Purpose In The Pain

Tony & Sonoma Adkins

Your pain was never meant to be the end of your story.Hosted by Tony & Sonoma Adkins, Purpose in the Pain is a faith-based podcast for anyone who has ever wondered if their struggle has meaning—and if healing is actually possible. Through honest conversations and real-life stories, Tony and Sonoma explore what it means to find purpose in the middle of hardship, hold onto hope when everything feels broken, and share the testimony that someone else might be waiting to hear. "We have to focus on the purpose but we live in the promise." Each episode features guests who have walked through their own valleys—church hurt, divorce, addiction, loss, and more—and found hope and redemption on the other side. No perfect stories. No easy answers. Just Christ followers getting honest about the mess and the meaning hidden inside it. Because the enemy wants you to keep your pain a secret. He wants you isolated, pressed down, and silent. This podcast exists to break that silence. You might be closer to your breakthrough than you realize. Sometimes you've been leaning against the answer all along. New episodes released weekly.🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts📺 Watch on YouTube, Facebook & Rumble

  1. Oct 14

    SEASON ONE FINALE — Purpose in the Pain

    When we started this, we really didn’t know what we were doing. There were audio problems. Video problems. Technical problems. Unexpected setbacks. Schedules changed. Life happened. And somewhere in the middle of all of it, God kept reminding us: Don’t despise the small beginnings. Be faithful with what He has put in front of you. This season was never about numbers. It was about creating a place where people could tell the truth about what they had walked through and testify about what God had done — and what He is still doing. We watched guests come in nervous and guarded and leave having found another piece of their voice. We heard stories of addiction, grief, trauma, restoration, friendship, marriage, child loss, forgiveness, faith, ministry, and learning how to keep moving when life hurts. And we learned something ourselves: Sometimes purpose doesn’t look like a huge platform. Sometimes it looks like one person reaching out for prayer. One neighbor finding the courage to knock on the door. One testimony helping somebody realize they aren’t alone. One conversation that goes deeper than we normally allow ourselves to go. If that is what God used this season to accomplish, then every bit of it was worth it. To every guest who trusted us with your story: thank you. To everyone who watched, listened, shared, prayed, encouraged us, or sent a message: thank you. To everyone who helped us behind the scenes: thank you. And most importantly, thank You, God, for trusting us with this. Season One may be ending, but Purpose in the Pain is not. We’re moving forward into Season Two with the same prayer: Lord, let this become what You want it to be — not what we want it to be. Thank you for walking through Season One with us. We’ll see you in Season Two. ❤️ ▶️ 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 ▶️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/painpupos3/ ▶️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purposepain/ ▶️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@purpose_pain 💬 What conversation or moment from Season One stayed with you the most?

  2. Sep 23

    Don’t Lose Heart — The Seeds Are Still Growing

    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. ▶️ 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, 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?

  3. Sep 9

    Naivety Is Not a Virtue

    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?

  4. Aug 25

    Not Troubled Kids — Kids From Hard Places

    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 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/purpose-in-the-pain/id1866616325 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cqi1YmIAdLJfc6asLaFQU  Learn more: https://stillcreekranch.org

  5. Aug 12

    Count the Red Cars — Seeing God’s Blessings

    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

  6. Jul 30

    Faith Is The Formula

    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

  7. Jul 15

    Bob and Weave — Friendship That Stays

    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

  8. Jun 29

    Jesus Riding Shotgun

    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

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Your pain was never meant to be the end of your story.Hosted by Tony & Sonoma Adkins, Purpose in the Pain is a faith-based podcast for anyone who has ever wondered if their struggle has meaning—and if healing is actually possible. Through honest conversations and real-life stories, Tony and Sonoma explore what it means to find purpose in the middle of hardship, hold onto hope when everything feels broken, and share the testimony that someone else might be waiting to hear. "We have to focus on the purpose but we live in the promise." Each episode features guests who have walked through their own valleys—church hurt, divorce, addiction, loss, and more—and found hope and redemption on the other side. No perfect stories. No easy answers. Just Christ followers getting honest about the mess and the meaning hidden inside it. Because the enemy wants you to keep your pain a secret. He wants you isolated, pressed down, and silent. This podcast exists to break that silence. You might be closer to your breakthrough than you realize. Sometimes you've been leaning against the answer all along. New episodes released weekly.🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts📺 Watch on YouTube, Facebook & Rumble

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  • Creator
    Tony & Sonoma Adkins
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    17
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Purpose In The Pain
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