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The Narrow Road of Sonship - Part 2
In the series conclusion, Morgan Snyder invites listeners behind the scenes with this live teaching from last year's Become Good Soil Intensive. Through October 12, we are accepting applications for the 2019 Become Good Soil Intensive. Find out more at www.becomegoodsoil.com/bgs-event-home-page.
70 | The Summer Issue
The summer issue of And Sons is out, and yes, it technically is still summer even though most schools are back in session. In this episode Blaine and Sam flesh out some of the articles on super reading, fathering, and the creative life.
The Narrow Road of Sonship - Part 1
In this first of a two part series, John and Morgan discuss what it means to "Become Good Soil" through a compelling, vulnerable conversation with two graduates from The Intensive. To find out more about the May 2019 Intensive, go to www.becomegoodsoil.com/bgs-event-home-page.
69 | Ultrarunning: The Suffering Master and Apprentice
When Justin Lukasavige began running he didn't imagine going for 100 kilometers let alone down the block. But then Dave Eitemiller came along and offered his guidance, and an ultrarunning partnership was born. It's not just about handling the miles, or learning how to pace, or how to deal with suffering. Sometimes what we need is a mentor who we can learn from and be invited by into new and previously impossible adventures.
Love & War – Part 6
In the series conclusion, John and Stasi discuss the importance of learning to love.
68 | The River
Why do we keep going back to the same places? What is the value of knowing a land, a rock face, a town, when everything is about "what's next"? John (Padre) writes, "Each year we return lays down a new layer of story, and adventure, beauty and encounter. Layer upon layer, like a rich patina on a piece of heirloom furniture, or better, like the technique Rembrandt and the Old Masters used in their painting, carefully laying down dozens of layers of paint to achieve that extraordinary effect of depth and gravitas."
Love & War – Part 5
John and Stasi discuss the reasons for rough waters in marriage ... and what to do when storms descend.
67 | Sean Buckles: When Starting a Business is Scarier than Jumping Out of Airplanes
Sean Buckles is a coffee shop maven with a long career in the US Army, both as a member of a Special Ops team and as an instructor. He’s one of those people you like more every new thing you learn, though it isn’t easy to get him to talk about himself. We like Sean for a lot of reasons, but principally because he’s a dad with a life with God. And not just to his own family, though that’s true, but to his staff and to his community and a to a wider circle than we probably know. In this conversation, we try to get more of the story, from teaching folks to jump out of airplanes to leaving the military just shy of retirement to building an outstanding business, this is a story about risk and a life with God.
Love & War – Part 4
Making decisions is a huge source of stress in most marriages – but it doesn't have to be. Discover how to hear the voice of God, together.
66 | Summer Hacks or It's Not Too Late
The pernicious and crippling feeling of "it's too late" can infiltrate almost every part of our lives, so it should be no surprise that we are already feeling it in regards to our summer and all the daydreamed adventures we had for it back in the colder months. Sometimes setting small goals, finding loopholes in our own routines, or using a hack to break through a wall of impossibility is just what we need. Not all of these will apply to everyone, maybe none of them will, but at the end of the day we don't want "it's too late" to stop us from experiencing life and joy and the rest of summer.
Love & War – Part 3
The enemy wants us to make toxic agreements about our marriages. John and Stasi show how we can overcome this deception by fighting for each other.
Love & War – Part 3
The enemy wants us to make toxic agreements about our marriages. John and Stasi show how we can overcome this deception by fighting for each other.
65 | Study Poetry. Really
We'll be honest and say that this episode made a least 1/2 of the And Sons team a little queasy, insofar as it looked like we'd have to buy typewriters and write outside in Oxfords, no socks. This episode is about wonder, and beauty. The case study is poetry. How do you deepen you capacity for beauty? What regular practices increase a person's sensitivity? How long should it take. We've brought Luke back on to talk about all of it. Only we asked him to leave his black beret at home.
Love & War – Part 2
Opposites really do attract. In this session, John and Stasi share how marriage is a perfect storm ... and a perfect opportunity for your transformation.
64 | The Seminarian Question
You remember Jesse Barkalow - the longtime painter, line cook, and world's most prolific reader. Well, he's been at seminary. Usually, that makes us concerned for a person's well being. But Jesse has a rare disposition, and the opportunity seems to be improving his life with God. We wanted to know why. So in this episode, we're asking a key question: what's the basic question of theology/the human heart? As a matter of course, we also dive into the method that promotes union with God, as well as the paradoxes of seeing/blindness reconciled in the person of Jesus.
Love & War – Part 1
In this first of of a six-part series, John and Stasi reveal why marriage is opposed and how to fight for each other rather than against each other.