Wild Obedience Man

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 40 Title: I might be blocking my own blessings Description: It’s early morning on June 16—Father’s Day—and I’m walking around my parents’ neighborhood before the whole house wakes up. We’re in town for four days before heading to Charleston for a kid-free trip. Today I go deep on the word prosper , tracing its definition, etymology, and biblical framing. I confess a...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 39e Title: What if God actually is telling me to prosper? Description: Driving home on Father’s Day, listening to worship music and following the Spirit, I saw a billboard with the word “prosper”—and it hit me like a thunderbolt. I looked up the definition, talked it through with ChatGPT, and realized I’ve been blocking blessings out of fear and theology. The word “...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 39d Title: Today was the first day I raised both hands in worship Description: We’re leaving church, and I had to document something that’s never happened before: I raised both hands in worship for a full seven or eight minutes. As someone who grew up Catholic and always held back physically in church, this was a vulnerable milestone. It may sound small, but it crac...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 39c Title: Even a fighter like me has to put the sword down sometimes Description: I recorded this while driving to church, after two intense Father’s Day episodes. This one’s quieter—more of a confession about the unknown, the exhaustion, and the spiritual tension I live in. I talk about my weariness, the temptation to numb out, and the challenge of trusting God wi...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 39b Title: This is how I’m closing it on Father’s Day Description: This is part two, recorded from my F-150 in a condo parking lot, wrapping up thoughts from earlier and offering a prayer on Father’s Day. I reflect on the kind of man my dad was—truth-teller, steady voice, and foundational influence—and how that shaped my own boldness today. I speak directly to those...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 39a Title: I’m just a dude trusting God’s gonna do something with this Description: It’s Father’s Day, June 15, and I’m driving through Newtown after buying a new Carhartt shirt and listening to Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris discuss the chaos of the internet and institutional collapse. I reflect on algorithmic decay, moral erosion, and the collective brain-melting...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 38 Title: It's not easy to quit Description: I'm parked outside a UDF on Beechmont staring at a cigarette poster that says, "It's not easy to quit." It's a moment of real-time temptation, the kind that used to knock me out. I'm alone in the car, running errands in Cincinnati, and the urge to buy a $5 edible hits hard. I talk about what it's like to still want the ol...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 37 Title: How much can we protect our kids' innocence? Description: It’s the morning of June 14th, and I’m on my way to Starbucks before a housewarming party at Jamie and Luci’s. Last night’s movie with my kids stirred something deeper in me. First Noah, then Leo—both got scared and had to leave. And then that Final Destination skull poster… it just pushed me to ref...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 36 Title: I just want to protect their innocence Description: It’s evening. We’re at the theater watching How to Train Your Dragon 2 —and my three-year-old, Noah, taps my arm and says, “Dad, I’m scared. I want to go home.” So we leave. Just like that. The whole car ride, I’m undone by how innocent he is, and how beautiful that is. I don’t want to miss it. I don’t wa...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 35 Title: Crucifying the Idol of Self  Description: It’s early Friday morning, June 13th, and I’m recording from my in-laws’ basement before the rest of the house wakes up. Last night we spent time with dear friends, played a hilarious game called Puns of Anarchy, and had some powerful conversations. One topic that resurfaced for me this morning was abortion—but no...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 34c Title: God’s Not a Cupcake Description: Five minutes after Episode 34b, I’m in the car with the kids, and things take a turn—from hustle and restlessness to one of the most precious, spirit-filled family conversations. It starts with Noah saying, “God is not a cupcake,” and it launches into a whole ride of theology, forgiveness, deer-spotting, and trusting God’s...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 34b Title: I Don’t Know How to Relax Anymore Description: It’s still June 12th, and I’m in the car heading to lunch with my dad, his cousins, and my kids. I said I’d take the day off, but now I’m restless. When I don’t have a task or project, my mind spirals into guilt, anxiety, and productivity panic. I’m wrestling with the fact that God may be giving me a green pa...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 34a Title: Yes, I Will Battle Description: It’s June 12th, 10:50 AM, and I’m tired. I’m coming off a high from yesterday’s momentum on thedailycrumb.com , but this morning didn’t bring the same energy. I knew it would be a battle today—and it is. But I said yes. Yes to the fight. Yes to not doing it in my own strength. Yes to the Lord. Just saying yes made something...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33o2 Title: Catching Rats with Fishing Poles Description: It’s 11PM and I’m driving home after a full night serving on the streets with Love City Church. I’m wiped. The young bucks and old vets are still going hard, but I’m tapped out. One of the highlights—if you can call it that—was meeting a man fishing for rats with a pole and smacking them on the concrete. Not...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33N2 Title: I Kind of Want to Go Home, But We're Staying Description: It’s late and I’m driving solo, caravaning behind a few others. We’ve still got stops to make—over by the Bengals stadium, then Third Street, maybe the courthouse or St. Francis after that. I’ll be honest: I kind of want to go home. I want to get some sleep. But something about knowing the others...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33M2 Title: He Was Out Here Catching Rats With a Fishing Pole Description: This one’s barely listenable—there’s a train blaring for half of it—but we were deep in the work. We were back behind the camps serving food, handing out waters and lemonade, and talking with people in the dark, loud corners of the city. I met guys catching rats with fishing poles, guys who’v...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33L2 Title: We’re Just Driving Over the Bridge Description: It’s 9:17 PM and we’re leaving the Northern Kentucky Emergency Shelter. We served for about an hour and 15 minutes. I just met a guy named Blake—a brother in the Lord—and we had one of the most real conversations I’ve had in a long time. I’ll post that next. And I also talked to Kevin, a homeless vet who’s...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33k2 Title: He Called Me First — And He’ll Never Let Go Description: This was the continuation of my conversation with Blake—still inside the Northern Kentucky Emergency Shelter, now sitting down as meals were served. We'd just prayed over the men, and now we were eating and talking about everything: faith, failure, identity, power, and redemption. This wasn’t a scr...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33j2 Title: He Called Us Out of Darkness Description: This was recorded at the Northern Kentucky Emergency Shelter during a Wednesday night outreach with volunteers from my church. We were there to serve the homeless—setting up food, praying over the men, and handing out plates. You’ll hear all the chaos from the back kitchen: hot dogs, cookies, missing ketchup—and...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33i2 Title:Come When He Calls — Kevin’s Story Description: Recorded outside the Northern Kentucky Emergency Shelter the night of June 11, 2025, just before serving with Love City Church. This is raw and real. Kevin was the first guy I met. A war veteran. He’s had eight strokes. Much of the conversation is hard to follow—his speech broken and scattered—but I hit reco...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33h2 Title: Come When He Calls Description: This one’s a reflection from my walk at French Park with Yost. He was talking about his husky Nikki—how all he really expects from her is that she treats other dogs with respect and comes when he calls. And it hit me: that’s basically what God asks of us too. Love people. Love Him. Come when He calls. That’s the Shepherd....

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33g2 Title: We Did It, Y’all. We Did It! Description: It’s done. TheDailyCrumb.com is officially live. Everything’s connected, everything’s running—go click every link you can find. The Holy Spirit took the wheel today, and I just walked. After telling my wife “It’s launched!” I’m off to Kroger for frozen pizzas and binkies, then heading to feed folks with Mr. G fro...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33f2 Title:This Is the Final Final Final One Description: Okay—this is the real final one. I’m about to wire it all together like Clark Griswold plugging in the Christmas lights in Vegas Vacation. It might explode, it might flop, but we’re doing this CRUMB rocket launch either way. Head to TheDailyCrumb.com for all the links. Things are gonna evolve like crazy, bran...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33d2 Title: You’re Gonna Click Description: Let’s be real—it’s all in God’s hands. I’ve got to crank out these ads because you are going to click. If you’ve made it this far, you’re already hooked. You’re gonna dive into all the links, listen to the pods, and next thing you know, you’ll be a Samurai for Jesus wondering how you got here. That’s how it works. I just d...

🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 33e2 Title: Voice Notes in a Church Parking Lot Description: All right, that’s it. I’ve got to stop. Y’all need to go to bed. This was just the first campaign in a long war against silence. I’m hoping these episodes drive traffic forever—and one day I’ll hit $10K/month and post a YouTube video like, “I made this by recording voice notes in a church parking lot talki...