Ep 1217 | Missy & Brighton Open Up About the Moments They Felt Abandoned by God

Unashamed with the Robertson Family

Tread Lively

Religion, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 23.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Missy and daughter-in-law Brighton join Jase and Al for a conversation on the power of mentorship, generational faith, and surviving the chaos of early motherhood. Brighton opens up about feeling overwhelmed, spiritually starved, and learning to carve out time with God while raising children. Missy shares the life-changing wisdom she received from older women during her own exhausting season, and Jase admits he was probably a big contributor to her stress. Everyone shares what Jesus’ crucifixion means to them personally and imagine walking in Mary’s shoes to the foot of the cross. In this episode: John 19, verses 1–30; John 20; Genesis 3; Genesis 3, verse 15; Psalm 22; Psalm 69; Psalm 31, verse 5; Leviticus 16; Exodus 13; Acts 17; Romans 8, verses 3–4; Luke 1, verse 38; Hebrews 2 “Unashamed” Episode 1217 is sponsored by: Stand firm for values that matter. Join the fight today at https://www.frc.org/unashamed https://bravebooks.com/unashamed — Get 20% off AND get Missy’s book “Because You’re My Family” and Jep and Jessica’s book “Dear Valor” free with code UNASHAMED https://brickhousesale.com — Get 30% off every Brickhouse product during this sale! https://www.puretalk.com/unashamed — Get their best unlimited plan for just $29.95 a month! https://meetfabric.com/unashamed — Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. http://unashamedforhillsdale.com/ — Sign up now for free, and join the Unashamed hosts every Friday for Unashamed Academy Powered by Hillsdale College Check out At Home with Phil Robertson, nearly 800 episodes of Phil's unfiltered wisdom, humor, and biblical truth, available for free for the first time! Get it on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and anywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/at-home-with-phil-robertson/id1835224621 Listen to Not Yet Now with Zach Dasher on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, or anywhere you get podcasts. Chapters: 00:00-06:56 Brighton is officially a contributor 06:57-17:01 How to intentionally seek time with Jesus 17:02-25:23 Phil’s gift for telling hard truths 25:24-32:07 What does the crucifixion mean to you? 32:08-40:01 Psalm 22 predicts Jesus’ death exactly 40:02-47:53 Jesus wanted answers from God on the cross 47:54-57:13 Brighton’s big announcement — Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So no matter how you slice it, we're definitely in a divided time in our country. There's no way around it. We see it every single day and watch the news. And so I think in this time of division, we have to have consistency that speaking into the values that we believe in. One of our good friends, Tony Perkins, heads up an organization called Family Research
0:22.9	Council. As a Louisiana guy, he's a pastor, he has our heart for Jesus. He even did a blurb in
0:29.5	dad's book, A Thet of America's Soul. And it's just been there for us as a family, but also as a nation.
0:36.9	So FRC is standing for what's right. They defend faith.
0:40.1	They protect families. They remind leaders that biblical truth still matters. So when others compromise,
0:46.4	our friends at FRC stand firm because if we lose our foundation, we lose the soul of our nation.
0:53.3	Unashamed Nation, you guys can help out FRC by defending
0:56.5	what matters most by visiting FRC.org slash unashamed to learn more. Check them out.
1:07.0	I am unashamed. What about you?
1:14.4	Welcome back to unashamed.
1:18.3	I call this, Jace, upgrade 2.0.
1:19.4	This is awesome.
1:25.0	Not only have we maintained Missy from the last episode, Zach is still gone.
1:30.2	And so we're happy about that. for our anti-ZAC people.
1:40.3	And for you who listened to that episode, we're now nicknaming him one-eyed Zach because of his family photo pick in the wedding.
1:43.4	But we have upgraded 2.0 to Brighton.
1:47.2	Brighton, welcome back to Unashame. Yeah, thank you for having me. So you're now a contributor. Yeah, you're now a contributor to Unashamed. People loved
1:52.5	your episode. You guys did in Nashville. Missy, you said it was fantastic. Fantastic. I didn't
1:59.6	cry at any time while she was on it, but as soon as I quit listening to it
2:04.0	and it was over, I shed a few tears.
2:07.1	It was amazing.
2:08.3	Brighton, it was amazing.
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