About this site
A Fathom Deep exists to cultivate a faith that goes beneath the surface and stays there.
This work is written first for my sons, then for friends and family, and finally for anyone who wants a faith rooted in truth rather than religious performance. The aim here is not to sound spiritual, persuasive, or polished. It is to be honest about what it means to trust Christ in real life.
I am not interested in slogans, buzzwords, or tidy answers that smooth over the harder edges of Scripture. Faith is not formed by pretending everything is fine or by borrowing language that sounds holy but costs nothing. It is formed by attention, obedience, repentance, and grace, lived out over time.
Each post here follows a simple rhythm:
- A written reflection grounded in Scripture
- A song that carries the theme beyond words
- A Bible study meant for slow reading and discussion
- Recommended works for further formation
This is not a platform and it is not a brand. It is a practice. A place to return again and again to the same deep truths, trusting that God does His work in us through faithfulness rather than spectacle.
My hope is that my sons, and others, would learn to step off the surface of a noisy and performative world and into a quieter, truer dependence on Christ.
Why the Name: A Fathom Deep
A fathom is an ancient unit of measure. It is the distance of a man’s arms spread wide.
It is not infinite depth. It is not the bottom of the sea. It is simply deep enough to leave the surface.
That matters.
So much of faith is spent either skimming the top or striving to master what cannot be mastered. But the gospel calls us neither to shallow familiarity nor spiritual conquest. It calls us to trust.
A fathom deep is deep enough to stop standing. Deep enough to stop performing. Deep enough to be held.
We do not need to reach the depths of God to be gathered by Him. We only need to go deep enough to fall into the arms of Jesus.
Scripture speaks often of those arms.
“Underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deuteronomy 33:27
“He will gather the lambs in his arms.” Isaiah 40:11
“Abide in me, and I in you.” John 15:4
Depth is not measured by how much we know, but by how fully we are willing to surrender. A fathom deep is enough to get below the surface and close enough to be embraced.
That is the depth I am after here.
Not exhaustion, but rest. Not display, but devotion. Not mastery, but abiding.
Just deep enough to be held.