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Surely goodness and faithful love will pursue me

Today, however, even as I fight a full-on panic attack, I read Psalm 23 and the last idea stuck with me: "Surely goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life."

Brandon Booth

August 6, 2024

Rooted! Lessons on emotional resilience from a stubborn mesquite tree.

Long ago, in the faraway land of West Texas, someone once handed me the keys to a Kubota backhoe and said, “See all these mesquite trees? Pull ‘em up.” It was a dream come true! The little boy in me jumped at the chance. The steel! The dirt! The POWER! I was giddy. Until I attacked the first mesquite with my machine. Mesquite trees look like easy prey. They’re short, scrubby, and thin. They look like a stiff breeze could turn them into overgrown tumbleweeds, but they are deceptive devils. Their wood is nearly twice as hard as oak, and they have taproots that descend all the way into Hell. They do not give up easily.

Brandon Booth

July 30, 2024

Summer Reflections and... onions?

My name is Saige Ross and I have been interning with Signpost Inn for the past few months. As my time interning with Signpost Inn draws to a close, I have reflected on what I’ve learned and what I’m grateful for.

Saige Ross

July 23, 2024

A sphinx-like, arbitrary force bearing down on us with implacable hostility

As Liv and I are rapidly completing our new book, I’m back this week with another excerpt from my previous book: Changing the Conversation, How to dance instead of fight in everyday conversation.

Brandon Booth

July 2, 2024

People are Complicated

Dear friends, as Liv and I get closer to finishing our new book (we have a hard deadline of July 31st to send it to our copy editor!) I thought it would be fun to do a few posts revisiting my previous book: Changing the Conversation, How to dance instead of fight in everyday conversation. The book was an “apologetics” book, written to support an audience who was excited about doing social and cultural battle, but with a twist. The premise of the book is this: if you argue to win, you’ll lose every time. In other words, if we do social and cultural battle in all our relationships, we’ll end up with a scorched earth. There has to be a different way. A way of clear-headed and deep-hearted compassion. The way of Jesus. That’s what I tried to unpack in the book: a practical way to make real progress in conversations with difficult people about difficult issues. Today I want to share an excerpt with you. It’s from the chapter titled: “People are Complicated.”

Brandon Booth

June 24, 2024

This Isn’t How It’s Supposed to Be!

We both walked in the room—hearts heavy with unspoken words, problems with no answers. We tried to lighten the load by revisiting past hurts and talking about solutions. The weight remained. Emotions stirred. We were fragile.

Joy Hoot

May 28, 2024

Jesus is for me: The key to paying attention

My Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) was one of the most formative experiences of my seminary training. It taught me how to pay attention to what's truly important. Let me explain…

Peter Gammell

May 21, 2024

Be a Stranger

When I travel in unfamiliar circumstances, as a stranger, it can feel awkward, lonely, even a little scary, but there’s also wonder and the opening of new worlds. When I embrace that I’m a stranger, I find it easier to live in the present: it’s ok to be ignorant, curious, ready to be wow-ed. Like a tourist expecting good things on their journey.

Liv Booth

April 9, 2024

Faith for fiery days: emotional resilience in a burning world

Just the other morning I brought my lovely wife a cup of coffee in bed. As she sat up to receive the warm mug of joe, I looked lovingly into her eyes, smiled, and said, “Do NOT look at the news!” Here 3 suggestions to improve your emotional resilience around this (or any) morning’s news:

Brandon Booth

February 27, 2024

Attention: A Hostage Situation

I am an “intermittent” hostage. Let me explain: The great tyrant of our day, Urgency, keeps violently stealing my attention and holding it at a kind of gun point. \Here I sit at my desk, content to work on my tasks for the day and, “BAM!” an overheard conversation plunges me into fear and worry over the world’s tragedies and heartache.

Peter Gammell

February 6, 2024

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Surely goodness and faithful love will pursue me

Rooted! Lessons on emotional resilience from a stubborn mesquite tree.

Summer Reflections and... onions?

A sphinx-like, arbitrary force bearing down on us with implacable hostility

People are Complicated

This Isn’t How It’s Supposed to Be!

Jesus is for me: The key to paying attention

Be a Stranger

Faith for fiery days: emotional resilience in a burning world

Attention: A Hostage Situation