Morgan Snyder
“It is profound how different our experiences can be inside our own skin. When it comes to sensations in the body, we are not on a level playing field. To love and be loved, to know and be known, it’s so important that we practice story-informed...
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Dear Friends,
I’d like to remind everyone that Jesus is still the main story in the world.
If you’re taking in any news at all, you can feel like the world is unraveling into madness. Certainly here in America, on the eve of one of...
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I’ve come away for a respite. Just a day. Just a little distance. I’m finding it hard to unplug. Had I stayed home, though, I would have found it near impossible. There is the stack of bills that need tending. There are the dirty clothes...
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“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.” (Song of Solomon 8:6)
Love is not as strong...
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“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that...
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I've been thinking a lot about resilience.
Who thrives during hard times, who doesn’t, and why.
Because I want my friends—including you!—to thrive, in spite of these days. I want to thrive myself. And this crazy year has me...
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The Become Good Soil Intensive is one of our premier leadership training events and has been catalytic for men from around the globe for over a decade. Each Intensive is built on the foundation of the previous ones, and we are thrilled to...
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People like the better things. I admit, some things are better than others. There are donuts and then there are donuts. There are shoes and then there are shoes. Some items are made out of higher quality ingredients. They tend to be better....
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When I wrote in July, I asked you a question: What story are you living in? Is it the story God is telling, or a story given to you by man? Then Stasi shared with me this quote, attributed to A.W. Tozer: “Listen to no man who has not listened to...
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“We can see God in everything and miss him in anything.” –Ken Helser, A Place for the Heart I had heard the story a dozen times. But every time, through tears, I found myself doing the math. Every week… Every year… For more than ten years… ...
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“One of the most important tasks of a moral society must be to make boys into good men.”–Abigail Shrier, Wall Street Journal Abigail Shrier is among the rare and brave public figures giving voice to what research indicates is a presenting crisis...
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Well, events in the world continue to swirl with uncertainty. Tensions rise. The pandemic resurges. A fresh round of lockdowns is upon many of us. People and governments are reaching for control. This could be a tough fall.
Really rough...
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If you are a judgmental person, then please stop reading immediately. This is not for you. If you are reading so that you can feel better about your “Self” – your own less large failures – by comparing them to mine, then you can let this pass...
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“Man doesn’t make kings. God does.” –Robert the Bruce, Scotland, 1274-1329 What is the most important thing? What if you had another chance? What if there was a secret treasure waiting to be found? What if there was an ancient path that led to...
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Dear Friends and Allies,
I am so aware as I write this, that by the time it reaches you mid-June the world may have changed again.
Right as we were beginning to emerge from the total lock-down days of the quarantines, just...
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As a parent to teenagers, I can say confidently that the core passion of my life is the intention of raising wholehearted kids. The process of participating with God’s initiation of the children entrusted to my care into mature and wholehearted...
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“This is neither theory nor theological wrangling. It’s an excavation of the heart. A rescue mission to steal back the truth of us.” –Charles Martin, New York Times bestselling author Though I’ve navigated many acute moments of wilderness...
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Like many women my age, the COVID 19 pandemic has exposed not only false comforters in my life and heart, but the roots of my hair. Unearthing the roots of unhealthy patterns in my life for the purposes of healing and freedom is a most welcome...
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Though we are still in the midst of the pandemic, I think the healthiest thing we can do is not always talk about the pandemic! What I’d much rather do this month—what I am so excited to share with you—is an excerpt from our teammate Morgan...
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Well, the world has certainly been shaken.
And if we’re honest, we’ve all been shaken a bit, too.
Ever since the pandemic broke out (probably the most significant event of our era), the world has been reaching for solid ground—...
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