Wild Obedience Man

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 49c Title: What if God actually takes pleasure in me? Description: Mid-song, mid-tears, mid-revelation—I hit record. “Sons and Daughters” by Iron Bell wrecked me this morning, and I couldn’t keep it in. This is a raw, undone moment of letting the truth crash through: God takes pleasure in me. I’m His treasure. And He gave everything to get me. That’s the gospel. Tha...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 49b Title: Let God break your rules Description: After seeing the song “Break the Rules” pop up on Spotify, I felt a Holy Spirit nudge to hit record. This short episode is a spontaneous word about how God breaks the rules—not of righteousness, but of human expectation. I unpack how we try to box Him in with our upbringing, traditions, or logic, and why we need to gi...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 49a Title: We didn’t even say Jesus once Description: It’s 4:16 AM on June 30, and I’m walking alone through my parents’ neighborhood, still processing the family party we hosted yesterday. We shared our Mercy Ships journey with over 40 relatives—but something’s bothering me. We never mentioned Jesus. I wrestle with whether people truly understood the why behind wha...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 48c Title: I need to let go of anyone understanding my walk with Jesus Description: Still processing the layers from 48a and 48b, I hit record again to capture what’s surfacing now. It’s raw, unfiltered, and barely coherent at points—but that’s where the truth breaks through. I confront the exhausting need to prove that I know Jesus, to make others understand my wal...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 48b Title: The ego can't compute what it doesn't control Description: Right after posting 48a, I fed the transcript into ChatGPT and asked it to reflect on what’s really going on. What came back was confronting, clarifying, and somehow exactly what I needed. I read it aloud here—line by line—processing the raw truth about my ego, identity, and what rewiring actually...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 48a Title: I'm trying to prove myself worthy of the blessing Description: It's early morning on June 29, 2025, and I'm driving out to get coffee for my wife while staying at my in-laws’ place. Later today, we’re heading to a big family party, but my mind is still tangled in yesterday’s wrestling. I recorded one of my most vulnerable episodes—processing idols, ego, p...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 47c Title: I haven't been making Jesus the reward Description: It’s later in the day, the kids are in the pool, and I’m sitting here confessing the real stuff. Processing with ChatGPT, praying, repenting. I realized I’ve been deeply off—striving for fruit instead of resting in Jesus as the reward. There are father wounds I’m still carrying. Lies I’ve believed about...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 47b Title: We Ended With a Team Franke Cheer Description: It’s later in the day, and we’re in full bug-hunting mode with the kids. But before that, we had a little Team Franke family meeting—because the energy was off, and I needed to say sorry. This episode is a quick field report on what happens when you lead your kids with repentance, not perfection. I talk about...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 47 Title: I don't think I can do this anymore Description: It's a Saturday morning, around 8:19, and I'm leaving Luckman's Coffee after a failed first attempt at recording this. I’m just speaking from the heart now. I woke up and went down the rabbit hole of Twitter—headlines, clips, trending videos. It left me feeling sick, and I realized I'm trading true wisdom fo...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 46 Title: If we just lived the Sermon on the Mount Description: It’s Friday morning, June 27th. I’m sitting in a parking lot outside Luckman's Coffee after reading through Matthew 5–7 on my Bible app. No script. Just heart. I reflect on Jesus’ teachings, the tension of living them out, and how this whole thing—CRUMB, this confessional, even my parenting—is built on...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 45b Title: Update: The Ripple Effect of Our Work in Sierra Leone Link to check out the work we are doing: https://gofundme.com/savefreetown Description: As I wrap up today’s episode, I wanted to share an incredible update from my call with Said yesterday. We’ve been working on the Safe Freetown initiative to fight the Kush epidemic, and the ripple effects are alread...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 45 Title: I’m just going at the pace of life right now Description: It’s June 26 and I’m recording this from my parents-in-law’s office in Cincinnati. It’s 95 degrees, humid, and I’m about to jump in the pool with my son before heading to Washington Park to meet Jason and Sarah from Mercy Ships. This episode is just a check-in. I reflect on the tension between wanti...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 44f Title: Nothing Makes Sense Out Here Description: It’s 10:23 p.m. on June 26th, just getting back from another homeless outreach night with the Love City crew. We went from the emergency shelter in Northern Kentucky to multiple camps near the Bengals stadium—Lynn Street, Gest Street, under bridges, makeshift bike shops, and fire-scorched tents. I met Cliff, who O...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 44e Title: You Just Never Know What They’ve Seen Description: It’s my third week in a row doing homeless outreach, and today I met William—who jumped off a four-story parking garage twice while on drugs and survived. We prayed together, and I’m hoping to help him get into the Salvation Army house in Norwood next week. I also ran into Kevin again, who’s now told me h...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 44d Title: We See You, Working Man Description: This one’s short and from the heart. I was listening to “Working Man” by Larry Fleet, and it took me back to a moment a year and a half ago when my sister gave me that song’s lyrics in a frame—and I broke down in the car. I share what I was going through then: the exhaustion, the early mornings, the secret addiction, a...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 44c Title: The Beauty We Just Heard Solved Everything Description: It’s 12:54 p.m. on June 21st. Krystal and I are walking the grounds of Magnolia Plantation, right after the gospel concert you’ll hear in the next episode. This short reflection captures what we were feeling in real time—how art, suffering, history, and beauty collided into something holy. Krystal jo...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 44b Title: That Gospel Concert Broke Me Open Description: This is the raw audio recording from the gospel concert my wife and I attended in Charleston—a Juneteenth celebration on the grounds of a former plantation, under the shadow of slave cabins, with voices that stopped time. They sang spirituals, hymns, and encoded slave songs that shook the air with power. You’...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 44a Title: We Needed This Trip Description: It’s early morning, June 25th, walking through my parents’ neighborhood in Cincinnati after flying back from Charleston. This confessional is a full reflection on the trip my wife and I just took—four days of restoration, deep connection, and divine alignment. I share what made it so impactful for our marriage, what broke...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 43c Title: Does God want me to chill bro… or hustle hard?  Description: It’s a breezy morning and I’m multitasking—recording and asking ChatGPT if Scripture backs rest or hustle. This episode is me live-processing a tension I constantly face: when to grind for the Kingdom and when to wait on God. I pull up verses, reflect on rhythms of Jesus, and try to answer the...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 43b Title: What actually prevents people from looking at Jesus? Description: Recorded on the road before a coffee with my brother, this is a stream-of-consciousness ramble about truth, instability, and the brilliance of Christ. I reflect on a YouTube clip about the bond market, tech billionaires trying to cheat death, and a post listing geniuses who believed in Jesu...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 43a Title: I've let exhaustion sound like revelation Description: It’s the morning of June 19—Juneteenth—and I’m taking time to reset. I talk through three areas where I’ve been off, especially the confusion between emotion and discernment. I realize I’ve been speaking from burnout instead of patience, and elevating my own feelings above God’s promises. This one’s a...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 42c Title: You're not lost, you're being refined Description: Of course there’s a part three—because when I fed the last confessional into ChatGPT again, it handed back ten more scriptures I couldn’t ignore. This one’s for those still walking through the dark middle, wondering if the light will come. These verses reminded me what suffering is doing in secret: purify...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 42b Title: Let suffering become intercession Description: This is part two of today's journey, recorded after letting yesterday’s pain steep overnight. I asked AI to surface scriptures connected to the crucible I walked through, and the results wrecked me—in the best way. Each verse exposed and affirmed the raw obedience, weary faith, and tested love I shared in the...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 41a Title: I learned trusting obedience by what I suffered Description: It's 5:30 AM on June 18. I woke up with more clarity and calm than I had last night—sleep really can enact a miracle. I reflect on Hebrews 5:7 from The Message and the idea that Jesus learned trusting obedience through suffering. I confess how suffering exposes the gaps in my love, my obedience,...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 42 Title: If I Post This, You’ll Know God Came Through Description: It’s Tuesday evening, June 17th at 7:21 PM. I won’t get into too much detail, but today has been very, very, very, very, very, very hard. This might be one of my last episodes. It might be the last. I don’t know if I’ll even post it. If you’re hearing this, some sort of miracle has happened. Right n...