The Signpost Inn Podcast

All Hallows AI: (Halloween, Artificial Intelligence, and the Approval We're Really Seeking)

On this special Halloween episode, hosts Liv and Brandon ask why creating AI avatars of the dead seems so alluring. What does it say about our deepest soul questions and longing for the permanent approval of the dead? And what does God have to say about all of this? Liv and Brandon wrap it up with lots of hope as we talk about the real promise of resurrection life in Christ that we celebrate on All Saints Day. 
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How Do I Make Things Right? (A Conflict Resolution Roadmap)

What do you do when you know you need to make things right with someone, but you have no idea where to start?
We've all been there - stuck in a conflict where we know something needs to happen, but we're paralyzed. Maybe you're the one who got hurt and people keep telling you to "just forgive," but you don't even know what that means. Or maybe you're the one who messed up and you want to apologize, but you're terrified of making it worse. You're caught between wanting peace and not knowing how to get there without either pretending everything's fine or making yourself a doormat.
Last episode we talked about what to do when someone you love won't talk to you. But what about when they WILL talk – and now you have to figure out what to actually say? 
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What do you do when the people you love most won't talk to you? (Human Silence and God’s Words)

In our polarized world, we're facing an epidemic of relational silence. Maybe it's your child who's pulled away. Your spouse who's emotionally checked out. A friend who's gone cold after a disagreement. A sister who won't return your calls. The silence is deafening, and it hits us at the deepest level because we're wired for connection. When those we love most won't engage, we long for restoration, and it makes us feel worthless, unlovable, and much much more.
Join Brandon, Liv, and Matt for an emotional and powerful exploration of loneliness and finding connection in Christ.
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Links/References
Explore.org
Register for a Workshop or Intensive
Not Home Yet Audio Book
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Why Is Trusting God So Hard? (How Your Self-Image Influences Your God-Image)

WHY IS IT SO DANG HARD TO TRUST GOD? I know I should trust him, but more often than not I don’t and hang on to my fear, my anger, my sin. What’s going on here?
This week we getting a real and talking about our own struggles with trusting God and how getting to know Jesus for who he really is has helped!
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UNSCRIPTED! (The Risk of Faith and Our Soul’s Need for Adventure!)

This week the Signpost Inn Podcast goes off the trail and into the uncharted wilderness with an unscripted and unfiltered episode! We're missing Matt, saying “goodby” to Peter, and wrangling technology… but then the conversation took “a leap” into the deep end and we talked about how our souls’ have a longing for adventure — real risk — and how God doesn’t only provide security and comfort but also calls us to take real risks and real responsibility. 
Join us as we toss out the script, and the BS, and get real about our fears and faith.
 
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Taking our soul questions to God

Do you wake up in the morning with the vague sense that you’re already falling behind? 
 
In today’s episode, the group talks about how each of us have deep questions of the soul that we need God to answer or else we’ll spend our lives demanding answers from everyone and everything else. Questions like, “Am I capable?” “Am I enough?” and especially, “Am I lovable?” We are often completely unaware of these soul questions, but they subconsciously drive most everything we do. To top it all off, we’re often terrified of bringing these questions to God, the only one who can truly answer them! So tune in for our conversation as we compassionately unpack this dilemma and explore answers from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Return of the Prodigal Son. 
 
We pray this episode changes the way you understand how God relates to you :)
 
Links/References
Matt’s sermon on Psalm 16
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Narnia, anxiety, and belonging

Have you ever felt childish for believing in beauty — in meaning — in Jesus? Like, the really “grown up” way to think is that faith is a cutesy, meaningless fairytale?
 
If so, we want you to know you’re not alone! Also, you’re not naive, you’re just remembering home. In this conversation we talk about The Chronicles of Narnia and how they teach us childlike faith in goodness, truth, and beauty. We share our experiences with Narnia and some of our favorite passages too. Come along for the ride and learn to let God be God and watch his story unfold around you. 
 
Links/References
Not Home Yet, by Brandon and Liv Booth: https://www.signpostinn.org/product/not-home-yet
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Books that ambushed us! (They'll get you too!)

Has a book ever jumped off the shelf, interrupted your life and left you forever changed? 
 
On today’s show the gang shares the books that have ambushed them and left them with a new view of life, themselves and God. These books have opened our eyes to beauty, truth, and goodness and we’re eternally grateful! Be warned, Listener, after this episode you will walk away with a “dangerous” reading list of books that are waiting to disrupt your life for good!
 
We hope you enjoy today’s show. Jesus thinks you’re the bee’s knees (aka, he likes you)
 
Links/References
Interior Freedom, by Jacques Philippe: https://amzn.to/3IMEihX
The Lightbringer Series, by Brent Weeks: https://amzn.to/45gjBUt
Hind’s Feed on High Places, by Hannah Hurnard: https://amzn.to/41dBnFp
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/4kZn5iF
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare: https://amzn.to/452D2yF
The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen: https://amzn.to/3IJ4xpE
Abel’s Island, by Williams Steig: https://amzn.to/3UuxjNi
Practice in Christianity, by Søren Kierkegaard: https://amzn.to/4kUctBC
The Abolition of Man, by C.S. Lewis: https://amzn.to/40B3AWv
On the Freedom of a Christian, by Martin Luther: https://amzn.to/454fJV8
Into your hands Father, by Wilfrid Stinissen: https://amzn.to/3IJ5bU6 
 
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Faith is more than intellectual assent (Spiritual Formation with Dr. Alan Johnson)

Do you know a lot about God, but still sometimes feel disconnected from him? What does it mean to love the Lord with your heart, soul, mind, and strength? 
 
Today’s guest, Dr. Reverend Alan Johnson shares about spiritual formation and his journey from knowing information about God to experiencing him relationally. As a pastor, Dr. Alan sheds some light on the unique challenges that ministry leaders face in cultivating their relationship with God. Anyone facing questions or trials can find it easier and safer to retreat into the realm of knowledge about God rather than wrestle relationally with these questions. Throughout the show Dr. Alan talks about his experience of spiritual formation and the practices that helped him relate to God and see himself more and more as a beloved child of God. 
 
So, come join us for a great conversation as we learn to let Jesus pull his weight and form us into who he made us to be, children of God. 
 
Links/References
Try out Spiritual Direction with Pastor Alan
Check out Pastor Alan’s sermons
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Your boring life is way holier than you think! (theology of vocation)

Does your everyday life feel boring and disconnected from a sense of meaning and purpose? What if your boring life is way more holy than you think?
 
On today’s show the gang tackles the topic of vocation and our desire for meaning and purpose. The question of vocation often feels like trying to find a needle in a haystack, if we miss God’s calling on our lives everything else is pointless! What if that’s not how vocation works? Looking to Martin Luther, the group discusses his idea of “The masks of God” and how it relates to vocation. God delights to work through ordinary means. Police officers, government officials, and grocers are used by God to meet our needs for safety, peace, and daily sustenance. This perspective is larger than the category of occupation, helping us understand how the embrace of a friend and our honest conversation with a loved one is God at work to meet our hearts’ need for acceptance and belonging. The group closes the conversation with a rubric for making decisions about life and vocation. 
 
We pray this conversation blesses you and opens your eyes to God at work for you, in the world around you. 
 
Links/References
“God at Work” by Gene Veith
Explore your relationship with God through spiritual direction
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