What starts as a late-night Easter Vigil run to McDonald’s turns into something much deeper: a conversation about readiness, calling, and the unexpected ways God invites us into His work.

The guys share stories from the Triduum—from cheeseburgers and melting ice cream to a powerful Holy Thursday moment where Kory catches a falling 91-year-old woman during the washing of the feet. What unfolds is more than a close call—it’s a glimpse into how God forms us over time for moments we never see coming.

Drawing on the witness of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the beauty of the Easter Vigil, and the daily call to discipleship, this episode explores a simple but challenging truth: God’s call isn’t usually planned—it’s lived.

If we want to respond in the big moments, we have to practice saying yes in the small ones.

Key takeaway: Stay close to Jesus, live with virtue, and be ready—because you never know when you’ll be called into something holy.

The guys start with wild fun facts—but things take a turn when Chris shares a story from a jungle night hike in Costa Rica… where he came face-to-face with one of the deadliest snakes in the world.

What begins as a vacation story becomes something deeper: a reflection on unseen danger, spiritual awareness, and the reality that we often don’t realize how close we are to harm—physically and spiritually.

And then comes the question:
What does it feel like to make it out alive?

In this Easter season, that feeling points to something much bigger. Not as an idea, but as something real, visceral, and worth celebrating with everything we’ve got.

Happy Easter! In this episode of Story dram, Chris and Kory kick things off with Easter candy rankings and a surprisingly meaningful Holy Week idea—praying and sacrificing for someone far from God.

But the heart of the episode comes through a real-life story: Kory’s recent knee surgery and the unexpected spiritual shift that followed. What if the hard parts of life aren’t interruptions… but the point? What if “this” is the life God is using to form you?

From physical therapy to family travel chaos, the guys explore how to stop grumbling, embrace the present moment, and discover that even the “cost” might actually be the gift.

Because maybe it’s true: travel days are vacation days.

Holy Week is here—and while most of us know Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter, what about Spy Wednesday?

In this episode, the guys reflect on betrayal, friendship, and one honest email that transformed a simple tradition into something holy.

What in your life needs to be said? And who’s bold enough to say it?

Chris accidentally becomes an evangelist… for Ulysses S. Grant after diving deep into a 48-hour biography—and his staff pays the price. From 19th-century emails to unexpected insights about storytelling, Chris and Kory explore how what we consume shapes what comes out of us.

But the conversation turns when a simple story about a locked car reveals something deeper: ignorance doesn’t actually change reality—it just changes whether we face it.

Why do we sometimes avoid the truth? Does not knowing really make us freer? And what does it look like to trust that God’s way is actually for our good?

A mix of humor, history, and honest faith—this one goes deeper than you expect.

Chris and Kory talk about the skills they abandoned when they were younger—and how easy talent can sometimes keep us from growing.

Kory shares a childhood story about crashing his brother’s brand-new RC airplane and the surprising moment of healing that came years later. The conversation turns to regret, the story of the rich young man, and why the things we don’t do might haunt us more than the things we did.

Plus: hot tub conversations, free oysters for 80-year-olds, and why the Lord often meets us right at our point of pain.

What happens when a toddler turns a training toilet seat into a crown… and then gets it stuck around his neck?

Chris shares the unforgettable story of his son Leo, a toilet seat, and the moment that required a hacksaw to fix the problem. What started as a hilarious parenting story turned into a powerful lesson about trust—especially the kind of trust we’re invited to have with God.

Sometimes we want healing, freedom, or change… but the way God wants to bring it about feels uncomfortable, vulnerable, or even a little scary. Just like Leo trusting his dad in a tense moment, we’re invited to trust that God knows what he’s doing.

The guys talk about why prayer is an act of trust, why God asks us to ask for what we need, and how learning dependence on God might be the key to letting Him remove the things we’ve gotten stuck around our own necks.

After debating overtime hockey and Olympic glory, a family road trip to Wisconsin Dells takes a turn when a flashing dashboard light threatens to derail everything. What follows is a dark country road, a mysterious mechanic, and an unexpected offer of radical generosity.

In this episode, the guys explore what happens when self-reliance fails, trust feels risky, and God shows up through the most unlikely people. From sudden-death overtime to sudden grace, this story reminds us that sometimes the ones we least expect reveal the presence of God in our lives.

A simple bus ride turned into every parent’s worst nightmare.

When Chris’s seven-year-old daughter was accidentally put on the wrong school bus, what followed was 30 minutes of fear, confusion, and one terrifying question: Will we ever see her again?

In this episode of Storydram we explore what it really means to be lost — and why being found is always worth celebrating. From panic to reunion (and ice cream), this story points to a deeper truth: we are never too far gone, and God never stops searching.

Heaven rejoices when the lost come home.

Let’s go make some stories.

What do facial hair trends, poisonous frogs in Mexico, clogged toilets full of goldfish, and an unexpected indoor fireball have in common? Apparently… youth ministry.

In this episode of Storydram, Chris and Kory sit down with Eric Duffy to swap unforgettable (and occasionally alarming) stories from years of ministry—stories that felt like failures in the moment but became moments of grace, growth, and lasting impact.

From mission trips gone sideways to retreats that nearly ended in disaster, this conversation explores what it really means to take risks for the Gospel, why God can work through our worst ideas (and our best intentions), and how the only real failure is refusing to show up at all.

It’s hilarious, honest, and deeply encouraging—especially for anyone who’s ever been afraid to try, afraid to fail, or afraid to say yes.