Why do we struggle to Become More Like Jesus?
Deep discipleship is the journey of becoming more like Jesus from the inside out over time. It begins as we explore the hidden ideas, desires, stories, and wounds that shape us beneath the surface.
Where would you like to begin?
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WHEN SOMETHING STILL FEELS MISSING
Many followers of Jesus sense a gap between the life with God they read about and the life they actually experience. Even after years of faithful involvement, they may quietly wonder:
Do you struggle with the dilemma of a disconnected Christian journey?
Is the transformative experience of early disciples out of your reach?
Do you feel lost in the abundance of spiritual information?
Are you craving a deeper, more authentic connection with God, others, and yourself?
Are you yearning for a more integrated, immersive Christian experience?
Deep Discipleship:
THE JOURNEY BENEATH THE SURFACE
Deep discipleship is the intentional journey through the deeper stages of the spiritual life. With Jesus and trusted friends, we begin exploring the hidden ideas, desires, stories, and wounds that shape us beneath the surface.
Over time, Jesus meets us in these hidden places and increasingly re-forms us through His love. We become more like Him from the inside out—not simply by gaining more information, but through relationship, experience, and authentic community.
TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP
Listen to the podcast
Explore foundational conversations about deep discipleship, the hidden life of the heart, and becoming more like Jesus from the inside out.
Read the Blog
Explore articles about spiritual formation, the hidden life of the heart, hearing God, deconstruction, healing, and authentic community.
Get the Book
Read the foundational introduction to Soil & Roots, the spiritual journey, small communities and the invitation into deep discipleship.
Explore Greenhouses
Discover a two-year guided ecosystem where people explore the hidden parts of themselves and their stories with Jesus and trusted friends in relational safety.
The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons with God himself at the very heart of this community as its prime Sustainer and most glorious Inhabitant.
Dallas Willard
We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
C.S. Lewis
HELP CULTIVATE DEEP DISCIPLESHIP
Many followers of Jesus sense that information and activity alone are not producing deep transformation. Soil & Roots is helping recover the deeper journey of discipleship—where people explore the hidden parts of themselves with Jesus and trusted friends and become more like Him from the inside out over time.
Through podcasts, articles, books, and guided Greenhouses, we are creating resources and ecosystems that help people move toward greater freedom, wholeness, and life with God.
What in the World
is Deep Discipleship?
