Crusade with Me

Dave McKee
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Crusade With Me! is a journey into the questions we're usually told not to ask. Who is God—beyond the explanations we inherited? What is a human being? Why are we here? What happens when faith collides with doubt, suffering, desire, love, sex, consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the strange mystery of simply being alive? Here, Christianity isn't something fragile that needs to be protected from difficult questions. We dig into Scripture, the wisdom of the ancient Church, philosophy, history, human experience—and occasionally ideas from far outside the walls of Christianity—to see what survives when we stop settling for easy answers. Because maybe faith isn't supposed to end the search. Maybe it's supposed to deepen it. This isn't a crusade against people, religions, cultures, or those who see the world differently. It's a crusade against distraction, deception, fear, shallow answers, and the comfortable certainty that keeps us from looking deeper. Some episodes will challenge you. Some may challenge us. Good. We're not here to tell you what to think. We're here to ask better questions. Slow down. Pay attention. Keep walking. The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Join the Crusade.

  1. 16h ago

    If You Trust God Why Are You Prepping?

    If you really trust God to provide, why are there cans of food, stored water, and emergency supplies stacked in your house? Is preparing for hard times an act of wisdom—or an admission that we don’t actually trust God? In this episode of Crusade With Me!, we wrestle with the uncomfortable line between faith and fear, trust and responsibility, preparedness and obsession. Scripture tells us not to worry about tomorrow. Jesus tells us to trust our Father for our daily bread. But the Bible also gives us Joseph storing grain before famine, Noah building an ark before the rain ever fell, the ant preparing its food in summer, and repeated warnings that wisdom sees danger coming and prepares. So, which is it? Maybe the real question isn’t whether you have food in the pantry. Maybe it’s why you put it there. Are you preparing because you believe the world is about to collapse? Are you trying to control a future you cannot control? Or are you simply practicing stewardship—making sure you can care for your family and perhaps even your neighbor when something goes wrong? This isn't an episode about bunkers, conspiracy theories, or predicting the end of the world. It’s about wisdom without fear. Preparation without panic. And trusting God without using faith as an excuse to be foolish. Because perhaps trusting God and preparing for tomorrow were never opposites in the first place. The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Let’s keep walking.

    If You Trust God Why Are You Prepping?

  2. 4d ago

    WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE BREATH GOD GAVE YOU?

    What if the breath in your lungs isn’t really yours? In Genesis, God forms Adam from the dust—but Adam doesn’t become a living being until God breathes into him the breath of life. And then God gives him something to do. That raises a question we rarely stop long enough to ask: If God gave you life… what did He give it to you for? In Episode 188 of Crusade With Me!, we follow the breath of God through Scripture—from the creation of Adam to the valley of dry bones, to Jesus breathing on His disciples, to the Spirit descending at Pentecost. Again and again, breath, life, Spirit, and purpose seem inseparable. Maybe being alive isn't simply about surviving, working, accumulating things, getting older, and eventually dying. Maybe the breath inside you is a gift. Maybe it carries a calling. And maybe one of the most important questions you'll ever ask is not “What do I want to do with my life?” But rather: “God, what did You give me this life to do?” This one goes all the way back to the beginning. Episode 188 — God’s Breath The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Let’s keep walking.

    WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE BREATH GOD GAVE YOU?

  3. Sep 29

    Have We Forgotten How To Die?

    Death is the one appointment none of us will miss. So why have we become so afraid to talk about it? In Episode 187 of Crusade With Me!, Dave and Kat step into one of the most difficult—and strangely beautiful—parts of being human: death. This isn't a conversation from a safe distance. Dave was in the room when his mother died and arrived moments after his father's death, becoming the one who gently closed his father's eyes. Kat was driving her father to the hospital when he died. She pulled him from the vehicle and performed CPR until help arrived. They've held death in their hands. Together, they ask whether modern culture has become so focused on avoiding death that we've forgotten how to face it. What did earlier generations understand that we've lost? Why does death frighten us so deeply? And what changes when we stop treating death only as an enemy and begin seeing it as part of the mystery of life? Dave also admits something that may sound strange: He thinks there can be something beautiful about death. Not because death doesn't hurt. Not because grief isn't real. But because perhaps death isn't simply an ending. Maybe learning how to die is actually part of learning how to live. Crusade With Me! — Episode 187 Have We Forgotten How to Die? The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Let's keep walking.

    Have We Forgotten How To Die?

  4. Sep 25

    Would You Still Choose Me?

    Episode 186 — Would You Still Choose Me? After forty years of marriage, there’s one question you probably shouldn’t ask unless you’re prepared for the answer. So naturally, I asked Kat. “Would you still choose me?” Her answer? “No.” And that's where this episode begins. Forty years ago, two very young people stood in front of God and promised themselves to one another. Those two people don't exist anymore. Life changed them. Children changed them. Success and failure changed them. Age, sex, faith, disappointment, laughter, loss and forty years of living together changed them. So, what does it mean to choose each other now? In Episode 186 of Crusade With Me, Kat joins me for a very candid conversation about marriage, growing together, and the roles we've played along the way. We wrestle with masculinity and femininity—not as stereotypes or rigid job descriptions, but as we've actually experienced them through four decades of being husband and wife. We also challenge some of the messages modern culture gives us about relationships: Protect your peace. Never change for someone else. You shouldn't need anybody. If you're unhappy, maybe you're with the wrong person. There can be truth in some of those ideas. But what happens to a marriage if ME always outranks US? Because marriage isn't 50/50 every day. Sometimes it's 80/20. Sometimes one person carries almost everything. Sometimes you adore each other. And sometimes you choose someone you don't particularly like at that moment. Maybe that's the part nobody tells you when you're standing at the altar. Marriage isn't one enormous choice made on your wedding day. It's thousands of smaller choices made afterward. Stay. Listen. Forgive. Apologize. Laugh. Touch. Carry each other. Change. Grow. And when necessary, choose each other again. So, after forty years... Would we still choose each other? You'll have to listen to find out.

    Would You Still Choose Me?

  5. Sep 22

    What If the Person You Love Isn't the Person You Married?

    Episode 185 — What If the Person You Love Isn’t the Person You Married? The person you married is going to disappear. And so are you. That sounds terrifying—until you realize it may be exactly what marriage was supposed to be. This Sunday, Kat and I celebrate 40 years of marriage. And after four decades together, I can say with certainty that I'm not married to the same woman I married in 1986. She's changed. So, have I. Children change us. Success and failure change us. Death changes us. Our bodies change. Sex changes. Faith changes. The things we fear change. Even the things we once believed with absolute certainty can change. But what happens when two people don't change at the same speed—or even in the same direction? In Episode 185 of Crusade With Me, I wrestle with what it means to love a person who is continually becoming someone new. Maybe the goal of marriage isn't to keep your spouse exactly as they were when you said, “I do.” Maybe it's remaining curious enough to keep discovering who they're becoming. Because after forty years, maybe forever isn't simply a measure of time. Maybe forever is a decision made thousands of times: Stay. Listen. Forgive. Apologize. Touch. Laugh. Try again. Ask the uncomfortable question. And sometimes look at the person beside you and say: “Tell me who you are now.” Maybe marriage isn't spending your entire life loving the person you married. Maybe it's spending your entire life meeting them again.

    What If the Person You Love Isn't the Person You Married?

  6. Sep 18

    What IF The Worst Thing That Happened To You... Wasn't The Worst Thing?

    Episode 184 — What If the Worst Thing That Happened to You… Wasn’t the Worst Thing? What if the thing you’re begging God to change today is something you’ll understand completely differently five years from now? We’ve all had moments that felt like disasters. A door slammed shut. A relationship changed. A plan fell apart. Something happened that left us wondering what the hell God was doing. But time has a strange way of changing what we can see. In Episode 184 of Crusade With Me!, Dave explores impatience, perspective, suffering, faith—and our tendency to demand that today explain itself before tomorrow has even had a chance to arrive. We’ll look back at COVID and ask whether time has changed not necessarily what we believe, but how we see the way we treated one another because of those beliefs. We’ll wrestle with the old saying that “time heals all wounds,” the closed doors that become unexpected forks in the road, and Christianity’s audacious claim that something can be genuinely painful without pain getting the final word. And then there’s the dash—that tiny line between the year you were born and the year you die. An entire life represented by one little mark. How much of that dash are we spending regretting yesterday, worrying about tomorrow, or waiting for life to finally begin? Maybe the worst thing that happened to you wasn't secretly good. Maybe you simply couldn't see the whole story while you were standing inside it. And maybe the bigger lesson isn't learning how to control time. It's learning how to live the time we've actually been given. Don’t demand that today explain itself before tomorrow has had a chance to arrive. Live the dash. The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Let’s keep picking them up and putting them down.

    What IF The Worst Thing That Happened To You... Wasn't The Worst Thing?

  7. Sep 15

    Why Do People Hurt You... Then Pretend Nothing Happened?

    Have you ever had someone treat you like absolute crap, disappear for a few days… and then come back acting like nothing ever happened? No apology. No acknowledgment. No accountability. Just, “Hey, how’s it going?” And you’re standing there thinking: Are we seriously going to pretend that didn’t happen? In Episode 183 of Crusade With Me!, Dave and Kat wrestle with what may really be happening when people refuse to acknowledge the hurt they’ve caused. What if they’re not just trying to fool you? What if they’re trying to fool themselves? Why is “I was wrong” so damn hard to say? Can we repeat our version of events until we actually believe it? Can you forgive someone who never apologizes? And does forgiveness mean allowing that person back into your life as though nothing happened? Then comes the uncomfortable question: What if WE are the ones doing it? This conversation explores self-deception, pride, apology, repentance, forgiveness, boundaries, reconciliation, and the freedom that comes from finally telling the truth—even when the truth is about ourselves. Because time passing isn't the same thing as healing. Silence isn't reconciliation. And pretending nothing happened doesn't make it disappear. The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Let's keep walking.

    Why Do People Hurt You... Then Pretend Nothing Happened?

  8. Sep 11

    Why Are We Still Hiding?

    What is the one thing about yourself you hope nobody ever discovers? We want to be known. We want to be understood. We want to be loved for who we really are—and then we spend enormous amounts of energy making sure nobody ever sees the whole person. We hide behind careers, success, toughness, religion, sexuality, reputation, and carefully constructed versions of ourselves. In Episode 182 of Crusade With Me!, Dave follows a question that began with Adam and Eve: Why are we still hiding? From the fig leaves of Genesis to the masks we wear today, we explore shame, fear, vulnerability, control, Taoist ideas about forcing and simplicity, and the exhausting work of becoming who we think everyone expects us to be. But Christianity makes an extraordinary claim: while humanity hides, God comes looking. What if confession isn't giving God information He doesn't already have? What if it's finally stepping out from behind the tree and answering His question—“Where are you?”—with three simple words: Here I am. No résumé. No reputation. No performance. No hiding. Crusade With Me! — Episode 182: Why Are We Still Hiding? The Truth Is Worth Seeking.

    Why Are We Still Hiding?
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Crusade With Me! is a journey into the questions we're usually told not to ask. Who is God—beyond the explanations we inherited? What is a human being? Why are we here? What happens when faith collides with doubt, suffering, desire, love, sex, consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the strange mystery of simply being alive? Here, Christianity isn't something fragile that needs to be protected from difficult questions. We dig into Scripture, the wisdom of the ancient Church, philosophy, history, human experience—and occasionally ideas from far outside the walls of Christianity—to see what survives when we stop settling for easy answers. Because maybe faith isn't supposed to end the search. Maybe it's supposed to deepen it. This isn't a crusade against people, religions, cultures, or those who see the world differently. It's a crusade against distraction, deception, fear, shallow answers, and the comfortable certainty that keeps us from looking deeper. Some episodes will challenge you. Some may challenge us. Good. We're not here to tell you what to think. We're here to ask better questions. Slow down. Pay attention. Keep walking. The Truth Is Worth Seeking. Join the Crusade.

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  • Creator
    Dave McKee
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    190
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Dave McKee
  • Show Website
    Crusade with Me

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