Episode Description
What does it really cost to follow Jesus? And what does it cost us when we don’t?
In this powerful conversation, Steve Adams welcomes Morgan Snyder to the Embracing Brokenness Podcast for a deep and honest discussion about discipleship, formation, healing, risk, and the slow work of becoming whole in Christ.
Morgan reflects on his 26 years in formal relationship with Wild at Heart, his transition with his wife Cherie into the Become Good Soil movement, and the deeper work of apprenticeship to Jesus in the second half of life. He shares why he and Cherie are now focused on “going deeper with fewer,” investing in the thirsty few who long for more of God and the abundant life.
Together, Steve and Morgan explore the danger of consumer Christianity, the difference between information and formation, the invitation to become wholehearted men and women, and why brokenness is not the end of the story but often the beginning of deeper restoration.
This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, spiritually dry, overextended, or aware that simply “believing the right things” has not produced the healing, maturity, intimacy, and purpose they long for. Morgan reminds us that God is not far away. He meets us at the end of our rope, in our need, in our pain, and in the ordinary moments where we create space to notice His voice.
Learn more about Morgan and Cherie Snyder’s work at Become Good Soil:
Learn more about Embracing Brokenness Ministries:
https://embracingbrokenness.org
Chapters
00:00 — God Meets Us at the End of Our Rope
01:00 — Welcome to the Embracing Brokenness Podcast
01:32 — Introducing Morgan Snyder
02:14 — Morgan’s History with John Eldredge and Wild at Heart
03:34 — Becoming Good Soil and Going Deeper with Fewer
04:55 — Husband and Wife Ministry in the Second Half of Life
05:45 — Don’t Waste Your Pain
07:01 — Preferring a Circle Over a Platform
08:00 — The Hidden Years and Carrying Water
09:11 — Steve’s First Wild at Heart Retreat
11:08 — Trusting the Slow Work of God
12:33 — The Interior Work of Becoming Whole
14:23 — We Are All Being Discipled by Something
16:21 — Leaving Platform, Salary, and Momentum
17:45 — Brokenness, Anesthesia, and the Fire in the House
21:22 — The Cost of Not Following Jesus
22:36 — Sabbath as Resistance
23:48 — God as the Father Who Initiates Our Children
24:56 — Why Embrace Brokenness?
27:16 — Living Where God Has to Show Up
29:16 — Becoming the Kind of Person God Can Entrust
30:25 — Risk at the Core of Discipleship
31:05 — Prison Ministry and Holy Ground
34:11 — What Is Burdening Morgan’s Heart?
35:48 — Dallas Willard and the Discipleship Crisis
37:40 — Power, Service, and the Vulnerable
39:52 — The Incomplete Gospel
41:57 — Consumer Christianity and Hyper-Individualism
43:53 — Information Is Not Enough
45:22 — What If God Feels Distant?
46:31 — How Do I Find God?
47:31 — Creating Space to Notice God
48:37 — The Gift of Margin
49:35 — Micro-Shifts That Change a Life
50:31 — Start with What Is Necessary
51:08 — Becoming a King and Practical Resources
52:02 — Become Good Soil and the Thirsty Few
53:28 — Participating in the Restoration of All Things
54:05 — Closing Thoughts