Soil and Roots

Dr. Tim comes loaded with rich and probing questions about our ideas of God in this Greenhouse episode of the Soil & Roots podcast (expanding on Episode 140). If what the world needs most is deep people, and those people are generally formed through suffering, how do we reconcile that with our desire to experience […]

What if the most important thing about you isn’t what you believe—but what you actually experience about God? In this episode, we explore how our hidden ideas of God shape everything in our lives and why uncovering them is essential for deep discipleship and spiritual formation.

Dr. Tim comes loaded with insightful questions about the vital role ideas play in our spiritual formation and our quest to become deep disciples.

What are your real ideas about God? Discover how hidden beliefs shape your spiritual life and why they may block the Good Life with Him.

Doc, Handsome Kyle, and Brian sit back down in the Greenhouse to further explore the previous episode, which details the Good Life and common obstacles to living it. 

In Episode 136, we explore what the Prodigal Son reveals about Christian mysticism and the path into the Good Life. Why do so few Christians experience a secure, peace-filled, with-God life when the New Testament assumes it as normal? By examining vulnerability, our unconscious core ideas, and the transforming love of the Father, we discover how deep discipleship moves beyond information into experiential union with God.

Jesus speaks of a “life to the full,” yet many sincere followers experience anxiety, exhaustion, and spiritual dissonance instead of peace and freedom. Why is that? And what does the Good Life actually look like when it is lived from the inside out?

In this episode, Brian Fisher explores what Scripture and Christian tradition call the Good Life—what Dallas Willard famously named the with-God life. It’s a life marked by deep relational security, inner freedom, and a two-way, conversational intimacy with God.

Explore deep discipleship, the Great Omission, and the transforming love that surpasses knowledge and reshapes the heart.

In this special bonus episode, Brian invites his two young adult sons, Caleb and Zachary, onto the show to discuss spiritual formation in different generations.

Brian, Doc, and Handsome Kyle engage in a lively, honest conversation about what it means to live a relaxed life, just like Jesus. Instead of the performance-driven, always-busy version of Christianity so many of us grew up with, they reflect on Jesus’ calm, centered presence—rooted in His secure attachment to the Father. From raccoons clinging […]