kingdom strategist. It's been said that a good king cares far more about your heart than he does your gifting. And it has also been said, "The activity of love is to make space for another person to be totally themselves." Dave ...

Dec 02, 2014•33 min

007: Responding to Divine Affection—A Conversation with Adam Paulson

Podcast: Subscribe in iTunes | Play in new window | Download A few thoughts on discipleship from Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard to begin: Who teaches you? Whose disciple are you? Honestly. One thing is sure: you are somebody’s disciple. You are learning how to live from somebody else. There are no exceptions to this rule, for human beings are just the kind of creatures who have to learn and keep learning from others how to live... It is one of the major transitions of life to recognize who ...

Oct 13, 2014•28 min

006: Diving Deep – An Interview with Craig McConnell

"Never let the truth get in the way of a great story.” – Craig McConnell Nearly a decade ago, I had the privilege of seeking wisdom from Craig McConnell, a man who's seen many miles, fought many wars, and conquered death more times than I can recount. It was an even greater privilege to circle back with him on another conversation, this time recorded for the benefit of other men like you. Join us as we explore the profoundly deep implications of how we relate with others, how we embrace the deca...

Sep 16, 2014•59 min

005: (Video/Audio) Risking Love – An Interview with Bart Hansen

An old, wise man, Jeremiah, suggested this: Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right route for your souls. (Jeremiah 6) There are few things in which I find more life than asking older men the hard and holy questions, helping to illuminate the tried-and-true road. Join me for a conversation with a friend and hero, Bart Hansen, and together let's discover more of what is right for your soul and mine. ...

Aug 19, 2014•56 min

004: Hello, Trouble

C.S. Lewis was right when he summed up the dilemma of modern masculinity: "We castrate the gelding and bid him be fruitful." It's painful. And it's true. Become Good Soil is committed to helping men find an alternative path—a narrow road—that doesn't "remove the organ and demand the function." Join me for a conversation with Jon Dale and Adam Paulsen , two of my peers, allies, and role models, as we consider what it looks like to become wholehearted men. The conversation took some remarkable tur...

Jun 12, 2014•41 min

003: Your Question or Your Strength?

To every relationship, to every circumstance, at every given moment, we are either bringing our question or our strength. Our search for validation and identity as men is the root of all that we do and all that we become. This was at the center of a great conversation I had with Allen Arnold, Director of Content for our Special Ops team here at Wild at Heart. Jeremiah was right: it's good, really good, to follow in the footsteps of men who have gone before us along the ancient road (Jeremiah 6)....

May 19, 2014•1 hr 2 min

002: Work.Life.Play

Dan Allender makes this bold suggestion regarding peer friendship in this decade: Find like-hearted kings living in the same direction. Sign treaties. When one kingdom is at war, both are at war. Join me in a conversation with two "like-hearted kings" who have chosen to give a decade to Becoming Good Soil. These men have chosen to fight for the hearts of their wives and kids and to become sons of God. They also use their current avenues of work as sandboxes for the story line of this decade of e...

Apr 18, 2014•50 min

001: An Invitation

Welcome to another Kingdom experiment. This is the first episode of the Become Good Soil Podcast. The BGS Podcast is a combination of interviews with sages, conversations among peers, teaching and more; all aimed at providing nourishment for men choosing a decade of Becoming Good Soil. By way of introduction to the heart of the message, this first podcast is a teaching from The Intensive . [powerpress]

Mar 05, 2014•1 hr 3 min

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