🎙️ 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 OD’d and came back to life, sold everything, and walked from Michigan to Cincinnati quoting scripture. I sat in the dirt next to him listening like he was a preacher. Tonight was chaotic, beautiful, heavy, and sacred.

I talk about:

• Meeting Cliff, who died and came back—then walked hundreds of miles
• Revisiting William, who jumped off a garage and survived again
• Sitting in a camp that smelled like urine while someone quoted Scripture
• Hearing “I Can Only Imagine” sung under a bridge—then hearing the same man cuss out loud
• Families living together homeless under the radar for years
• Why nothing makes sense out here—and why I keep showing up
• God’s presence in the madness, and how He meets me more than I meet others

💡 Highlights & Timestamps:

00:00 – Back in the car, decompressing after outreach

01:45 – Cliff’s story: overdose, resurrection, scripture, and a dirt-floor sermon

03:40 – The paradox: gospel in one breath, blasphemy in the next

05:10 – William’s update and the weight of guilt, drugs, and fatherhood

07:15 – The streets don’t make sense: brilliance, brokenness, and everything between

10:00 – Why I go: not to be a savior, but because Jesus compels me

12:00 – “What you did for the least of these, you did for Me"

📖 Scriptures Referenced:

• Matthew 25:35–40 – “Whatever you did for one of the least of these… you did for Me”

🧠 Core Takeaway:

Jesus meets you in the camps, in the chaos, and in the dirt—often more than you meet Him in comfort.

🙏 Closing Line:

Crumb Confessional #44f — I show up to serve, but every time, God ends up serving me more.