210: A Story Big Enough to Live In – Become Good Soil Foundations Series (Part 5)
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In this fifth episode of the 'Become Good Soil' Foundations Series, Morgan and Sherry delve into the essential recovery of desire as a core spiritual principle. Drawing from the lives of C.S. Lewis and St. Ignatius of Loyola, they explore how deep longing—what Lewis called 'joy'—is not a fleeting emotion but a divine invitation pointing toward God. The hosts reflect on personal childhood memories of beauty, community, and wildness that stirred an 'inconsolable longing,' illustrating how these moments reveal a soul's yearning for the eternal. They frame this longing within the larger Christian narrative: a story of creation, betrayal, redemption, and restoration, where the Christian life is not about suppressing desire but orienting it toward God. The episode emphasizes that in a culture that commodifies longing through advertising and AI, the Christian story offers the only true framework to nurture, interpret, and fulfill desire without destruction. Ultimately, the message is one of hope: we are part of a grand, eternal story where our deepest longings are not signs of failure but evidence of our design for a life that is good, beautiful, and eternal.
Desire and longing are not distractions from faith but essential spiritual signals pointing toward God.
The Christian story is a 'fairy tale' that is true—where goodness ultimately triumphs, and all are known by their true name.
Our deepest longings are meant to be nurtured within the larger narrative of God’s kingdom, not suppressed or misdirected.
Inconsolable longing is not a sign of brokenness but of being made for something eternal.
The recovery of desire requires both wildness and discipline, and it is sustained by community and story.
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The World of Magic and Mystery
“It is a world of magic and mystery, of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen, and wonderful things too. It is a world where goodness is pitted against evil, love against hate, order against chaos, in a great struggle where often it is hard to be sure who belongs to which side.”
The Awakening of Longing in Childhood
“I wanted that moment to last forever. My grandmother and her dancing eyes and her laughing siblings to live forever.”
C.S. Lewis and the Joy of Longing
“He had no idea what it was, where it came from or why it happened but he knew that it was the best of all things and he knew whatever it was he wanted to drink his fill of it.”
The Sacred Romance: A Story Big Enough to Live In
The hosts introduce the 'Sacred Romance' framework—created by John Eldridge and Brent Curtis—as the larger story in which we are invited to live. It includes creation, betrayal, redemption, and restoration.
St. Ignatius of Loyola: From Warrior to Pilgrim
Sherry shares the story of St. Ignatius, whose life transformed from a desire for battlefield glory to a spiritual battle for souls. His journey exemplifies how desire, when oriented toward God, becomes a force for good.
“The gospel is tragedy, comedy, and fairy tale. And the crucial difference is that it is true.”
“It is a world of magic and mystery, of deep darkness and flickering starlight. It is a world where terrible things happen, and wonderful things too. It is a world where goodness is pitted against evil, love against hate, order against chaos, in a great struggle where often it is hard to be sure who belongs to which side.”
“The depth and breadth of our longing must tell us that we were designed for a story big enough to live in, good enough to live in, to contain all that we find inconsolable in ourselves.”
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Morgan
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Sherry
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C.S. Lewis
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John Eldridge
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Brent Curtis
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The Sacred Romance
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Become Good Soil
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
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Baxter Kruger
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The Chronicles of Narnia
book
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