In the final part of our conversation with James Inman of Still Creek Ranch, we wanted to hear the stories.

The miracles.
The kids.
The answered prayers.
The moments that make absolutely no earthly sense without God.

James shares story after story of watching God provide — sometimes before anyone even knew there was a need.

But some of the most powerful stories aren’t the instant miracles.

They’re the ones that take years.

A child may leave before you think the work is finished.
You may wonder whether the seed ever took root.
You may never see the change you prayed for.

And then, years later, someone comes back.

A husband.
A father.
A college graduate.
A business owner.
Someone who finally understands what was planted in them years before.

Don’t lose heart.

Our job is to plant.
Our job is to water.
God brings the increase.

Sometimes we get to see it.

Sometimes the story is still being written.

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🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU

Learn more, serve, volunteer, or support Still Creek Ranch:
https://stillcreekranch.org

💬 Who poured something into your life years ago that you didn’t fully understand until later?

Connect Before You Correct

In this episode, James Inman shares how Still Creek Ranch uses trauma-informed care to help children from hard places begin to heal.

One of the biggest principles is simple, but powerful:

Connect. Empower. Correct.

Too often, adults try to correct behavior before relationship has been built. But for children who have experienced trauma, authority has often been connected to fear, failure, rejection, or harm.

So correction without connection can feel unsafe.

James shares a real example of a child who became overwhelmed over something as simple as being asked to pick up laundry. Instead of meeting that moment with punishment first, he slowed down, sat beside her, used playful engagement, rebuilt connection, and helped her redo the moment in a healthier way.

That is not ignoring behavior.
That is teaching a child how to regulate, reconnect, and respond differently.

At Still Creek, the goal is not just behavior management.
The goal is healing.

▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@purposepain
▶️ Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/purposepain
🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU

Learn more about Still Creek Ranch:
https://stillcreekranch.org

💬 Question: How would parenting, teaching, or ministry change if we focused on connection before correction?

They’re not “troubled kids.”

They’re kids from hard places.

James Inman explains what Still Creek Ranch really is — not a jail, not a detention center, not a facility, but family-style homes with Christian house parents, safe structure, and trauma-informed care.

When kids are given safety, love, and roots, they can begin to grow.

From crisis to new creation.

▶️ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/@purposepain

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU
 Learn more: https://stillcreekranch.org

New episode with James Inman, Executive Director of Still Creek Ranch — counting blessings, recognizing God’s hand, and helping children move from crisis to new creation.

🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325

🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU

A powerful moment from Jeremy and Lacey’s story: grief, fear, prayer, and the reminder that faith is the formula when life feels impossible to control.
🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU

Episode 13 is a powerful conversation with Jeremy and Lacey Combs about grief, friendship, truth, and the people who stay when life gets heavy.
🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU

New episode out now — a raw and hopeful conversation about “church in the truck,” trusting God’s direction, moving from survival to living, and letting Him reshape the words and gifts He placed in you.
🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU

New episode with Jeremy & Lacey Combs is out now — a powerful conversation about worship, testimony, and trusting God through the valley. (Video visuals may look different this week due to technical issues.) 

🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU
▶️ Full video: https://www.youtube.com/@purposepain

New episode out now — spiritual warfare, prayer for eyes to open, and a reminder from Gia + Molly: don’t gatekeep the Lord. Share Him.

🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU
▶️ Full video: https://www.youtube.com/@purposepain

Episode 9 (Gia & Molly, Part 3) is out now — redemption, humility, peace in the valley, and why testimony is about highlighting the Lord in the middle of the story.

🎵 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325

🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU
▶️ Full video: https://www.youtube.com/@purposepain