In this solo episode of Quite Frankly, Beau talks about Dallas, church creative conferences, ambition, being the best for the world instead of the best in the world, creativity in the age of AI, parenting, Brett’s continued disappearance, being saved from something versus saved into something, suffering, endurance, character, hope, gratitude, pickleball, MissionFest, free donuts, Verde Spice confusion, a very specific Denver prayer request, and a Goodwill conversation that escalates beyond what anyone could have reasonably anticipated.Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/48Dq262W476WbTWzIKaCmaMore Quite Frankly:https://fleaubo.com/quite-frankly-podcastListen on Spotify:⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/48Dq262W476WbTWzIKaCma⁠More Quite Frankly:⁠https://fleaubo.com/quite-frankly-podcast⁠🎧 About Quite FranklyQuite Frankly is a long-form podcast about faith, culture, honesty, and the inner life. We don’t rush clarity. We don’t fake answers. We sit with the tension long enough to tell the truth.🔔 Join the conversationIf this episode resonates with you, leave a comment.Share your story.Speak honestly.Let’s do this together.Thanks for Watching!We know your body aches for Quite Frankly merch. Buy some at fleaubo.com/quite-frankly-podcast.

This episode starts on a pontoon boat with donuts, chocolate milk, a cast net, and Beau being asked to hold fishing equipment in his freshly orthodontically engineered teeth.

The goal: catch mullet.

The result: mostly bad spread.

Naturally, we eventually arrive at servant leadership and Romans 2.

In this solo episode of Quite Frankly, Beau talks about cast-net fishing, Milton Quality Bakery donuts, boat-ramp egos, all eight species of bear, Fat Bear Week, Pokémon humiliation, Mexican Train, tennis, broken car-wash parts, Florida football, Brett’s increasingly questionable allegiance to the podcast, declining attendance, discouragement, servant leadership, Romans 2, outward obedience versus inward transformation, and the danger of making good work about ourselves.

Because there’s a problem with taking credit when things are going well:

When things stop going well, you’ll probably take that personally too.

Maybe the numbers aren’t the point.

Maybe leadership looks less like protecting our reputation and more like following the example of Jesus — giving ourselves up, washing feet, serving people, standing on truth, and allowing the Holy Spirit to transform the heart.

The closer we become to Jesus, the less impressed we become with ourselves and the more impressed we become with the grace of God.

Also included: several minutes of bear knowledge that absolutely nobody requested.

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This episode starts with Beau remembering the time an alligator — also known as a swamp puppy, dinosaur dog, or whatever else Florida has decided to call it — absolutely deleted a goose beside the 13th hole of a golf course.

Brett responded by sticking his tee shot within three feet. Naturally, we move from there into mathematics.

In this solo episode of Quite Frankly, Beau talks about fantasy football drafts, fiber-maxing with black beans, ergodicity, neuroplasticity, probability, why repeated attempts change us, Galatians 6:9, spiritual fatigue, becoming more like Jesus, eternal inheritance, baptism, Labor Day laboring, tennis, chicken pot pie, King Manasseh, repentance, and whether anyone is truly too far gone for the gospel.

The episode eventually lands on a question Beau has been thinking about:

What if you don’t need more clarity? What if you need more trust? We often pray for God to show us exactly what He is doing, what comes next, and how everything will work out. But faith may require being okay with not knowing — trusting that God is working even when the path isn’t clear. Keep showing up. Don’t grow weary of doing good. Be stubborn about following the Lord.

Also, 459 attempts apparently changes everything.

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More Quite Frankly:⁠https://fleaubo.com/quite-frankly-podcast⁠🎧 About Quite FranklyQuite Frankly is a long-form podcast about faith, culture, honesty, and the inner life. We don’t rush clarity. We don’t fake answers. We sit with the tension long enough to tell the truth.🔔 Join the conversationIf this episode resonates with you, leave a comment.Share your story.Speak honestly.Let’s do this together.Thanks for Watching!We know your body aches for Quite Frankly merch. Buy some at fleaubo.com/quite-frankly-podcast.