“No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.”
Our story
Deep Spirituality began with a need. Our founder and chief of content, Russ Ewell, recognized the human tendency to turn faith into a set of behaviors or superficial “rules” while missing the incredible power that comes from simply spending time with God. As a result, those who were searching for the spirituality of God often didn’t see it in Christianity. He wanted to bridge that gap. Realizing the potential an online space would provide for those searching for something deeper, Russ came to our team with an idea.
This deeper version of Christianity awoke something in each member of our team. We were familiar with the basics, the behaviors, the expectations, and the rules. But what we truly desired was the power, courage, and impact that overflows from knowing God intimately, hearing his voice through the Scriptures, and allowing him to know us. We realized a lot of people in the world shared this desire too, and we were excited to use our experience in digital media to help.
We helped Russ publish his first post in 2016, and since then, Deep Spirituality has become a place of refuge and discovery for us—a place to experience God as he really is, to look at Jesus and at the Bible through new eyes, to acknowledge our weaknesses and questions, and to begin to live out the spiritual power that conquers challenges and makes change last.
Deep Spirituality is now a growing multimedia library of over 850+ Bible studies, podcast episodes, videos, articles, and more with an audience around the world. We are here for anyone asking real questions about God—regardless of where you go to church or whether you go at all. We create as we learn, sharing our spiritual journey with the vision of helping more and more people understand how the spirituality of the Bible is life-changing and provides the answers for which their souls long.
“So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.”
Victor Hugo once wrote, “There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.” The gospel of Jesus is the most transformative idea that the world has ever seen, and it is our great joy to make it personal and accessible for everyone, everywhere who visits Deep Spirituality.
We hope that our site becomes a place of spiritual refuge for you, too—a place that helps you grow as you get to know God better and better, a place that not only changes your life but also gives you a vision of a world changed by the life of Jesus, where every human being can live a beautiful and transformative life.
“…For my father, the importance of prophecy lies not only in the message, but in the role of the prophet as a witness, someone who is able to make God audible and to reveal not only God’s will, but God’s inner life. To be a prophet, he writes, is to be in fellowship with the feelings of God, to experience communion with the divine consciousness. The prophet hears God’s voice and looks at the world from God’s perspective.”
Our vision
Our vision for Deep Spirituality is to make God’s voice audible, a phrase that Susannah Heschel beautifully used in the introduction to her father’s book. God speaks through the Bible, and when we look at the world around us, we see a hunger for this type of spirituality. Much has been said about the decline of Christianity, but spiritual openness is rising. Bible sales are climbing. Gen Z hungers for meaning. And yet, other things are rising too, things that reveal deep pain, struggle, and a yearning for hope—suicide rates, loneliness rates, and the prevalence of anxiety and depression.
In the midst of this private struggle, public conversations about Scripture are rare. Religious conversations are often limited to political or institutional controversy.
“The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
God’s Word brings light. God’s Word brings understanding of ourselves, of the world, of God himself. It brings hope and strength, playing a powerful role in giving us the ability to conquer the challenges before us.
For God’s Word to be audible, it must be accessible, and that is the vision behind everything we create at Deep Spirituality. We aim to bring the Scriptures to life, removing any barriers or obstacles to understanding the heart of God. Through videos, essays, podcast episodes, and Quick Quiet Times, we want to empower people of all ages and religious backgrounds to hear God’s voice through the Bible. We also make our entire library available freely so that everyone, everywhere can access it.
As we make God’s Word audible, we hope to help people see God’s vision: a world changed by the life of Jesus, where every human being can live a beautiful and transformative life.
Our approach
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” — Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV
God has placed “eternity in the human heart.” He has made each of us sense and desire the spiritual, the unseen, and the eternal. It is in this sacred space that we find him.
“For [Jesus] is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.”
Jesus lived a spiritual life, and he came to make this life of “the Spirit without limit” available to all of us. The spirituality of Jesus transforms us, changing our lives from the inside out, and moving us toward those in need of hope. All of the content we create is designed to help people find their way back to the spirituality of Jesus and forward to this faith that changes the world.
The Spiritual Frontier is our flagship newsletter and podcast. Created by Russ Ewell, it explores faith at the edge of modern life, giving spiritual perspective about the questions and issues that are shaping our modern world.
Quick Quiet Times are short, creative daily Bible studies designed to help you connect with God anytime, anywhere.
Our videos and podcasts include conversations, immersive Bible stories, and Scripture playlists about faith, culture, and living spiritually in today’s world.
