{"podcast":{"title":"Crusade with Me","slug":"crusade-with-me-7168317","podcast_index_feed_id":7168317,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/crusade-with-me/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/crusade-with-me","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/crusade-with-me/podcast_cover_20260614_120618_7dc156464bac6f9cdd86ef5d19970f00.png","author":"Dave McKee","episode_count":161,"summary":"Crusade with Me! Life is not a spectator sport. You were created for growth, purpose, courage, and transformation—and none of those things happen by accident. Crusade with Me! is a podcast for people who refuse to settle for drifting through life. It is an invitation to embark on a lifelong journey of becoming who God created you to be. Each episode explores the intersection of faith, discipline, wisdom, health, personal growth, and purposeful living. Drawing from Scripture, ancient wisdom, practical experience, and honest conversation, host Dave and Kathy challenges listeners to grow stronger in body, sharper in mind, and deeper in spirit. Whether we're discussing faith, resilience, habits, leadership, suffering, purpose, relationships, health, or the everyday challenges of modern life, the goal remains the same: To help you become more aligned with your calling and more capable of fulfilling it. This isn't about chasing perfection. It's about pursuing progress. It's about replacing wishful thinking with intentional action. It's about becoming rooted, resilient, and useful. Most importantly, it's about discovering the freedom that comes from being exactly who God created you to b…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T18:19:17.612737+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crusade-with-me-7168317"},"episode":{"title":"Crusade with Me! Come Back Episode:  Just be a tree!","slug":"crusade-with-me-come-back-episode-just-be-a-tree","published_at":"2026-06-09T08:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crusade-with-me-7168317/crusade-with-me-come-back-episode-just-be-a-tree","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crusade-with-me-7168317","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/crusade-with-me/2894771","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/311031/2894771/crusade-with-me/2026_06_07_19_57_48_00fb177f-3010-42aa-87fc-06f6d25319d7.mp3","summary":"Crusade with Me! is back. After months away from the microphone, we're beginning a new chapter with a simple but life-changing question: What if the secret to peace, purpose, and growth is not becoming someone else—but becoming who God created you to be? A tree never struggles with its identity. An oak doesn't wish it were a maple. An apple tree doesn't envy an olive tree. A tree doesn't wake up one morning and decide it would rather be a goat. It simply receives what God made it to be and grows. Yet many of us spend our lives exhausted from comparison, chasing identities that were never ours, trying to force fruit that can only come from being properly rooted. In this comeback episode, Dave and Kathy explores one of the most powerful themes woven throughout Scripture: God's people are often described as trees. Trees planted by streams of water. Trees that endure drought. Trees that bear fruit in season. Trees that remain rooted when storms come. Drawing from Psalm 1, Jeremiah 17, Genesis 1, John 15, Romans 12, Ephesians 2, and other key passages, we'll examine what it means to stop striving to become someone else and start growing into the person God designed from the beginning. You'll discover: • Why identity always comes before behavior • Why comparison is one of the fastest ways to kill joy • What Scripture means when it says creation reproduces \"after its kind\" • Why fruit is not something we force but something that reveals who we are • How to stay rooted when life's heat, drought, and storms arrive • Why God's design for your life began long before your first success—or your first failure Most importantly, we'll discuss a truth that modern culture desperately needs to hear: The created thing does not define itself. The Creator does. The Christian life is not abo…","meta_description":"Crusade with Me! is back. After months away from the microphone, we're beginning a new chapter with a simple but life-changing question: What if the secre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3121,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crusade-with-me-7168317/episodes/crusade-with-me-come-back-episode-just-be-a-tree/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crusade-with-me-7168317/crusade-with-me-come-back-episode-just-be-a-tree.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}