I find it fascinating that when Jesus speaks of eternal life, it's less often about a specific time or place where we transition into some other state of being and more often about a quality of life—robust, deep vitality—that is being made available to us, right here and right now. The post 037: Contemplative Prayer – Episode 1 of 3 [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

"Did you bring me out here in the storm to kill me?" This pained and brutally honest prayer poured from Jonathan David Helser's heart in the midst of a moment of exposure and hand-to-hand battle with the living God. Jonathan explains... The post 036: Jonathan David Helser – Episode 3 of 3 [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Check out the news on any given day and you’ll find stories that illuminate a crisis of masculinity. It's a crisis rooted in the loss of effective masculine initiation, for a boy does not become a good man on his own, but by the soul-food of loving mothers and the soul-forging of loving fathers... The post 035: Jonathan David Helser – Episode 2 of 3 [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

"Messy could describe the first moment that God has with man. He gathers dirt in His hands to form Adam. There is dirt under God's fingernails and then on God’s lips as He draws Adam close to breathe in His Spirit. What is it like for Adam when he opens his eyes and sees and feels ... The post 034: Jonathan David Helser – Episode 1 of 3 [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Amidst the clamor of contemporary life, there is the narrow path of slowing down and setting our souls before the insight of the elders. We can take heart: there are wise ones who have gone before us, men and women who have recovered the lost treasure of the Gospel ... The post 033: The Slow and Steady with Dallas Willard and Michael Cusick [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Brad Beck has spent a lifetime offering strength in a myriad of roles in countless missions. As a flight surgeon in a supersonic jet for NASA, a crew member in international theater performance with YWAM, a physician in private practice, a coach of high school football... The post 032: One Giant Leap for Mankind – A Conversation with Brad Beck [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Piecing together a string of single-track trails that meander through a dry, rocky, cactus-strewn landscape, it’s possible to make a 48-mile continuous trek across Zion National Park. For most people, this trek would be one of the epic adventures of their lives; if you’re Dave Eitemiller, you count it as a solid training workout for yet another 100-mile adventure race... The post 031: 100 Miles with Dave Eitemiller [Podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Kelly and Phil are getting a divorce. The email from a mutual friend sharing the news hit me like a punch in the stomach. Brandon and his dad are in deep contention. It’s the kind of painful, two-sided misunderstanding that could finally sever the strained relationship... The post 030: Coming to the Center (The Marriage Podcast Series – Part Four) [podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

The offer is Life. Yet that abundant life is often found in the least likely of places. What is the most effective path toward the much looked-for restoration in the heart of your spouse? Join Cherie and me in this second half of a conversation in which we reflect on the particular elements of Reality as Jesus reveals what can bring more life to our marriages than we ever thought possible... Jesus, we choose to pause. The post 029: Plank and Speck Wrap Up (The Marriage Series – Part Three) [Podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.

Jesus and His words… are essentially subversive of the established arrangements and ways of thinking. That is clear from the way they first entered the world, their initial effects, and how they are preserved in the New Testament writings and live on in people... The post 028: Plank and Speck (The Marriage Series – Part Two) [Podcast] appeared first on Become Good Soil.