The Signpost Inn Podcast

This episode releases on Good Friday, and we're leaning into the gravity of the day. We explore the universal experience of grief exhaustion—that bone-deep weariness that comes from living in a world marked by loss, disappointment, and unrelenting demands.

We give you permission to name it: life IS hard. Then we ask the harder question: what do exhausted people actually need? And we discover that God offers more than mere presence. Through Jesus—the One who has been through the worst grief and emerged victorious—God provides divine solidity, not just solidarity. He holds, carries, and transforms our grief, making it participate in his death-and-resurrection pattern. We grieve, but not as those without hope.

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"By any human measure, Jesus' life was an abject failure." If he ever dreamed of a successful career in ministry, or of being hailed as king. That dream died. 

What about you? Which of your dreams have died?

Brandon, Liv, and Matt explore a hard but hopeful truth: God is in the habit of making good things come out of death. This episode digs into Brandon's article of the same name, wrestling with what it means when God doesn't stop the death of our dreams.

We talk about the importance of grieving, how to sit with people in their pain without trying to fix it, and why the pattern of Jesus' life, from failure to cross to resurrection, is the pattern for ours too.

If your life feels like a failure, if you're stuck in a season that doesn't make sense, this one's for you. God's not done yet.

Links:

Read the article: "The Dream That Died and the God Who Didn't Stop It" https://www.signpostinn.org/blog/the-dream-that-died-and-the-god-who-didnt-stop-it 

Free Webinar — Reading the Gospels with Your Imagination (March 21st): https://www.signpostinn.org/events 

Brandon's Book — Changing the Conversation: Learning to Dance Instead of Fight: https://amzn.to/3PfFLkd 

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Thanks to Rex Daugherty for creating the original theme music for this podcast. He's an award-winning artist and you can check out more of his work at rex-daugherty.com

"The God of the Old Testament is a monster." If your teen or adult child has said something like this, you know how it feels. And if you're honest, part of you might wonder the same thing.

Today Brandon sits down with Old Testament scholar Adam Hensley to tackle the hardest questions head-on. How can the God who commands "utterly destroy" be the same God who says "love your enemies"? What do we do with passages like the Canaanite conquest or Jephthah's daughter? Is the OT really about law and judgment while Jesus is about love and grace?

This isn't about winning an argument with your kid. It's about understanding what they're wrestling with, and finding real answers you can hold onto yourself.

Honest. Compassionate. Hopeful. Your child's hard questions might be an invitation for both of you.

Links:

Called to be God’s People by Andrew Steinmann

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Why do disagreements with my kids, or anyone I love, feel like the end of the world?       

When my kid comes at me with 'Dad, you CAN'T believe that!' It feels like everything is on the line. Like if we can't agree, we're done. Have you felt that way recently?

Brandon and Liv explore the concept of a "relational home"—that safe emotional space where we can hold pain without being destroyed by it. The problem? We often make our kids that home. Their approval becomes our anchor. And when they challenge our faith, our politics, our identity, it feels like an existential threat.

The solution isn't better arguments. It's a better anchor. Drawing from 2 Timothy 1:12, Liv shares how when God is your relational home, you can hold space for conflict without it threatening your existence. You're free to stay in the room, stay curious, stay loving—because your security isn't on the line.

Links:

FREE Download — The Surrendering Prayer: https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZm9vd5ZymrayTkfJ5JbEWqkm6KI4bwa41zV

Spiritual Direction with Brandon: https://www.signpostinn.org/spiritual-direction

FREE Webinar — Heal & Deepen Your Relationship with Your Kids: https://www.signpostinn.org/webinar

In Prayer by CPH https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.cph.indevotion.android

Free Lectionary readings (Complementary) https://www.biblegateway.com/reading-plans/revised-common-lectionary-complementary/next?version=CSB 

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Thanks to Rex Daugherty for creating the original theme music for this podcast. He's an award-winning artist and you can check out more of his work at rex-daugherty.com

Here's an uncomfortable reality: we parents can easily idolize our kids.

When your teen or adult child is distant, critical, or just doesn't seem to like you, it cuts deep. You want their approval, their friendship, their gratitude. That's not wrong—it comes from love! But what happens when their opinion of you becomes the measure of your worth?

Brandon, Liv, and Matt explore the common trap of needing our kids' validation—and why it always backfires. When your child's approval becomes the sun in your identity solar system, you become grasping, controlling, or bitter. The very thing you're doing to win their love pushes them away.

The solution isn't trying harder. It's letting God be your source of validation so you're finally free to love your kids without needing anything back. That's when you can give them what they actually need: compassion, patience, and a parent who isn't desperate.

Practical. Honest. Hopeful.

Links:

How to Read the Gospels with Your Imagination Workshop: https://www.signpostinn.org/events/gospel-imagination-mar-21

Free Webinar — Heal & Deepen Your Relationship with Your Kids: https://www.signpostinn.org/webinar

Brandon's Book — Changing the Conversation: Learning to Dance Instead of Fight: https://www.signpostinn.org/book

Join us for an event: https://www.signpostinn.org/events

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Thanks to Rex Daugherty for creating the original theme music for this podcast. He's an award-winning artist and you can check out more of his work at rex-daugherty.com