Welcome to Friday's edition of the weekday podcast. If you haven't tuned in earlier this week, I'd encourage you to scroll back—each episode builds on the last and points us forward together. Today, I'm opening with a confession: I'm at the age where physical therapy has become a recurring theme in my life. A few years ago, my therapist was someone who actually grew up at our church—sweet, amazing, knows me and my family well. But I'm telling you, there has never been a single session where she stretched me to the point of comfort. Every time, she'd get my arm at some impossible angle, push further than I thought possible, and while I'm making a face like I'm about to pass out, she'd calmly say, "Two more inches." It doesn't feel like healing in the moment—it feels like something's tearing. But it's only later, when I can move my shoulder again with full range of motion, that I realize the stretch was the whole point. In Ephesians 4:15, Paul talks about "speaking the truth in love" as we grow up into Christ—and he refuses to let us separate the two. Truth without love is cruelty with good aim; love without truth is flattery that leaves you stuck. Growth doesn't happen from the top down—it comes from every connection point doing its small part, and it usually involves discomfort. If it never stretches, it isn't growing; it's just getting older.