EP 10 | Friday, January 16th, 2026

IT’S FRIDAY. IT’S BECOMING A THING. AND SOMEHOW WE STARTED WITH FRENCH FRIES AND ENDED UP IN A FULL-BLOWN CONVO ABOUT FAITH VS “DELUSIONAL OPTIMISM”… with a side quest through hockey season, Teddy Roosevelt being an absolute DAWG according to my guy Brandon, getting TEMU’D, and why the “church system” feels like it loves a label more than it loves a person.This week we cover:Why “French Fries at Four” is an actual friendship legacy (and also why McDonald’s fries cost like a car payment)Hockey being life right now 🏒The Interior Castle and intimacy with God (and how the church locked her up for writing it… WILD)The difference between manifestation and faithWhy faith isn’t trusting the outcome… it’s trusting the character of God“Labels are lids” — and why we refuse to fit your boxSeasons, identity, “micro-deaths,” and God saying: “Be a dad in this season.”Kairos vs Chronos: when God interrupts your normal timeline and drops a moment that changes everythingAnd we land it with a question you NEED to ask God:What in my life am I calling ‘delusional optimism’… that You’re actually calling faith?