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it aligns with our uh Mission and it aligns with our uh Mission and previous Behavior it's congruent if you previous Behavior it's congruent if you previous Behavior it's congruent if you don't qualify then absolutely we would don't qualify then absolutely we would don't qualify then absolutely we would recommend skipping it of course a your recommend skipping it of course a your recommend skipping it of course a your prerogative at the end of the day prerogative at the end of the day prerogative at the end of the day question number two is this issue or question number two is this issue or question number two is this issue or event locally relevant to your community event locally relevant to your community event locally relevant to your community so important so let's imagine that there so important so let's imagine that there so important so let's imagine that there was some some gun violence event and it was some some gun violence event and it was some some gun violence event and it wasn't in your local community but wasn't in your local community but wasn't in your local community but everyone's posting about it and your everyone's posting about it and your everyone's posting about it and your church has never really said anything church has never really said anything church has never really said anything for or against you know gun ownership at for or against you know gun ownership at for or against you know gun ownership at that point there's really no reason in that point there's really no reason in that point there's really no reason in my view for you to weigh in counter my view for you to weigh in counter my view for you to weigh in counter example gun violence event in example gun violence event in example gun violence event in Minneapolis you are a church in Minneapolis you are a church in Minneapolis you are a church in Minnesota you're in the Twin Cities you Minnesota you're in the Twin Cities you Minnesota you're in the Twin Cities you as a church have never really talked as a church have never really talked as a church have never really talked about this but it happened in your about this but it happened in your about this but it happened in your region okay that kind of qualifies that region okay that kind of qualifies that region okay that kind of qualifies that hits the threshold for this framework to hits the threshold for this framework to hits the threshold for this framework to mean that it would make sense for you to mean that it would make sense for you to mean that it would make sense for you to post something third example shooting in post something third example shooting in post something third example shooting in Minneapolis you are in Seattle but you Minneapolis you are in Seattle but you Minneapolis you are in Seattle but you have been very vocal about second have been very vocal about second have been very vocal about second amendment rights for or against if amendment rights for or against if amendment rights for or against if you're for probably maybe don't post you're for probably maybe don't post you're for probably maybe don't post probably not find another time to post probably not find another time to post probably not find another time to post like there is some Nuance to the like there is some Nuance to the like there is some Nuance to the framework but this is something that you framework but this is something that you framework but this is something that you have been vocal about sure okay so even have been vocal about sure okay so even have been vocal about sure okay so even though it wasn't in your community it's though it wasn't in your community it's though it wasn't in your community it's something you've been vocal about something you've been vocal about something you've been vocal about clearly it's Countrywide news it's you clearly it's Countrywide news it's you clearly it's Countrywide news it's you know continent Wide News maybe it's know continent Wide News maybe it's know continent Wide News maybe it's global news then it makes sense to weigh global news then it makes sense to weigh global news then it makes sense to weigh in and of course for this season that in and of course for this season that in and of course for this season that we're in right now we're in right now we're in right now we're getting these questions in we're getting these questions in we're getting these questions in relation to the conflict in Israel and relation to the conflict in Israel and relation to the conflict in Israel and Palestine many churches have much to say

Palestine many churches have much to say Palestine many churches have much to say about Israel and are vocal about that in about Israel and are vocal about that in about Israel and are vocal about that in relation to end times and God's chosen relation to end times and God's chosen relation to end times and God's chosen people and that sort of thing so if your people and that sort of thing so if your people and that sort of thing so if your church is already talking about that a church is already talking about that a church is already talking about that a ton yeah it makes sense to kind of dive ton yeah it makes sense to kind of dive ton yeah it makes sense to kind of dive into that like that one is related to into that like that one is related to into that like that one is related to churches so more than maybe most current churches so more than maybe most current churches so more than maybe most current events this one does clear the threshold events this one does clear the threshold events this one does clear the threshold for churches in ways that previous for churches in ways that previous for churches in ways that previous things probably don't yeah I like this things probably don't yeah I like this things probably don't yeah I like this framework because it it it it engages framework because it it it it engages framework because it it it it engages the idea that and and this questioner the idea that and and this questioner the idea that and and this questioner quoted from their Pastor that these quoted from their Pastor that these quoted from their Pastor that these posts can be reactionary and that is so posts can be reactionary and that is so posts can be reactionary and that is so true you know when when a Glo we are so true you know when when a Glo we are so true you know when when a Glo we are so connected thanks to the internet on a connected thanks to the internet on a connected thanks to the internet on a global scale that we just like we know global scale that we just like we know global scale that we just like we know what's going on everywhere all the time what's going on everywhere all the time what's going on everywhere all the time you know um like in a in a in for most you know um like in a in a in for most you know um like in a in a in for most of human history if a shooting were to of human history if a shooting were to of human history if a shooting were to happen in Las Vegas uh like what happen in Las Vegas uh like what happen in Las Vegas uh like what happened a few years ago like without happened a few years ago like without happened a few years ago like without the internet like we wouldn't know and the internet like we wouldn't know and the internet like we wouldn't know and so it's not something that our local so it's not something that our local so it's not something that our local community is going to have to talk about community is going to have to talk about community is going to have to talk about but we have the internet we are but we have the internet we are but we have the internet we are connected we do know now our proverbial connected we do know now our proverbial connected we do know now our proverbial eyes have been open and so is there eyes have been open and so is there eyes have been open and so is there there is this temptation on social to there is this temptation on social to there is this temptation on social to and sometimes even in person like from and sometimes even in person like from and sometimes even in person like from the pulpit to play one side of the the pulpit to play one side of the the pulpit to play one side of the spectrum like either play Switzerland spectrum like either play Switzerland spectrum like either play Switzerland and not talk about anything ever or do and not talk about anything ever or do and not talk about anything ever or do what a lot of people do online which is what a lot of people do online which is what a lot of people do online which is talk about everything all the time like talk about everything all the time like talk about everything all the time like always have something to say about every always have something to say about every always have something to say about every current event which like neither option current event which like neither option current event which like neither option is probably the most Discerning one and is probably the most Discerning one and is probably the most Discerning one and so that's what I love about this so that's what I love about this so that's what I love about this framework it's like it gives you a way framework it's like it gives you a way framework it's like it gives you a way to discern what is right for you in your to discern what is right for you in your to discern what is right for you in your local community somewhere in the middle local community somewhere in the middle local community somewhere in the middle which is probably where we should all be which is probably where we should all be which is probably where we should all be finding our way um because it's so true

finding our way um because it's so true finding our way um because it's so true sometimes it is relevant to talk about sometimes it is relevant to talk about sometimes it is relevant to talk about something that is happening outside of something that is happening outside of something that is happening outside of your local context something that's your local context something that's your local context something that's happening on a global scale but does happening on a global scale but does happening on a global scale but does intersect with who you are as a faith intersect with who you are as a faith intersect with who you are as a faith community in Minneapolis or Niagara how community in Minneapolis or Niagara how community in Minneapolis or Niagara how you follow Jesus what what the politics you follow Jesus what what the politics you follow Jesus what what the politics of Israel H how that informs your church of Israel H how that informs your church of Israel H how that informs your church like sometimes a global event is worth like sometimes a global event is worth like sometimes a global event is worth talking about and other times it's not talking about and other times it's not talking about and other times it's not so this is a good strategy I love that so this is a good strategy I love that so this is a good strategy I love that you brought that up because never saying you brought that up because never saying you brought that up because never saying anything and always saying something anything and always saying something anything and always saying something neither of those are neither of those are neither of those are strategies if they are strategies strategies if they are strategies strategies if they are strategies they're not thoughtful ones because no they're not thoughtful ones because no they're not thoughtful ones because no one has nothing ever to say and no one one has nothing ever to say and no one one has nothing ever to say and no one has something always profound to say so has something always profound to say so has something always profound to say so if you are falling into either of those if you are falling into either of those if you are falling into either of those camps you've basically chosen to not camps you've basically chosen to not camps you've basically chosen to not create a framework like this you've create a framework like this you've create a framework like this you've chosen to not do the work you've kind chosen to not do the work you've kind chosen to not do the work you've kind ofen taking the the path of least ofen taking the the path of least ofen taking the the path of least resistance basically whatever your resistance basically whatever your resistance basically whatever your personality defaults to oh my personality defaults to oh my personality defaults to oh my personality my default would be talking personality my default would be talking personality my default would be talking about everything my wife's default would about everything my wife's default would about everything my wife's default would be talking about nothing right so be talking about nothing right so be talking about nothing right so whatever your personality is you're kind whatever your personality is you're kind whatever your personality is you're kind of just going like and and it and it of just going like and and it and it of just going like and and it and it feels good because either way you're feels good because either way you're feels good because either way you're like you know what I'm being measured like you know what I'm being measured like you know what I'm being measured I'm not going to rush to say anything I'm not going to rush to say anything I'm not going to rush to say anything yeah cuz you never say anything I am yeah cuz you never say anything I am yeah cuz you never say anything I am standing up yeah but no one cares in standing up yeah but no one cares in standing up yeah but no one cares in this case right this case right this case right right yeah it's um it's not easy to right yeah it's um it's not easy to right yeah it's um it's not easy to discern it's not easy to discern when to discern it's not easy to discern when to discern it's not easy to discern when to talk about things in person never mind talk about things in person never mind talk about things in person never mind on social and because everything happens on social and because everything happens on social and because everything happens so fast on the internet it I think so fast on the internet it I think so fast on the internet it I think actually using that that word

actually using that that word actually using that that word reactionary um from from your pastor is reactionary um from from your pastor is reactionary um from from your pastor is is like pretty profound because that's is like pretty profound because that's is like pretty profound because that's often what it is like you see someone often what it is like you see someone often what it is like you see someone else post is like oh should we do we else post is like oh should we do we else post is like oh should we do we have to post about this now and so it's have to post about this now and so it's have to post about this now and so it's hard enough to discern in person but hard enough to discern in person but hard enough to discern in person but online everything's moving so fast it's online everything's moving so fast it's online everything's moving so fast it's like well uh and so having a policy for like well uh and so having a policy for like well uh and so having a policy for something like this and online feels something like this and online feels something like this and online feels permanent online permanent online permanent online where kind of just like what do you where kind of just like what do you where kind of just like what do you think about that yeah wow interesting think about that yeah wow interesting think about that yeah wow interesting whereas online like I'm reading from a whereas online like I'm reading from a whereas online like I'm reading from a scpt this is our definitive and scpt this is our definitive and scpt this is our definitive and permanent stance for all time yeah and permanent stance for all time yeah and permanent stance for all time yeah and that's why we repeat and remember just that's why we repeat and remember just that's why we repeat and remember just because you qualify doesn't mean you are because you qualify doesn't mean you are because you qualify doesn't mean you are obligated and so if you qualify you're obligated and so if you qualify you're obligated and so if you qualify you're like yeah you know what we have talked like yeah you know what we have talked like yeah you know what we have talked about this before or this isn't our about this before or this isn't our about this before or this isn't our local region or it's both I still don't local region or it's both I still don't local region or it's both I still don't feel right about it then go with that feel right about it then go with that feel right about it then go with that yeah that is let's say the leading or yeah that is let's say the leading or yeah that is let's say the leading or conviction of the Holy Spirit and that conviction of the Holy Spirit and that conviction of the Holy Spirit and that should Trump the framework the framework should Trump the framework the framework should Trump the framework the framework is just there to give you Direction yes is just there to give you Direction yes is just there to give you Direction yes wow coming out of the Gat swinging next wow coming out of the Gat swinging next wow coming out of the Gat swinging next question hey guys I have a three-part question hey guys I have a three-part question hey guys I have a three-part question one for Brady one for Alex and question one for Brady one for Alex and question one for Brady one for Alex and one for both of you to Brady as the boss one for both of you to Brady as the boss one for both of you to Brady as the boss of your own Christian business what of your own Christian business what of your own Christian business what traits do you look for in a creative traits do you look for in a creative traits do you look for in a creative employee and to Alex as a pastor what employee and to Alex as a pastor what employee and to Alex as a pastor what traits do you look for in a creative traits do you look for in a creative traits do you look for in a creative Church leader for both what's your best Church leader for both what's your best Church leader for both what's your best tips advice for asking out an awkward tips advice for asking out an awkward tips advice for asking out an awkward introvert church girl and then they made introvert church girl and then they made introvert church girl and then they made sure to let us know that they're texting sure to let us know that they're texting sure to let us know that they're texting this question in for a friend I love this question in for a friend I love this question in for a friend I love that they're looking up for their friend that they're looking up for their friend that they're looking up for their friend like that so what I look for three like that so what I look for three like that so what I look for three things number one what I call the things number one what I call the things number one what I call the airport test the airport test is we are airport test the airport test is we are airport test the airport test is we are flying somewhere there's a six-hour flying somewhere there's a six-hour flying somewhere there's a six-hour delay is it fun hanging out with this delay is it fun hanging out with this delay is it fun hanging out with this person Alex and I get delayed as we have person Alex and I get delayed as we have person Alex and I get delayed as we have been many times we're having a fun time been many times we're having a fun time been many times we're having a fun time if you are stuck with somebody and if you are stuck with somebody and if you are stuck with somebody and you're like oh my goodness I was just you're like oh my goodness I was just you're like oh my goodness I was just hoping to get on the plane and like put

hoping to get on the plane and like put hoping to get on the plane and like put the noise cancelling headphones in but the noise cancelling headphones in but the noise cancelling headphones in but now I got to kind of like interface with now I got to kind of like interface with now I got to kind of like interface with them okay that to me is like if the them okay that to me is like if the them okay that to me is like if the personality doesn't work like no matter personality doesn't work like no matter personality doesn't work like no matter who you're going to have friction things who you're going to have friction things who you're going to have friction things aren't always going to work I I want to aren't always going to work I I want to aren't always going to work I I want to know that I'm just vibing with the know that I'm just vibing with the know that I'm just vibing with the person second thing is solving in a person second thing is solving in a person second thing is solving in a creative I don't want to feel like I creative I don't want to feel like I creative I don't want to feel like I have to tell you exactly what to do all have to tell you exactly what to do all have to tell you exactly what to do all the time I want you to be almost the time I want you to be almost the time I want you to be almost prophetically no it's just preemptively prophetically no it's just preemptively prophetically no it's just preemptively noticing oh you know what this needs to noticing oh you know what this needs to noticing oh you know what this needs to be fixed beforehand and the creatives be fixed beforehand and the creatives be fixed beforehand and the creatives that I've worked with that I have felt that I've worked with that I have felt that I've worked with that I have felt the most excited to work with are the the most excited to work with are the the most excited to work with are the ones where yes I'm providing creative ones where yes I'm providing creative ones where yes I'm providing creative Direction yes I am broadly laying out Direction yes I am broadly laying out Direction yes I am broadly laying out the plans and the vision for the project the plans and the vision for the project the plans and the vision for the project but when we get into the nitty-gritty but when we get into the nitty-gritty but when we get into the nitty-gritty and we'll get into this in a later and we'll get into this in a later and we'll get into this in a later question I'm not having to be like okay question I'm not having to be like okay question I'm not having to be like okay this tiny little thing needs to be this tiny little thing needs to be this tiny little thing needs to be adjusted or you see you did this which adjusted or you see you did this which adjusted or you see you did this which was inspired by a creative Direction but was inspired by a creative Direction but was inspired by a creative Direction but you see why it didn't actually execute you see why it didn't actually execute you see why it didn't actually execute well they are problem solving and thus well they are problem solving and thus well they are problem solving and thus they are fixing problems rather than they are fixing problems rather than they are fixing problems rather than revealing problems yeah and then finally revealing problems yeah and then finally revealing problems yeah and then finally reliability this means timelines but reliability this means timelines but reliability this means timelines but more more importantly just doing what more more importantly just doing what more more importantly just doing what you say and being a person who is you say and being a person who is you say and being a person who is trustworthy those three things okay I'm trustworthy those three things okay I'm trustworthy those three things okay I'm also looking for three things from uh also looking for three things from uh also looking for three things from uh creative church leaders MH I creative church leaders MH I creative church leaders MH I I'll just I'll list them off and I'll I'll just I'll list them off and I'll I'll just I'll list them off and I'll explain why I'm looking for a person of explain why I'm looking for a person of explain why I'm looking for a person of Integrity I'm looking for a person with Integrity I'm looking for a person with Integrity I'm looking for a person with a non-anxious anxious presence and I'm a non-anxious anxious presence and I'm a non-anxious anxious presence and I'm looking for a person who loves people looking for a person who loves people looking for a person who loves people how did you get stuck with me then I how did you get stuck with me then I how did you get stuck with me then I feel like those three little bit of

feel like those three little bit of feel like those three little bit of question questionable especially those question questionable especially those question questionable especially those second two you don't work at my church second two you don't work at my church second two you don't work at my church yeah now we know why um look I mean yeah now we know why um look I mean yeah now we know why um look I mean we're living through this we've I've we're living through this we've I've we're living through this we've I've talked about it on on the show over the talked about it on on the show over the talked about it on on the show over the last couple years I've mentioned it last couple years I've mentioned it last couple years I've mentioned it we're living through like what feels we're living through like what feels we're living through like what feels like a reckoning of of church leaders of like a reckoning of of church leaders of like a reckoning of of church leaders of all different shapes and sizes um it all different shapes and sizes um it all different shapes and sizes um it feels like every week there is a news feels like every week there is a news feels like every week there is a news release coming out about some church release coming out about some church release coming out about some church leader that uh we have looked up to who leader that uh we have looked up to who leader that uh we have looked up to who it has made some error in judgment and it has made some error in judgment and it has made some error in judgment and is not working at their church anymore is not working at their church anymore is not working at their church anymore because they have done a b or c and so because they have done a b or c and so because they have done a b or c and so that's where the Integrity piece comes that's where the Integrity piece comes that's where the Integrity piece comes in it's like I don't need you to be the in it's like I don't need you to be the in it's like I don't need you to be the best preacher I don't need you to be the best preacher I don't need you to be the best preacher I don't need you to be the best the best worship leader I don't best the best worship leader I don't best the best worship leader I don't need you to know I don't even need you need you to know I don't even need you need you to know I don't even need you to know propresenter we can teach that to know propresenter we can teach that to know propresenter we can teach that we can work with that um but you have to we can work with that um but you have to we can work with that um but you have to be a person of Integrity you I'm looking be a person of Integrity you I'm looking be a person of Integrity you I'm looking for a non-anxious presence and that's for a non-anxious presence and that's for a non-anxious presence and that's that's kind of hard to Define I guess that's kind of hard to Define I guess that's kind of hard to Define I guess you could Define it in in your own heart you could Define it in in your own heart you could Define it in in your own heart and mind we know what a non-anxious and mind we know what a non-anxious and mind we know what a non-anxious presence feels like we know what it presence feels like we know what it presence feels like we know what it likes to be in the room with someone who likes to be in the room with someone who likes to be in the room with someone who was a non-anxious presence I was never was a non-anxious presence I was never was a non-anxious presence I was never in the personal presence of Jesus but in the personal presence of Jesus but in the personal presence of Jesus but from what I know about him uh I I I can from what I know about him uh I I I can from what I know about him uh I I I can imagine that that his presence was was imagine that that his presence was was imagine that that his presence was was non- anxious you know you you see that non- anxious you know you you see that non- anxious you know you you see that in all the stories where the disciples in all the stories where the disciples in all the stories where the disciples are coming up to like Jesus you got to are coming up to like Jesus you got to are coming up to like Jesus you got to do do something and he's like well have do do something and he's like well have do do something and he's like well have you have you ever thought about sheep or you have you ever thought about sheep or you have you ever thought about sheep or like you know he's just like just just like you know he's just like just just like you know he's just like just just like no that's not what we're here to like no that's not what we're here to like no that's not what we're here to talk about but he has his non-anxious talk about but he has his non-anxious talk about but he has his non-anxious presence and so that's so I would be presence and so that's so I would be presence and so that's so I would be like he's not reliable Lord you can do like he's not reliable Lord you can do like he's not reliable Lord you can do something do it yeah and so I'm looking something do it yeah and so I'm looking something do it yeah and so I'm looking for I'm looking for that spirit in

for I'm looking for that spirit in for I'm looking for that spirit in someone and um what was my what was my someone and um what was my what was my someone and um what was my what was my third one what did I say oh uh a love third one what did I say oh uh a love third one what did I say oh uh a love for people um a church is nothing if for people um a church is nothing if for people um a church is nothing if it's not just a group of a bunch of it's not just a group of a bunch of it's not just a group of a bunch of broken people and so if you don't if broken people and so if you don't if broken people and so if you don't if you're not starting from this position you're not starting from this position you're not starting from this position like just um love and care and empathy like just um love and care and empathy like just um love and care and empathy and compassion for people you could be and compassion for people you could be and compassion for people you could be the best at your your your function your the best at your your your function your the best at your your your function your job again best preacher best singer best job again best preacher best singer best job again best preacher best singer best um um um propresenter um but your ministry will propresenter um but your ministry will propresenter um but your ministry will be so unfulfilled in the way that you be so unfulfilled in the way that you be so unfulfilled in the way that you relate to you may be able to do the relate to you may be able to do the relate to you may be able to do the stuff well but will be so unfulfilled in stuff well but will be so unfulfilled in stuff well but will be so unfulfilled in the way that you relate to the actual if the way that you relate to the actual if the way that you relate to the actual if Flesh and Bones of the church which is Flesh and Bones of the church which is Flesh and Bones of the church which is is the people um so any of the skills is the people um so any of the skills is the people um so any of the skills that you're coming on to do whether it's that you're coming on to do whether it's that you're coming on to do whether it's preaching or singing or teaching in uh preaching or singing or teaching in uh preaching or singing or teaching in uh kids church or uh doing propresenter or kids church or uh doing propresenter or kids church or uh doing propresenter or sweeping the floors whatever skill sweeping the floors whatever skill sweeping the floors whatever skill you're bringing to the table we can we you're bringing to the table we can we you're bringing to the table we can we can work with that we can hone that we can work with that we can hone that we can work with that we can hone that we can build that skill but I'm looking for can build that skill but I'm looking for can build that skill but I'm looking for the foundation built on those those the foundation built on those those the foundation built on those those three things so how do you get the girl three things so how do you get the girl three things so how do you get the girl I don't know you didn't marry the I don't know you didn't marry the I don't know you didn't marry the awkward introvert no I didn't and I did awkward introvert no I didn't and I did awkward introvert no I didn't and I did okay so how did you get the girl what okay so how did you get the girl what okay so how did you get the girl what Britney will tell you Britney will tell you Britney will tell you is despite her learning that I have not is despite her learning that I have not is despite her learning that I have not not had a natural non-anxious presence not had a natural non-anxious presence not had a natural non-anxious presence that she very much values and I have that she very much values and I have that she very much values and I have taken great strides toward but still taken great strides toward but still taken great strides toward but still need to continue to Great uh take great need to continue to Great uh take great need to continue to Great uh take great strides toward uh she said that you know strides toward uh she said that you know strides toward uh she said that you know the reason she was the awkward introvert the reason she was the awkward introvert the reason she was the awkward introvert was because she was so unsure of herself was because she was so unsure of herself was because she was so unsure of herself and and she's kind of quiet by Nature

and and she's kind of quiet by Nature and and she's kind of quiet by Nature um in public but like like most of these um in public but like like most of these um in public but like like most of these boys and girls you know those that boys and girls you know those that boys and girls you know those that they're closest with are the ones that they're closest with are the ones that they're closest with are the ones that see like you know their their weird side see like you know their their weird side see like you know their their weird side their funny side you know their most their funny side you know their most their funny side you know their most open side and they're not quiet they're open side and they're not quiet they're open side and they're not quiet they're just maybe not as comfortable being just maybe not as comfortable being just maybe not as comfortable being themselves in front of others because themselves in front of others because themselves in front of others because they haven't ever been nurtured in that they haven't ever been nurtured in that they haven't ever been nurtured in that way maybe they weren't cared for when way maybe they weren't cared for when way maybe they weren't cared for when they did show themselves you know my they did show themselves you know my they did show themselves you know my parents loved me with all my warts to parents loved me with all my warts to parents loved me with all my warts to the point where I showed my warts to the point where I showed my warts to the point where I showed my warts to other people so openly then maybe the other people so openly then maybe the other people so openly then maybe the therapist had to say dial it back yes so therapist had to say dial it back yes so therapist had to say dial it back yes so for her she said that you were so for her she said that you were so for her she said that you were so confident and you were so sure of confident and you were so sure of confident and you were so sure of yourself that like I was drawn to you yourself that like I was drawn to you yourself that like I was drawn to you because that was something I lacked that because that was something I lacked that because that was something I lacked that you had Okay so so whether or not that you had Okay so so whether or not that you had Okay so so whether or not that works with this girl and I can only works with this girl and I can only works with this girl and I can only speak from personal experience guess speak from personal experience guess speak from personal experience guess what one girlfriend one wife I had a what one girlfriend one wife I had a what one girlfriend one wife I had a little like summerling once but because little like summerling once but because little like summerling once but because of youth group I was like we're not of youth group I was like we're not of youth group I was like we're not boyfriend and girlfriend and no one boyfriend and girlfriend and no one boyfriend and girlfriend and no one knows about us sorry yeah to that woman knows about us sorry yeah to that woman knows about us sorry yeah to that woman my my wife is not the introvert uh she's my my wife is not the introvert uh she's my my wife is not the introvert uh she's not introverted in any sense how'd she not introverted in any sense how'd she not introverted in any sense how'd she get you get you get you um you know no it's hard to say I think um you know no it's hard to say I think um you know no it's hard to say I think I think I did I did quite a bit of um I think I did I did quite a bit of um I think I did I did quite a bit of um she is she is extroverted but I did most she is she is extroverted but I did most she is she is extroverted but I did most of the traditional like pursuing Co you of the traditional like pursuing Co you of the traditional like pursuing Co you were at ywam you have to fall into the were at ywam you have to fall into the were at ywam you have to fall into the traditional roles you're in WW this isly traditional roles you're in WW this isly traditional roles you're in WW this isly yeah and I was single and she was not uh

yeah and I was single and she was not uh yeah and I was single and she was not uh so that part of part of what transpired so that part of part of what transpired so that part of part of what transpired not tip to I mean how how do you get the not tip to I mean how how do you get the not tip to I mean how how do you get the awkward awkward awkward introverted girl who has a boyfriend introverted girl who has a boyfriend introverted girl who has a boyfriend already no yeah I mean we were um we already no yeah I mean we were um we already no yeah I mean we were um we were in yam we were teenagers and for were in yam we were teenagers and for were in yam we were teenagers and for anyone who's been to Bible school or yam anyone who's been to Bible school or yam anyone who's been to Bible school or yam or something or even just youth group or something or even just youth group or something or even just youth group you know when you get an environment you know when you get an environment you know when you get an environment like that like any traditional like um like that like any traditional like um like that like any traditional like um courtship rules just kind of uh dissolve courtship rules just kind of uh dissolve courtship rules just kind of uh dissolve and the the hormones are high so it's and the the hormones are high so it's and the the hormones are high so it's not a good environment to like test how not a good environment to like test how not a good environment to like test how to um how to pursue someone so um sorry to um how to pursue someone so um sorry to um how to pursue someone so um sorry but we're really letting this this but we're really letting this this but we're really letting this this person down in but okay that maybe is a person down in but okay that maybe is a person down in but okay that maybe is a useful tip which is it so much is useful tip which is it so much is useful tip which is it so much is environmental so if you are relating to environmental so if you are relating to environmental so if you are relating to this woman in one way and in one Arena this woman in one way and in one Arena this woman in one way and in one Arena only how can you then get that into a only how can you then get that into a only how can you then get that into a different Arena right if you're always different Arena right if you're always different Arena right if you're always seeing each other at church how can you seeing each other at church how can you seeing each other at church how can you see her at a different Ministry how can see her at a different Ministry how can see her at a different Ministry how can you see her you know in a group Event you see her you know in a group Event you see her you know in a group Event Bowling how could you see because if she Bowling how could you see because if she Bowling how could you see because if she isn't noticing you if that's how you isn't noticing you if that's how you isn't noticing you if that's how you feel uh you know maybe you just need to feel uh you know maybe you just need to feel uh you know maybe you just need to provide some more context maybe she provide some more context maybe she provide some more context maybe she needs to see you in different scenarios needs to see you in different scenarios needs to see you in different scenarios you know if Britney had seen me in you know if Britney had seen me in you know if Britney had seen me in different scenarios from church where I different scenarios from church where I different scenarios from church where I was you know Golden Boy she would have was you know Golden Boy she would have was you know Golden Boy she would have seen not exactly non anxious maybe a bit seen not exactly non anxious maybe a bit seen not exactly non anxious maybe a bit of a red of a red of a red flag oh good luck keep us posted on uh flag oh good luck keep us posted on uh flag oh good luck keep us posted on uh on how you Faire there next question I on how you Faire there next question I on how you Faire there next question I love your videos we are a church revita love your videos we are a church revita love your videos we are a church revita plant yeah we we made that up and I'm plant yeah we we made that up and I'm plant yeah we we made that up and I'm glad that they pointed that out because glad that they pointed that out because glad that they pointed that out because I had never heard that I mean it's a

I had never heard that I mean it's a I had never heard that I mean it's a fine phrase uh but we are a REV plant my fine phrase uh but we are a REV plant my fine phrase uh but we are a REV plant my husband and I took over a very old husband and I took over a very old husband and I took over a very old church a year before Co hit not a good church a year before Co hit not a good church a year before Co hit not a good time to take over a church we made it time to take over a church we made it time to take over a church we made it through they know that but barely yeah I through they know that but barely yeah I through they know that but barely yeah I guess they couldn't have predicted that guess they couldn't have predicted that guess they couldn't have predicted that Co was coming we decided to sell our Co was coming we decided to sell our Co was coming we decided to sell our building change our name and move up the building change our name and move up the building change our name and move up the highway to a new area we bought an old highway to a new area we bought an old highway to a new area we bought an old grocery store very cool and we are grocery store very cool and we are grocery store very cool and we are currently holding services in a school currently holding services in a school currently holding services in a school Reynolds will start on the grocery store Reynolds will start on the grocery store Reynolds will start on the grocery store building next month and we will building next month and we will building next month and we will hopefully be in our new facility close hopefully be in our new facility close hopefully be in our new facility close to Easter of next year big plans we are to Easter of next year big plans we are to Easter of next year big plans we are a small Church averaging 60 to 70 people a small Church averaging 60 to 70 people a small Church averaging 60 to 70 people every Sunday we want to grow I'm over every Sunday we want to grow I'm over every Sunday we want to grow I'm over our social media and honestly I our social media and honestly I our social media and honestly I shouldn't be I wish we should I wish we shouldn't be I wish we should I wish we shouldn't be I wish we should I wish we could hire your team but at this point could hire your team but at this point could hire your team but at this point it's not real it's not real it's not real I'm thinking of trying to make a series I'm thinking of trying to make a series I'm thinking of trying to make a series out of the renovation process of our out of the renovation process of our out of the renovation process of our building since people seem to like building since people seem to like building since people seem to like before and afters what are your thoughts before and afters what are your thoughts before and afters what are your thoughts to Dynamite idea I fully endorse it to Dynamite idea I fully endorse it to Dynamite idea I fully endorse it there's even buying a grocery store is a there's even buying a grocery store is a there's even buying a grocery store is a dynamite idea I just it sounds so cool dynamite idea I just it sounds so cool dynamite idea I just it sounds so cool there was an old strip club that was for there was an old strip club that was for there was an old strip club that was for sale in Niagara uh a couple years ago sale in Niagara uh a couple years ago sale in Niagara uh a couple years ago before they demolished it yes um and before they demolished it yes um and before they demolished it yes um and actually I just learned recently why the actually I just learned recently why the actually I just learned recently why the strip club was there where the mall is strip club was there where the mall is strip club was there where the mall is used to be a racetrack oh and that's why used to be a racetrack oh and that's why used to be a racetrack oh and that's why the strip club existed at all because it the strip club existed at all because it the strip club existed at all because it the strip club like it's in a strange the strip club like it's in a strange the strip club like it's in a strange spot it's in a strange spot and uh it spot it's in a strange spot and uh it spot it's in a strange spot and uh it was called private eyes and it went for was called private eyes and it went for was called private eyes and it went for sale and I said to my dad I was much sale and I said to my dad I was much sale and I said to my dad I was much younger uh I was I had a I was I was younger uh I was I had a I was I was younger uh I was I had a I was I was naive I said dad because it's just down naive I said dad because it's just down naive I said dad because it's just down the road from our church I'm like Dad we the road from our church I'm like Dad we the road from our church I'm like Dad we got to buy that strip club and move in got to buy that strip club and move in got to buy that strip club and move in I'm like first of all there's stages I'm like first of all there's stages I'm like first of all there's stages built in already oh I was going to say I built in already oh I was going to say I built in already oh I was going to say I was like I feel like your building is was like I feel like your building is was like I feel like your building is nicer but I'm like we we we we got to nicer but I'm like we we we we got to nicer but I'm like we we we we got to buy that strip club we didn't buy the buy that strip club we didn't buy the buy that strip club we didn't buy the strip club heard and now it's demolished

strip club heard and now it's demolished strip club heard and now it's demolished so I heard some rumors of the rooms that so I heard some rumors of the rooms that so I heard some rumors of the rooms that were in there imagine I've never been in were in there imagine I've never been in were in there imagine I've never been in a strip club I only imagine from what I a strip club I only imagine from what I a strip club I only imagine from what I see in popular culture i can't imagine see in popular culture i can't imagine see in popular culture i can't imagine what was in what was going on in that what was in what was going on in that what was in what was going on in that building but buy a grocery store that's building but buy a grocery store that's building but buy a grocery store that's a cool idea I rub shoulders with certain a cool idea I rub shoulders with certain a cool idea I rub shoulders with certain professionals that may or may not be the professionals that may or may not be the professionals that may or may not be the type to frequent okay adult type to frequent okay adult type to frequent okay adult entertainment joints who may or may not entertainment joints who may or may not entertainment joints who may or may not have been to Private Eyes who may or may have been to Private Eyes who may or may have been to Private Eyes who may or may not have told me stories of the back not have told me stories of the back not have told me stories of the back rooms that I would choose not to believe rooms that I would choose not to believe rooms that I would choose not to believe sound like they're Straight Out of The sound like they're Straight Out of The sound like they're Straight Out of The Equalizer it makes sense why it's Equalizer it makes sense why it's Equalizer it makes sense why it's demolished yeah no one was like no let's demolished yeah no one was like no let's demolished yeah no one was like no let's just start from scratch you know there's just start from scratch you know there's just start from scratch you know there's an entire network dedicated to this yeah an entire network dedicated to this yeah an entire network dedicated to this yeah right I see it twice a year when I go to right I see it twice a year when I go to right I see it twice a year when I go to the dentist like hey do you want to the dentist like hey do you want to the dentist like hey do you want to change it off HGTV I'm like no no I got change it off HGTV I'm like no no I got change it off HGTV I'm like no no I got 30 minutes I watch this twice a year I 30 minutes I watch this twice a year I 30 minutes I watch this twice a year I want to enjoy the Renault that I'm want to enjoy the Renault that I'm want to enjoy the Renault that I'm watching right now uh I think a YouTube watching right now uh I think a YouTube watching right now uh I think a YouTube series would be a great addition for series would be a great addition for series would be a great addition for this if you weren't already planning on this if you weren't already planning on this if you weren't already planning on that not just for folks watching but to that not just for folks watching but to that not just for folks watching but to document the history of the church like document the history of the church like document the history of the church like you're going to want this in 5 years one you're going to want this in 5 years one you're going to want this in 5 years one of the coolest things that my wife ever of the coolest things that my wife ever of the coolest things that my wife ever did um aside from being the awward intro did um aside from being the awward intro did um aside from being the awward intro girl that chose me is she did a daily girl that chose me is she did a daily girl that chose me is she did a daily Vlog for the first year of our firstborn Vlog for the first year of our firstborn Vlog for the first year of our firstborn M every day she's like hey I'm going to M every day she's like hey I'm going to M every day she's like hey I'm going to be a brand new be a brand new be a brand new parent my husband started a business a parent my husband started a business a parent my husband started a business a year ago I know what I'm going to do I year ago I know what I'm going to do I year ago I know what I'm going to do I can also Vlog daily Vlog and the videos can also Vlog daily Vlog and the videos can also Vlog daily Vlog and the videos like are so cringeworthy for her and I like are so cringeworthy for her and I like are so cringeworthy for her and I that we can't watch them but my that we can't watch them but my that we can't watch them but my firstborn who is now eight loves to sit firstborn who is now eight loves to sit firstborn who is now eight loves to sit in front of Daddy's computer and just in front of Daddy's computer and just in front of Daddy's computer and just watch the Vlog because like she has now

watch the Vlog because like she has now watch the Vlog because like she has now like the first year of her life every like the first year of her life every like the first year of her life every single day so if nothing else for that single day so if nothing else for that single day so if nothing else for that element like you're going to want to element like you're going to want to element like you're going to want to have that as the story and for let's have that as the story and for let's have that as the story and for let's imagine 5 years down the road right oh imagine 5 years down the road right oh imagine 5 years down the road right oh the church like you know is twice the the church like you know is twice the the church like you know is twice the size three times the size whenever that size three times the size whenever that size three times the size whenever that may come you would also have that as may come you would also have that as may come you would also have that as like the history of the church right you like the history of the church right you like the history of the church right you could put that on the website like we're could put that on the website like we're could put that on the website like we're meeting in an old grocery store here is meeting in an old grocery store here is meeting in an old grocery store here is the 10 video YouTube series of how we the 10 video YouTube series of how we the 10 video YouTube series of how we renovated it like that is so cool yeah renovated it like that is so cool yeah renovated it like that is so cool yeah and here's the thing about that uh and here's the thing about that uh and here's the thing about that uh Britney although she had the courage to Britney although she had the courage to Britney although she had the courage to do a yearly Vlog is not a professional do a yearly Vlog is not a professional do a yearly Vlog is not a professional vlogger and the value in those videos vlogger and the value in those videos vlogger and the value in those videos back then and the value that remains is back then and the value that remains is back then and the value that remains is not in the in the quality of the Vlog not in the in the quality of the Vlog not in the in the quality of the Vlog but in the quality of the content the but in the quality of the content the but in the quality of the content the story that was being told which is the story that was being told which is the story that was being told which is the first year of your life as parents the first year of your life as parents the first year of your life as parents the first year of Lily's Life as a child and first year of Lily's Life as a child and first year of Lily's Life as a child and so that's that's the thing here I I hear so that's that's the thing here I I hear so that's that's the thing here I I hear the hesitancy already it's like oh he the hesitancy already it's like oh he the hesitancy already it's like oh he told me to do a YouTube series and like told me to do a YouTube series and like told me to do a YouTube series and like I don't know how to do YouTube like look I don't know how to do YouTube like look I don't know how to do YouTube like look at all these vlogers don't look at all at all these vlogers don't look at all at all these vlogers don't look at all the other vloggers just film your story the other vloggers just film your story the other vloggers just film your story tell your story tell it for yourselves tell your story tell it for yourselves tell your story tell it for yourselves and the value is not going to be in the and the value is not going to be in the and the value is not going to be in the in the production of that Vlog it'll be in the production of that Vlog it'll be in the production of that Vlog it'll be in the content which is this great story in the content which is this great story in the content which is this great story that you're you're about to you're that you're you're about to you're that you're you're about to you're you're living out you're about to live you're living out you're about to live you're living out you're about to live out you don't have to manufacture a out you don't have to manufacture a out you don't have to manufacture a story it's being told whether you not story it's being told whether you not story it's being told whether you not because we had to manufacture stories because we had to manufacture stories because we had to manufacture stories every single day yes over one year great every single day yes over one year great every single day yes over one year great story every story every story every day oh I still can't walk cuz I gave day oh I still can't walk cuz I gave day oh I still can't walk cuz I gave birth like like like you have you can birth like like like you have you can birth like like like you have you can make just 10 videos not 365 The make just 10 videos not 365 The make just 10 videos not 365 The Narrative is there yeah yeah I'll watch Narrative is there yeah yeah I'll watch Narrative is there yeah yeah I'll watch it absolutely I'll subscribe wow mostly

it absolutely I'll subscribe wow mostly it absolutely I'll subscribe wow mostly just cuz I I mean it's a great story but just cuz I I mean it's a great story but just cuz I I mean it's a great story but I love love that idea so much like I love love that idea so much like I love love that idea so much like buying old buildings that are we want to buying old buildings that are we want to buying old buildings that are we want to buy an old building so B want to buy one buy an old building so B want to buy one buy an old building so B want to buy one so bad why didn't I bring the strip club so bad why didn't I bring the strip club so bad why didn't I bring the strip club idea to you uh cuz I would have told you idea to you uh cuz I would have told you idea to you uh cuz I would have told you what my barber said about it oh what my barber said about it oh what my barber said about it oh yeah what are your favorite Christmas yeah what are your favorite Christmas yeah what are your favorite Christmas traditions going to traditions going to traditions going to privatize Merry Christmas oh where's Dad privatize Merry Christmas oh where's Dad privatize Merry Christmas oh where's Dad oh he didn't make another oh he didn't make another oh he didn't make another Christmas uh so again shouts to my Christmas uh so again shouts to my Christmas uh so again shouts to my shouts to Brit who is spearheading these shouts to Brit who is spearheading these shouts to Brit who is spearheading these um to two that I really enjoy because um to two that I really enjoy because um to two that I really enjoy because they're not just around one day these they're not just around one day these they're not just around one day these were the first two that came to mind elf were the first two that came to mind elf were the first two that came to mind elf on a shelf which I did not do as a child on a shelf which I did not do as a child on a shelf which I did not do as a child and Advent calendars so it's like every and Advent calendars so it's like every and Advent calendars so it's like every day leading up to Christmas there's day leading up to Christmas there's day leading up to Christmas there's something happening okay we know elf on something happening okay we know elf on something happening okay we know elf on a shelf tell me about your Advent a shelf tell me about your Advent a shelf tell me about your Advent calendar uh they can take on so many calendar uh they can take on so many calendar uh they can take on so many different like complections yeah and I different like complections yeah and I different like complections yeah and I had those as a kid um like the chocolate had those as a kid um like the chocolate had those as a kid um like the chocolate yeah we just do chocolate yeah we just do chocolate yeah we just do chocolate ones no there they it keeps expanding ones no there they it keeps expanding ones no there they it keeps expanding there's like three of them there's like there's like three of them there's like there's like three of them there's like the there was Peppa Pig one one year the there was Peppa Pig one one year the there was Peppa Pig one one year where every every day you open up a new where every every day you open up a new where every every day you open up a new figurine there's the little chocolate figurine there's the little chocolate figurine there's the little chocolate one again like they just keep getting one again like they just keep getting one again like they just keep getting more and more extravagance yeah who more and more extravagance yeah who more and more extravagance yeah who knows what you're in for this year yeah knows what you're in for this year yeah knows what you're in for this year yeah seriously although Brit did say she's seriously although Brit did say she's seriously although Brit did say she's like this self in the Shelf man I got to like this self in the Shelf man I got to like this self in the Shelf man I got to I can't believe I said yes to this and I can't believe I said yes to this and I can't believe I said yes to this and we had warnings talk about telling a we had warnings talk about telling a we had warnings talk about telling a story it's like every day you have to story it's like every day you have to story it's like every day you have to come up with something you have to stay come up with something you have to stay come up with something you have to stay up you have to stay up past their up you have to stay up past their up you have to stay up past their bedtime yeah it's it's rough yeah but bedtime yeah it's it's rough yeah but bedtime yeah it's it's rough yeah but now break any of the rules I I cannot now break any of the rules I I cannot now break any of the rules I I cannot begin to explain how much my loves Elf

begin to explain how much my loves Elf begin to explain how much my loves Elf on a Shelf like it's more magical to her on a Shelf like it's more magical to her on a Shelf like it's more magical to her than Christmas itself so and that's what than Christmas itself so and that's what than Christmas itself so and that's what I love about Christmas now is seeing the I love about Christmas now is seeing the I love about Christmas now is seeing the magic that I had now the kids have it as magic that I had now the kids have it as magic that I had now the kids have it as well uh favorite Christmas tradition well uh favorite Christmas tradition well uh favorite Christmas tradition Alex and I go to Pearl Alex and I go to Pearl Alex and I go to Pearl morette our third annual we booked it morette our third annual we booked it morette our third annual we booked it this is usually pre Christmas it's this is usually pre Christmas it's this is usually pre Christmas it's November yeah it's December but uh it's November yeah it's December but uh it's November yeah it's December but uh it's in the holiday season and you know I in the holiday season and you know I in the holiday season and you know I know that because when I drive to Pearl know that because when I drive to Pearl know that because when I drive to Pearl Moret which is you know one of the best Moret which is you know one of the best Moret which is you know one of the best restaurants in Canada just happens to be restaurants in Canada just happens to be restaurants in Canada just happens to be down the road from us and so we go once down the road from us and so we go once down the road from us and so we go once a year because we are you know food a year because we are you know food a year because we are you know food sickos and I go and it's 5:00 p.m. and sickos and I go and it's 5:00 p.m. and sickos and I go and it's 5:00 p.m. and it's pit black so it must be Christmas it's pit black so it must be Christmas it's pit black so it must be Christmas season and then for food uh every year I season and then for food uh every year I season and then for food uh every year I do turkey Su style which is a nice do turkey Su style which is a nice do turkey Su style which is a nice tradition and then my family has a tradition and then my family has a tradition and then my family has a number of Christmas dishes but the one number of Christmas dishes but the one number of Christmas dishes but the one that I I uphold the most is a Christmas that I I uphold the most is a Christmas that I I uphold the most is a Christmas log which is U log it's just black uh log which is U log it's just black uh log which is U log it's just black uh Chocolate Wafers circular uh pressed Chocolate Wafers circular uh pressed Chocolate Wafers circular uh pressed together with whipped cream in the shape together with whipped cream in the shape together with whipped cream in the shape of a log that looks like it has SN you of a log that looks like it has SN you of a log that looks like it has SN you just buy it right no no no you buy the just buy it right no no no you buy the just buy it right no no no you buy the Wafers and then you make the whipped Wafers and then you make the whipped Wafers and then you make the whipped cream and then you assemble the log and cream and then you assemble the log and cream and then you assemble the log and then you take uh like crumble of vog and then you take uh like crumble of vog and then you take uh like crumble of vog and you crumble it on top oh that's fun yeah you crumble it on top oh that's fun yeah you crumble it on top oh that's fun yeah that's fun little coconut maybe oh so that's fun little coconut maybe oh so that's fun little coconut maybe oh so who does it who executes the log well who does it who executes the log well who does it who executes the log well Grandma did it okay and then tant Lisa Grandma did it okay and then tant Lisa Grandma did it okay and then tant Lisa shouts to tant Lisa she kind of took it shouts to tant Lisa she kind of took it shouts to tant Lisa she kind of took it over uh my sister is coming to Christmas over uh my sister is coming to Christmas over uh my sister is coming to Christmas this year so I'm thinking Rachel do it this year so I'm thinking Rachel do it this year so I'm thinking Rachel do it this year should probably ask her yeah this year should probably ask her yeah this year should probably ask her yeah give her a heads up the log your it's give her a heads up the log your it's give her a heads up the log your it's your business a year right yeah it is

your business a year right yeah it is your business a year right yeah it is well we also have company carrots which well we also have company carrots which well we also have company carrots which I've mentioned before which are a baked I've mentioned before which are a baked I've mentioned before which are a baked carrot dish with horseradish which is carrot dish with horseradish which is carrot dish with horseradish which is just delightful and and ra took that just delightful and and ra took that just delightful and and ra took that over for thanks Family Recipe yeah yeah over for thanks Family Recipe yeah yeah over for thanks Family Recipe yeah yeah the Menan nights because Rebecca loves the Menan nights because Rebecca loves the Menan nights because Rebecca loves horseradish oh who doesn't and when you horseradish oh who doesn't and when you horseradish oh who doesn't and when you when you bake a carrot the right way who when you bake a carrot the right way who when you bake a carrot the right way who doesn't love a baked carrot also a doesn't love a baked carrot also a doesn't love a baked carrot also a carrot bake with the cheese and the carrot bake with the cheese and the carrot bake with the cheese and the cream and the herbs and the horseradish cream and the herbs and the horseradish cream and the herbs and the horseradish yeah oh yes Lord yeah yeah oh yes Lord yeah yeah oh yes Lord yeah speaking of Advent calendars there is a speaking of Advent calendars there is a speaking of Advent calendars there is a coffee Advent calendar I'm not surprised coffee Advent calendar I'm not surprised coffee Advent calendar I'm not surprised done by well there are a few companies done by well there are a few companies done by well there are a few companies that do them uh but Onyx Coffee Labs out that do them uh but Onyx Coffee Labs out that do them uh but Onyx Coffee Labs out of let's say Arkansas I think Arkansas of let's say Arkansas I think Arkansas of let's say Arkansas I think Arkansas they uh they put they put one together they uh they put they put one together they uh they put they put one together that is like first of all it's an that is like first of all it's an that is like first of all it's an exorbitant amount of money um but it's exorbitant amount of money um but it's exorbitant amount of money um but it's like I'm going to have to show it to you like I'm going to have to show it to you like I'm going to have to show it to you or maybe we can put on the screen here or maybe we can put on the screen here or maybe we can put on the screen here it is gorgeous like it's hard to it is gorgeous like it's hard to it is gorgeous like it's hard to describe how beautiful this thing is is describe how beautiful this thing is is describe how beautiful this thing is is and then there's great coffee inside so and then there's great coffee inside so and then there's great coffee inside so that's fun too um a lot of our Christmas that's fun too um a lot of our Christmas that's fun too um a lot of our Christmas traditions my favorite Christmas traditions my favorite Christmas traditions my favorite Christmas traditions revolve around Advent the traditions revolve around Advent the traditions revolve around Advent the Advent season um our family and our Advent season um our family and our Advent season um our family and our church family is uh we run on the sacred church family is uh we run on the sacred church family is uh we run on the sacred calendar like the church calendar and so calendar like the church calendar and so calendar like the church calendar and so Advent is like a a very intentional Advent is like a a very intentional Advent is like a a very intentional season for us it's the beginning of our season for us it's the beginning of our season for us it's the beginning of our church year um I just finished writing church year um I just finished writing church year um I just finished writing an advent devotional for our churches an advent devotional for our churches an advent devotional for our churches this year which I'm really thrilled this year which I'm really thrilled this year which I'm really thrilled about so like throughout the Advent about so like throughout the Advent about so like throughout the Advent season we have all sorts of different season we have all sorts of different season we have all sorts of different traditions in our family at home and our traditions in our family at home and our traditions in our family at home and our faith family that make it truly like the

faith family that make it truly like the faith family that make it truly like the Most Wonderful Time of the Year for me Most Wonderful Time of the Year for me Most Wonderful Time of the Year for me and so we have a carols by candalite and so we have a carols by candalite and so we have a carols by candalite service at our church um which is lovely service at our church um which is lovely service at our church um which is lovely we go down to a retirement home in nagar we go down to a retirement home in nagar we go down to a retirement home in nagar on the lake and sing Christmas carols on the lake and sing Christmas carols on the lake and sing Christmas carols for the folks there um a little group for the folks there um a little group for the folks there um a little group from our church we from our church we from our church we [Music] [Music] [Music] um there was something else on the top um there was something else on the top um there was something else on the top of my mind which I'm totally forgetting of my mind which I'm totally forgetting of my mind which I'm totally forgetting um but we have Advent um wreaths and um but we have Advent um wreaths and um but we have Advent um wreaths and candle lightings at our church and so candle lightings at our church and so candle lightings at our church and so the whole season is just like full of of the whole season is just like full of of the whole season is just like full of of Glory um One new tradition that we've Glory um One new tradition that we've Glory um One new tradition that we've started in our family is we get a a started in our family is we get a a started in our family is we get a a fresh Christmas Christmas tree every fresh Christmas Christmas tree every fresh Christmas Christmas tree every year which is really special to us but year which is really special to us but year which is really special to us but when we when we dress it up when we when we when we dress it up when we when we when we dress it up when we Adorn it there's this book of liturgies Adorn it there's this book of liturgies Adorn it there's this book of liturgies that we have called every moment holy that we have called every moment holy that we have called every moment holy and in there there is a blessing a and in there there is a blessing a and in there there is a blessing a liturgy for um like decorating a liturgy for um like decorating a liturgy for um like decorating a Christmas tree Yeah you mentioned this Christmas tree Yeah you mentioned this Christmas tree Yeah you mentioned this last year yeah and so like when we're last year yeah and so like when we're last year yeah and so like when we're done our like me and Rebecca and Asher done our like me and Rebecca and Asher done our like me and Rebecca and Asher and this year Aiden will like stand and this year Aiden will like stand and this year Aiden will like stand before the Christmas tree and read this before the Christmas tree and read this before the Christmas tree and read this guided prayer and the very last thing is guided prayer and the very last thing is guided prayer and the very last thing is like a prompt to put the the star on top like a prompt to put the the star on top like a prompt to put the the star on top and so it's just like just all these and so it's just like just all these and so it's just like just all these little moments of like marking the little moments of like marking the little moments of like marking the season and then of course um oh the season and then of course um oh the season and then of course um oh the Candlelite stroll that was the other Candlelite stroll that was the other Candlelite stroll that was the other thing I was going to mention so in thing I was going to mention so in thing I was going to mention so in nagron the lake uh nagron the lake is nagron the lake uh nagron the lake is nagron the lake uh nagron the lake is just down from where we are here in the just down from where we are here in the just down from where we are here in the Falls is this historic uh we're actually Falls is this historic uh we're actually Falls is this historic uh we're actually going to talk about it later this going to talk about it later this going to talk about it later this historic it has the oldest it has our historic it has the oldest it has our historic it has the oldest it has our first post office yeah I went there first post office yeah I went there first post office yeah I went there because they put my clothes in the wrong because they put my clothes in the wrong because they put my clothes in the wrong post office and Lil was like it his post office and Lil was like it his post office and Lil was like it his first post office I was like

first post office I was like first post office I was like 1700s that's crazy yeah so down in the 1700s that's crazy yeah so down in the 1700s that's crazy yeah so down in the old town like like it has this old timey old town like like it has this old timey old town like like it has this old timey like 1800s feel and they do this thing like 1800s feel and they do this thing like 1800s feel and they do this thing called the Candlelite stroll so there's called the Candlelite stroll so there's called the Candlelite stroll so there's like thousands of they shut down the like thousands of they shut down the like thousands of they shut down the streets thousands of people down there streets thousands of people down there streets thousands of people down there and at at the courthouse like Father and at at the courthouse like Father and at at the courthouse like Father time is up there and the mayor we all time is up there and the mayor we all time is up there and the mayor we all sing Silent Night together and then uh sing Silent Night together and then uh sing Silent Night together and then uh you all light each other's candles so you all light each other's candles so you all light each other's candles so you're all holding these candles the you're all holding these candles the you're all holding these candles the flame starts at the front you all light flame starts at the front you all light flame starts at the front you all light each other's candles by passing The each other's candles by passing The each other's candles by passing The Flame and then you walk through the Flame and then you walk through the Flame and then you walk through the whole town and on every street corner whole town and on every street corner whole town and on every street corner there's like a different group singing there's like a different group singing there's like a different group singing carols so like a a a women's group or carols so like a a a women's group or carols so like a a a women's group or like a group from a church or a group like a group from a church or a group like a group from a church or a group from a school or like kids playing Bells from a school or like kids playing Bells from a school or like kids playing Bells there's a guy playing the the bag pipes there's a guy playing the the bag pipes there's a guy playing the the bag pipes and you get to walk through the whole and you get to walk through the whole and you get to walk through the whole town singing Christmas carols all night town singing Christmas carols all night town singing Christmas carols all night and it usually ended at my grandma's and it usually ended at my grandma's and it usually ended at my grandma's house with hot chocolate and cookies my house with hot chocolate and cookies my house with hot chocolate and cookies my grandma's uh my grandma's no longer with grandma's uh my grandma's no longer with grandma's uh my grandma's no longer with us so we don't end she was serving us so we don't end she was serving us so we don't end she was serving thousands of people no no no no just our thousands of people no no no no just our thousands of people no no no no just our family but it was like family but it was like family but it was like oh hey we're going down subscribe us no oh hey we're going down subscribe us no oh hey we're going down subscribe us no just our family uh but yeah our family just our family uh but yeah our family just our family uh but yeah our family still goes um we just the last couple still goes um we just the last couple still goes um we just the last couple years we invited our church to come and years we invited our church to come and years we invited our church to come and join us as well as the church group goes join us as well as the church group goes join us as well as the church group goes a really special really special a really special really special a really special really special tradition in the town and and as a tradition in the town and and as a tradition in the town and and as a family so I mean we are on the brink of family so I mean we are on the brink of family so I mean we are on the brink of of this season of the Christmas season of this season of the Christmas season of this season of the Christmas season we are let's go yeah next question Brady we are let's go yeah next question Brady we are let's go yeah next question Brady you may never see this well glad tidings you may never see this well glad tidings you may never see this well glad tidings to you we have seen it and we are now to you we have seen it and we are now to you we have seen it and we are now reading it out loud but it's worth a try reading it out loud but it's worth a try reading it out loud but it's worth a try I love the impact social media can have I love the impact social media can have I love the impact social media can have for Ministry but lately I've been for Ministry but lately I've been for Ministry but lately I've been battling between being in the moment and

battling between being in the moment and battling between being in the moment and capturing the moment how do you balance capturing the moment how do you balance capturing the moment how do you balance that yeah so I struggle with this I that yeah so I struggle with this I that yeah so I struggle with this I typically have either work mode or typically have either work mode or typically have either work mode or personal mode was in Vermont recently personal mode was in Vermont recently personal mode was in Vermont recently and if it wasn't for uh the person that and if it wasn't for uh the person that and if it wasn't for uh the person that I was with taking photos I would just I was with taking photos I would just I was with taking photos I would just have no photos of it right cuz like I have no photos of it right cuz like I have no photos of it right cuz like I was like not in content creation mode was like not in content creation mode was like not in content creation mode I'm going to dinner with my wife tonight I'm going to dinner with my wife tonight I'm going to dinner with my wife tonight date like I won't take a single photo date like I won't take a single photo date like I won't take a single photo like that's just not how I am cuz I have like that's just not how I am cuz I have like that's just not how I am cuz I have content creation mode and that's when content creation mode and that's when content creation mode and that's when I'm doing stuff so when I'm in personal I'm doing stuff so when I'm in personal I'm doing stuff so when I'm in personal mode I don't take anything yeah so Alex mode I don't take anything yeah so Alex mode I don't take anything yeah so Alex this seems like something you would have this seems like something you would have this seems like something you would have a better grasp on than I I don't oh God a better grasp on than I I don't oh God a better grasp on than I I don't oh God I as you were saying that I was thinking I as you were saying that I was thinking I as you were saying that I was thinking about the the pendulum that we no rarely about the the pendulum that we no rarely about the the pendulum that we no rarely do I throw a question completely to him do I throw a question completely to him do I throw a question completely to him I put my trust in him oh I'm always I put my trust in him oh I'm always I put my trust in him oh I'm always present oh the tree after I read the present oh the tree after I read the present oh the tree after I read the Liturgy I'm holding the candle at Liturgy I'm holding the candle at Liturgy I'm holding the candle at Grandma's house then he can't come Grandma's house then he can't come Grandma's house then he can't come through for us I was going to try and through for us I was going to try and through for us I was going to try and come up with something off the top of my come up with something off the top of my come up with something off the top of my my head but I got to be honest with you my head but I got to be honest with you my head but I got to be honest with you I don't have a handle on this because I don't have a handle on this because I don't have a handle on this because I'm the same way my pendulum swings from I'm the same way my pendulum swings from I'm the same way my pendulum swings from like from like hyper like like phones in like from like hyper like like phones in like from like hyper like like phones in my hand doing the work blah blah blah to my hand doing the work blah blah blah to my hand doing the work blah blah blah to when I'm when I'm unplugged I'm like I'm when I'm when I'm unplugged I'm like I'm when I'm when I'm unplugged I'm like I'm unplugged like I just feel like when I unplugged like I just feel like when I unplugged like I just feel like when I see your Instagram stories it's like oh see your Instagram stories it's like oh see your Instagram stories it's like oh I'm with my son and we're doing this I'm with my son and we're doing this I'm with my son and we're doing this thing and I'm like hey he had the thing and I'm like hey he had the thing and I'm like hey he had the presence of mine to take out his phone presence of mine to take out his phone presence of mine to take out his phone and grab a shot of this yeah I have I and grab a shot of this yeah I have I and grab a shot of this yeah I have I have no presence of Mind mind presen have no presence of Mind mind presen have no presence of Mind mind presen less in in the past I was capturing more less in in the past I was capturing more less in in the past I was capturing more of that but then it got we're parenting of that but then it got we're parenting of that but then it got we're parenting for the first time right it got to a for the first time right it got to a for the first time right it got to a point where Asher became so aware of the point where Asher became so aware of the point where Asher became so aware of the phone that I realized oh I need to like phone that I realized oh I need to like phone that I realized oh I need to like I need to get I need to remove the phone

I need to get I need to remove the phone I need to get I need to remove the phone from this equation so actually lately from this equation so actually lately from this equation so actually lately I've just been like I will I won't even I've just been like I will I won't even I've just been like I will I won't even have it in my pocket because he'll say have it in my pocket because he'll say have it in my pocket because he'll say like Dad do you have your like Dad do you have your like Dad do you have your phone just make just not because he phone just make just not because he phone just make just not because he wants it he's just making sure that I wants it he's just making sure that I wants it he's just making sure that I have it cuz strange yeah cuz like it's have it cuz strange yeah cuz like it's have it cuz strange yeah cuz like it's normally on my he wants to make sure I'm normally on my he wants to make sure I'm normally on my he wants to make sure I'm not forgetting it and I'm like no buddy not forgetting it and I'm like no buddy not forgetting it and I'm like no buddy like I put it away I don't need it right like I put it away I don't need it right like I put it away I don't need it right now and so I'm like I'm swinging pretty now and so I'm like I'm swinging pretty now and so I'm like I'm swinging pretty hard to the other side of the pendulum hard to the other side of the pendulum hard to the other side of the pendulum to be like really unplugged in those to be like really unplugged in those to be like really unplugged in those times because I'm trying to like set him times because I'm trying to like set him times because I'm trying to like set him up for success with his relationship up for success with his relationship up for success with his relationship with devices pretty sure I'm not doing a with devices pretty sure I'm not doing a with devices pretty sure I'm not doing a good job so maybe ask maybe write in good job so maybe ask maybe write in good job so maybe ask maybe write in your question to another whenever we your question to another whenever we your question to another whenever we don't have a good answer what we say to don't have a good answer what we say to don't have a good answer what we say to people is hey you know what this isn't a people is hey you know what this isn't a people is hey you know what this isn't a problem to solve it's a tension Comm man problem to solve it's a tension Comm man problem to solve it's a tension Comm man there you there you there you go and it's well profound no we're just go and it's well profound no we're just go and it's well profound no we're just we're not helpful here in this case I we're not helpful here in this case I we're not helpful here in this case I mean one one helpful thing is like as mean one one helpful thing is like as mean one one helpful thing is like as you try to manage the tension is be open you try to manage the tension is be open you try to manage the tension is be open to feedback from folks that you love so to feedback from folks that you love so to feedback from folks that you love so like when you have people in your life like when you have people in your life like when you have people in your life that that tell you that you need to put that that tell you that you need to put that that tell you that you need to put your phone down in a certain situation your phone down in a certain situation your phone down in a certain situation whether you agree or not practice whether you agree or not practice whether you agree or not practice humility in that moment and listen to humility in that moment and listen to humility in that moment and listen to them because they can probably see them because they can probably see them because they can probably see something that you cannot um so maybe something that you cannot um so maybe something that you cannot um so maybe that's just a little tip is like if if that's just a little tip is like if if that's just a little tip is like if if you feel like you are if you feel like you feel like you are if you feel like you feel like you are if you feel like you are are staying too connected to to you are are staying too connected to to you are are staying too connected to to the device in the moment where you want the device in the moment where you want the device in the moment where you want to be more present and other folks are to be more present and other folks are to be more present and other folks are kind of pointing that out like like and kind of pointing that out like like and kind of pointing that out like like and and it hurts like putting this thing

and it hurts like putting this thing and it hurts like putting this thing away I I hate that I'm admitting this away I I hate that I'm admitting this away I I hate that I'm admitting this putting this thing away like putting it putting this thing away like putting it putting this thing away like putting it on top of the piano and not having it in on top of the piano and not having it in on top of the piano and not having it in my pocket like Asher is asking like do my pocket like Asher is asking like do my pocket like Asher is asking like do you do you have your phone Dad it you do you have your phone Dad it you do you have your phone Dad it feels feels feels disconnected and it's a very disconnected and it's a very disconnected and it's a very countercultural thing to try and to countercultural thing to try and to countercultural thing to try and to practice and I just I feel like it's practice and I just I feel like it's practice and I just I feel like it's essential for my health and for for essential for my health and for for essential for my health and for for setting up the health of my family and setting up the health of my family and setting up the health of my family and their relationships with these little their relationships with these little their relationships with these little devil devices too I can't believe you devil devices too I can't believe you devil devices too I can't believe you admitted that he's human everyone we admitted that he's human everyone we admitted that he's human everyone we finally got the truth well I heard I finally got the truth well I heard I finally got the truth well I heard I can't quote it off the top of my head can't quote it off the top of my head can't quote it off the top of my head but I heard recently like they did but I heard recently like they did but I heard recently like they did somebody conducted a study somebody conducted a study somebody conducted a study where they they either got like a a where they they either got like a a where they they either got like a a group of people to do a test or they group of people to do a test or they group of people to do a test or they asked them questions but like in a asked them questions but like in a asked them questions but like in a controlled setting one where the group controlled setting one where the group controlled setting one where the group had their phone in their pockets and the had their phone in their pockets and the had their phone in their pockets and the other where their group had their where other where their group had their where other where their group had their where the the Group's phone was in a different the the Group's phone was in a different the the Group's phone was in a different room so it's not like the phone was on room so it's not like the phone was on room so it's not like the phone was on the table or visible it was just in the table or visible it was just in the table or visible it was just in their pockets and the people who had the their pockets and the people who had the their pockets and the people who had the phone in their pockets performed more phone in their pockets performed more phone in their pockets performed more poor poorly than the people whose phones poor poorly than the people whose phones poor poorly than the people whose phones were in a different room so even if it's were in a different room so even if it's were in a different room so even if it's out ofsight out of mind but on your out ofsight out of mind but on your out ofsight out of mind but on your person close enough that if a person close enough that if a person close enough that if a notification goes off you can take notification goes off you can take notification goes off you can take action a portion of your brain is still action a portion of your brain is still action a portion of your brain is still dedicated it's still occupied by the dedicated it's still occupied by the dedicated it's still occupied by the thing nope yeah so that study I will not thing nope yeah so that study I will not thing nope yeah so that study I will not acknowledge thank you not great moving acknowledge thank you not great moving acknowledge thank you not great moving on uh Brady what's your not asking me on uh Brady what's your not asking me on uh Brady what's your not asking me cuz I don't have any tattoos what's your cuz I don't have any tattoos what's your cuz I don't have any tattoos what's your max tattoo session time that you can max tattoo session time that you can max tattoo session time that you can handle mine is nothing to brag about and

handle mine is nothing to brag about and handle mine is nothing to brag about and so much so they didn't actually include so much so they didn't actually include so much so they didn't actually include what what their Max is they just said what what their Max is they just said what what their Max is they just said don't even don't even don't even ask uh I've done um 6 hours I think that ask uh I've done um 6 hours I think that ask uh I've done um 6 hours I think that feels like a long time yeah well so I feels like a long time yeah well so I feels like a long time yeah well so I have kind of traditional Patchwork style have kind of traditional Patchwork style have kind of traditional Patchwork style tattoos which are by definition not a tattoos which are by definition not a tattoos which are by definition not a giant piece so you know my barber has a giant piece so you know my barber has a giant piece so you know my barber has a his entire back it's one giant back his entire back it's one giant back his entire back it's one giant back piece so he would basically sit down and piece so he would basically sit down and piece so he would basically sit down and the the the tattoo artist would say like the the the tattoo artist would say like the the the tattoo artist would say like okay how long can you sit for because okay how long can you sit for because okay how long can you sit for because we'll get done as much as you can sit we'll get done as much as you can sit we'll get done as much as you can sit for up to you know 8 hours the max that for up to you know 8 hours the max that for up to you know 8 hours the max that they they they work because my stuff is Patchwork like work because my stuff is Patchwork like work because my stuff is Patchwork like uh I have you know 27 individual pieces uh I have you know 27 individual pieces uh I have you know 27 individual pieces on my leg each one took like an hour so on my leg each one took like an hour so on my leg each one took like an hour so we'd be like hey we're going to get we'd be like hey we're going to get we'd be like hey we're going to get three pieces done today and it would be three pieces done today and it would be three pieces done today and it would be three hours sort of things and so that three hours sort of things and so that three hours sort of things and so that was just kind of what we went in for um was just kind of what we went in for um was just kind of what we went in for um so a 4-Hour one would be like oh we're so a 4-Hour one would be like oh we're so a 4-Hour one would be like oh we're doing four pieces or we're doing three doing four pieces or we're doing three doing four pieces or we're doing three that are kind of bigger um and a 6-hour that are kind of bigger um and a 6-hour that are kind of bigger um and a 6-hour one would be like we're doing touch-ups one would be like we're doing touch-ups one would be like we're doing touch-ups and we're doing some new ones and we're and we're doing some new ones and we're and we're doing some new ones and we're doing ones on this spot you know so um I doing ones on this spot you know so um I doing ones on this spot you know so um I have noticed though like uh my tattoo have noticed though like uh my tattoo have noticed though like uh my tattoo artist's ability to adjust based on the artist's ability to adjust based on the artist's ability to adjust based on the sensitivity of the location because this sensitivity of the location because this sensitivity of the location because this question is about pain so I I did a question is about pain so I I did a question is about pain so I I did a chess piece most recently and it's the chess piece most recently and it's the chess piece most recently and it's the piece I'm most proud of but it was also piece I'm most proud of but it was also piece I'm most proud of but it was also the piece that I was most concerned the piece that I was most concerned the piece that I was most concerned about the discomfort because I couldn't about the discomfort because I couldn't about the discomfort because I couldn't be on my phone and if we're talking be on my phone and if we're talking be on my phone and if we're talking about when you want to be on your phone about when you want to be on your phone about when you want to be on your phone it's when you need distraction from pain it's when you need distraction from pain it's when you need distraction from pain because you know your study that you because you know your study that you because you know your study that you just shared is bogus but this study is just shared is bogus but this study is just shared is bogus but this study is not what we know about pain is that you not what we know about pain is that you not what we know about pain is that you feel pain less if you're distracted yeah

feel pain less if you're distracted yeah feel pain less if you're distracted yeah so I'm just sitting there staring up at so I'm just sitting there staring up at so I'm just sitting there staring up at a light like I'm at the dentist as he a light like I'm at the dentist as he a light like I'm at the dentist as he like Towers over me I don't know if he's like Towers over me I don't know if he's like Towers over me I don't know if he's using a smaller needle I don't know if using a smaller needle I don't know if using a smaller needle I don't know if he's applying less pressure but I could he's applying less pressure but I could he's applying less pressure but I could tell he was being more sensitive on my tell he was being more sensitive on my tell he was being more sensitive on my chest than he had been the week before chest than he had been the week before chest than he had been the week before on my on my on my arm and and so that's kind of arm and and so that's kind of arm and and so that's kind of interesting and if anyone has questions interesting and if anyone has questions interesting and if anyone has questions and just thoughts about tattoo pain my and just thoughts about tattoo pain my and just thoughts about tattoo pain my biggest takeaway from now having a lot biggest takeaway from now having a lot biggest takeaway from now having a lot of tattoos is the ones that I expect of tattoos is the ones that I expect of tattoos is the ones that I expect will hurt the least always hurt a bit will hurt the least always hurt a bit will hurt the least always hurt a bit more and the ones that I'm most more and the ones that I'm most more and the ones that I'm most concerned about always hurt a bit less concerned about always hurt a bit less concerned about always hurt a bit less which just goes to show you that like which just goes to show you that like which just goes to show you that like pain is 50% psychological probably a pain is 50% psychological probably a pain is 50% psychological probably a study about that 50% physiological but study about that 50% physiological but study about that 50% physiological but like I've done back of knee my entire like I've done back of knee my entire like I've done back of knee my entire kneecap is tattooed in all black I've kneecap is tattooed in all black I've kneecap is tattooed in all black I've done Shin I've done calf I've done like done Shin I've done calf I've done like done Shin I've done calf I've done like inner upper thigh I've done now chest so inner upper thigh I've done now chest so inner upper thigh I've done now chest so I've done some like pretty bad spots I've done some like pretty bad spots I've done some like pretty bad spots I've also done like outer leg outer arm I've also done like outer leg outer arm I've also done like outer leg outer arm like some of the least uh painful spots like some of the least uh painful spots like some of the least uh painful spots that people will attest to now if I that people will attest to now if I that people will attest to now if I might ask why is the one and you can might ask why is the one and you can might ask why is the one and you can keep your clothes on for this but why is keep your clothes on for this but why is keep your clothes on for this but why is the one on your chest the one you're the one on your chest the one you're the one on your chest the one you're most proud of so tattoos for me are most proud of so tattoos for me are most proud of so tattoos for me are largely about silhouette not necessarily largely about silhouette not necessarily largely about silhouette not necessarily about like the individual pieces and the about like the individual pieces and the about like the individual pieces and the silhouette how it like kind of sits on silhouette how it like kind of sits on silhouette how it like kind of sits on my chest I think it looks really good my chest I think it looks really good my chest I think it looks really good it's very flattering I love the way it it's very flattering I love the way it it's very flattering I love the way it looks and also because I had to like looks and also because I had to like looks and also because I had to like conquer like even Tristan said he's like conquer like even Tristan said he's like conquer like even Tristan said he's like oh you're getting a chest thing so now oh you're getting a chest thing so now oh you're getting a chest thing so now you're really getting tattoo like there you're really getting tattoo like there you're really getting tattoo like there was something to even him he's like oh was something to even him he's like oh was something to even him he's like oh that's not a limb that's like torso that's not a limb that's like torso that's not a limb that's like torso that's real so I think just for that

that's real so I think just for that that's real so I think just for that reason sweet we have about 13 minutes to reason sweet we have about 13 minutes to reason sweet we have about 13 minutes to get through 800 questions love the get through 800 questions love the get through 800 questions love the podcast started listening a month ago podcast started listening a month ago podcast started listening a month ago and I've been slowly catching up on old and I've been slowly catching up on old and I've been slowly catching up on old episodes I'm a year into my first church episodes I'm a year into my first church episodes I'm a year into my first church job and it's been a great resource I'm a job and it's been a great resource I'm a job and it's been a great resource I'm a graphic designer so my question is what graphic designer so my question is what graphic designer so my question is what tips do you have for how I can best tips do you have for how I can best tips do you have for how I can best support my church's marketing team AKA support my church's marketing team AKA support my church's marketing team AKA what do you wish your designers would do what do you wish your designers would do what do you wish your designers would do without being asked so this is what I without being asked so this is what I without being asked so this is what I was alluding to earlier so what would we was alluding to earlier so what would we was alluding to earlier so what would we really tell our designers is kind of really tell our designers is kind of really tell our designers is kind of what's being asked here so my biggest what's being asked here so my biggest what's being asked here so my biggest pet peeve as I said is having to catch pet peeve as I said is having to catch pet peeve as I said is having to catch the small things so a few recent the small things so a few recent the small things so a few recent examples one video the line spacing was examples one video the line spacing was examples one video the line spacing was too tight so the bottom there's two too tight so the bottom there's two too tight so the bottom there's two lines the bottom line had words with G's lines the bottom line had words with G's lines the bottom line had words with G's and so the G has that little G tail at and so the G has that little G tail at and so the G has that little G tail at the bottom and the very bottom of the the bottom and the very bottom of the the bottom and the very bottom of the Gil was getting cut off and I noticed Gil was getting cut off and I noticed Gil was getting cut off and I noticed that M and I was that M and I was that M and I was like we need to catch that not me as the like we need to catch that not me as the like we need to catch that not me as the ultimate final review catching it I'm ultimate final review catching it I'm ultimate final review catching it I'm not the one that's in there I shouldn't not the one that's in there I shouldn't not the one that's in there I shouldn't be seeing that we should be seeing that be seeing that we should be seeing that be seeing that we should be seeing that before I also don't like when designed before I also don't like when designed before I also don't like when designed decisions and this is another example of decisions and this is another example of decisions and this is another example of the small thing that we've made the small thing that we've made the small thing that we've made decisions on don't carry over to the decisions on don't carry over to the decisions on don't carry over to the next project so for instance we were next project so for instance we were next project so for instance we were working on a design where we had added a working on a design where we had added a working on a design where we had added a five pixel stroke to the font to make it five pixel stroke to the font to make it five pixel stroke to the font to make it look thicker and then I got the next look thicker and then I got the next look thicker and then I got the next post and I was like this something's post and I was like this something's post and I was like this something's soft about this and it took me 20 soft about this and it took me 20 soft about this and it took me 20 minutes to figure out what it was minutes to figure out what it was minutes to figure out what it was because I didn't know that we had

because I didn't know that we had because I didn't know that we had applied a five pixel stroke the first applied a five pixel stroke the first applied a five pixel stroke the first time but I had to get into the Photoshop time but I had to get into the Photoshop time but I had to get into the Photoshop template and and and then eventually I template and and and then eventually I template and and and then eventually I figured it out and that's me who has a figured it out and that's me who has a figured it out and that's me who has a working understanding of Photoshop who working understanding of Photoshop who working understanding of Photoshop who was able to reverse engineer what was was able to reverse engineer what was was able to reverse engineer what was happening but at first my gut instinct happening but at first my gut instinct happening but at first my gut instinct was like this is this is a bit different was like this is this is a bit different was like this is this is a bit different so it's it's those small things right so it's it's those small things right so it's it's those small things right like because that's the kind of stuff like because that's the kind of stuff like because that's the kind of stuff that like bogs down a project and it's that like bogs down a project and it's that like bogs down a project and it's the kind of stuff that just drains my the kind of stuff that just drains my the kind of stuff that just drains my life force right My Hope and purpose in life force right My Hope and purpose in life force right My Hope and purpose in life is drained when I am like I created life is drained when I am like I created life is drained when I am like I created the content the the content is great and the content the the content is great and the content the the content is great and yet the presentation something is off yet the presentation something is off yet the presentation something is off but I don't want to have to worry about but I don't want to have to worry about but I don't want to have to worry about the presentation so anyway our our the presentation so anyway our our the presentation so anyway our our creative team is great and those that creative team is great and those that creative team is great and those that are listening to this hearing their are listening to this hearing their are listening to this hearing their mistakes aired out to the world I mistakes aired out to the world I mistakes aired out to the world I apologize um again it's you know it's apologize um again it's you know it's apologize um again it's you know it's just these little things yeah okay let's just these little things yeah okay let's just these little things yeah okay let's move move on quickly from that one uh move move on quickly from that one uh move move on quickly from that one uh before we get in more trouble what's before we get in more trouble what's before we get in more trouble what's something people don't know about your something people don't know about your something people don't know about your home country so we are Canadian yes we home country so we are Canadian yes we home country so we are Canadian yes we are and we have 20% of the world's fresh are and we have 20% of the world's fresh are and we have 20% of the world's fresh water that's a lot 10% of the world's water that's a lot 10% of the world's water that's a lot 10% of the world's forests hold on here's the thing about forests hold on here's the thing about forests hold on here's the thing about the fresh water though H so that's a lot the fresh water though H so that's a lot the fresh water though H so that's a lot of the fresh water but also the five of the fresh water but also the five of the fresh water but also the five Great Lakes that right all touch Canada Great Lakes that right all touch Canada Great Lakes that right all touch Canada which clearly aren't being ascribed to which clearly aren't being ascribed to which clearly aren't being ascribed to Canada only maybe they are cuz they Canada only maybe they are cuz they Canada only maybe they are cuz they account for like 7 % of the world's account for like 7 % of the world's account for like 7 % of the world's fresh water oh so we don't even we're fresh water oh so we don't even we're fresh water oh so we don't even we're not even counting that right we don't not even counting that right we don't not even counting that right we don't get like half of hon half of Michigan get like half of hon half of Michigan get like half of hon half of Michigan half do but like that's a stat that's half do but like that's a stat that's half do but like that's a stat that's always boggled my mind too it's like always boggled my mind too it's like always boggled my mind too it's like those Lakes are huge they're basically those Lakes are huge they're basically those Lakes are huge they're basically oceans yeah yeah they look like it yeah oceans yeah yeah they look like it yeah oceans yeah yeah they look like it yeah we live right next to them we take that

we live right next to them we take that we live right next to them we take that for granted because like we've always for granted because like we've always for granted because like we've always lived next to lived next to lived next to them uh uh we're the second largest them uh uh we're the second largest them uh uh we're the second largest country in the world by area so like by country in the world by area so like by country in the world by area so like by land mass second only to Russia yes and land mass second only to Russia yes and land mass second only to Russia yes and the longest unprotected Border in the the longest unprotected Border in the the longest unprotected Border in the world I've heard about it mhm we also world I've heard about it mhm we also world I've heard about it mhm we also have the longest road and the longest have the longest road and the longest have the longest road and the longest coastline shouts to Young Street mhm we coastline shouts to Young Street mhm we coastline shouts to Young Street mhm we are a are a are a monarchy technically technically the monarchy technically technically the monarchy technically technically the king and formerly the queen is in charge king and formerly the queen is in charge king and formerly the queen is in charge uh in reality we're taught in school uh in reality we're taught in school uh in reality we're taught in school like obviously they're not but like like obviously they're not but like like obviously they're not but like technically they are and if you want to technically they are and if you want to technically they are and if you want to know more about this you can ask uh my know more about this you can ask uh my know more about this you can ask uh my wife who is Canada's newest citizen wife who is Canada's newest citizen wife who is Canada's newest citizen thank you very much and is an expert thank you very much and is an expert thank you very much and is an expert because Lear monarchy and it kind of because Lear monarchy and it kind of because Lear monarchy and it kind of tripped me up because she had to do a tripped me up because she had to do a tripped me up because she had to do a verbal oath and where you like pledge verbal oath and where you like pledge verbal oath and where you like pledge allegiance and you pledge allegiance to allegiance and you pledge allegiance to allegiance and you pledge allegiance to the head of the monarchy and you and I the head of the monarchy and you and I the head of the monarchy and you and I have grown up Ian she was the queen for have grown up Ian she was the queen for have grown up Ian she was the queen for 70 years we never even had to pledge 70 years we never even had to pledge 70 years we never even had to pledge allegiance I know my my dad my dad never allegiance I know my my dad my dad never allegiance I know my my dad my dad never knew another Monarch right like 70 years knew another Monarch right like 70 years knew another Monarch right like 70 years she's going hey Charlie shout to you in she's going hey Charlie shout to you in she's going hey Charlie shout to you in the oath I when I heard her say like I the oath I when I heard her say like I the oath I when I heard her say like I pledge my allegiance to his majesty pledge my allegiance to his majesty pledge my allegiance to his majesty Charles I'm like Charles I'm like Charles I'm like who who who who but I mean who but I mean who but I mean it's him something more wholesome our it's him something more wholesome our it's him something more wholesome our national animal is the beaver MH we love national animal is the beaver MH we love national animal is the beaver MH we love it a Canadian invented basketball that's it a Canadian invented basketball that's it a Canadian invented basketball that's true speaking of Na and we beat America true speaking of Na and we beat America true speaking of Na and we beat America in the worlds this year that's right in the worlds this year that's right in the worlds this year that's right speaking of national animals and sports

speaking of national animals and sports speaking of national animals and sports we have two national sports did you know we have two national sports did you know we have two national sports did you know this uh hockey and Lacrosse yeah so we this uh hockey and Lacrosse yeah so we this uh hockey and Lacrosse yeah so we have a summer one and a winter one oh have a summer one and a winter one oh have a summer one and a winter one oh that's cute not only do we beat America that's cute not only do we beat America that's cute not only do we beat America in the world this year twice they tried in the world this year twice they tried in the world this year twice they tried to invade us 1775 the day apparently the to invade us 1775 the day apparently the to invade us 1775 the day apparently the post office down the street was theice Amer so when I see Mr T Carl and theice Amer so when I see Mr T Carl and all the time we got to invade Canada and all the time we got to invade Canada and all the time we got to invade Canada and we got to don't try it again we got to we got to don't try it again we got to we got to don't try it again we got to help them because they are in they're in help them because they are in they're in help them because they are in they're in a monarchy we have to liberate them try a monarchy we have to liberate them try a monarchy we have to liberate them try it we will send the it we will send the it we will send the Beavers we will we might look we might Beavers we will we might look we might Beavers we will we might look we might do some drowning in all the water we're do some drowning in all the water we're do some drowning in all the water we're no we're going full Ewok on you the no we're going full Ewok on you the no we're going full Ewok on you the forests we might have to terrorize a forests we might have to terrorize a forests we might have to terrorize a couple of them the Ewoks didn't want to couple of them the Ewoks didn't want to couple of them the Ewoks didn't want to but they had to take down the adats but they had to take down the adats but they had to take down the adats you're gonna get crunched by The Forest you're gonna get crunched by The Forest you're gonna get crunched by The Forest all logs raining down upon you that's all logs raining down upon you that's all logs raining down upon you that's right you know how Petty the Americans right you know how Petty the Americans right you know how Petty the Americans were when they lost that war they burnt were when they lost that war they burnt were when they lost that war they burnt down ner on the lake to the ground on down ner on the lake to the ground on down ner on the lake to the ground on their way out so if you go down there their way out so if you go down there their way out so if you go down there you mentioned the post office if you go you mentioned the post office if you go you mentioned the post office if you go down there you see all these historic down there you see all these historic down there you see all these historic landmarks of like this building has been landmarks of like this building has been landmarks of like this building has been here since 1813 but you'll never see one here since 1813 but you'll never see one here since 1813 but you'll never see one that's older than 1813 because in their that's older than 1813 because in their that's older than 1813 because in their defeat on their shame walk back across defeat on their shame walk back across defeat on their shame walk back across the river to their parcel of land in the the river to their parcel of land in the the river to their parcel of land in the South they're just like well we lost the South they're just like well we lost the South they're just like well we lost the war but you know what we can do torch war but you know what we can do torch war but you know what we can do torch this place so they nager on the lake to this place so they nager on the lake to this place so they nager on the lake to the ground I'm going to nager on the the ground I'm going to nager on the the ground I'm going to nager on the lake tonight in an hour for date night lake tonight in an hour for date night lake tonight in an hour for date night with my wife and I am going to sip a with my wife and I am going to sip a with my wife and I am going to sip a good wine have a good pasta at kitchen good wine have a good pasta at kitchen good wine have a good pasta at kitchen 76 and just think about how it's my land 76 and just think about how it's my land 76 and just think about how it's my land and not theirs that's right that's right

and not theirs that's right that's right and not theirs that's right that's right we never get patriotic we never get patriotic we never get patriotic except I'm feeling something I'm kind of except I'm feeling something I'm kind of except I'm feeling something I'm kind of like this is a strange feeling my like this is a strange feeling my like this is a strange feeling my Canadian uh wife would be proud of us we Canadian uh wife would be proud of us we Canadian uh wife would be proud of us we proud to live here hey Brady proud to live here hey Brady proud to live here hey Brady communications director here uh over a communications director here uh over a communications director here uh over a church of a few thousand people one church of a few thousand people one church of a few thousand people one thing I'm on the fence about is thing I'm on the fence about is thing I'm on the fence about is promotion in a perfect world would you promotion in a perfect world would you promotion in a perfect world would you reserve posts and reals for Evergreen reserve posts and reals for Evergreen reserve posts and reals for Evergreen Social Ministry and things like stories Social Ministry and things like stories Social Ministry and things like stories and highlights for snapshots of what's and highlights for snapshots of what's and highlights for snapshots of what's going on right now in your church so going on right now in your church so going on right now in your church so this isn't something we talk about a ton this isn't something we talk about a ton this isn't something we talk about a ton because we're typically not speaking because we're typically not speaking because we're typically not speaking with larger churches but the reality is with larger churches but the reality is with larger churches but the reality is as your audience grows the less as your audience grows the less as your audience grows the less promotion you can do it feels like it promotion you can do it feels like it promotion you can do it feels like it should be the opposite but it's not and should be the opposite but it's not and should be the opposite but it's not and the reason is the bigger your audience the reason is the bigger your audience the reason is the bigger your audience is by virtue of that the less engaged is by virtue of that the less engaged is by virtue of that the less engaged the average audience the average audience the average audience member if you member if you member if you are Will Smith if you are John Cena and are Will Smith if you are John Cena and are Will Smith if you are John Cena and you have millions and millions of you have millions and millions of you have millions and millions of followers on average those followers are followers on average those followers are followers on average those followers are severely less engaged than the followers severely less engaged than the followers severely less engaged than the followers of my account and Alex's the bigger it of my account and Alex's the bigger it of my account and Alex's the bigger it is the less engaged on average they are is the less engaged on average they are is the less engaged on average they are and and and so as you create content you have to be so as you create content you have to be so as you create content you have to be mindful of that because if you create mindful of that because if you create mindful of that because if you create content that was targeted at a much more content that was targeted at a much more content that was targeted at a much more engaged audience you're not going to be engaged audience you're not going to be engaged audience you're not going to be reaching those people because they're reaching those people because they're reaching those people because they're going to be like this is this like this going to be like this is this like this going to be like this is this like this is way too this is not how our is way too this is not how our is way too this is not how our parasocial relationship has been parasocial relationship has been parasocial relationship has been configured one of my big picture items configured one of my big picture items configured one of my big picture items for myself in 2024 now that like we've for myself in 2024 now that like we've for myself in 2024 now that like we've grown a ton this year is that the tofu grown a ton this year is that the tofu grown a ton this year is that the tofu content that I'm making needs to be even

content that I'm making needs to be even content that I'm making needs to be even more accessible than it is now tofu I'm more accessible than it is now tofu I'm more accessible than it is now tofu I'm waiting for it is top of funnel content waiting for it is top of funnel content waiting for it is top of funnel content okay then we have mofu and we have bofu okay then we have mofu and we have bofu okay then we have mofu and we have bofu every word sounds either sexual or every word sounds either sexual or every word sounds either sexual or explicit or like a curse word I don't explicit or like a curse word I don't explicit or like a curse word I don't think any of them are especially not think any of them are especially not think any of them are especially not tofu and one of them is actually food tofu and one of them is actually food tofu and one of them is actually food yeah it's it the these are terms that yeah it's it the these are terms that yeah it's it the these are terms that are used in marketing so top of funnel are used in marketing so top of funnel are used in marketing so top of funnel content would be like the stuff that is content would be like the stuff that is content would be like the stuff that is seen by the most people so I need to seen by the most people so I need to seen by the most people so I need to make it even more accessible because my make it even more accessible because my make it even more accessible because my audience has grown this year and so I audience has grown this year and so I audience has grown this year and so I have to make it a little bit less deep have to make it a little bit less deep have to make it a little bit less deep so that it can keep reaching wide and so that it can keep reaching wide and so that it can keep reaching wide and that's okay because once folks get to that's okay because once folks get to that's okay because once folks get to middle of the funnel content the mofu middle of the funnel content the mofu middle of the funnel content the mofu maybe that's our YouTube videos and then maybe that's our YouTube videos and then maybe that's our YouTube videos and then they get to bofu which is us they get to bofu which is us they get to bofu which is us right now what about the one in five right now what about the one in five right now what about the one in five rule I can hear people thinking about rule I can hear people thinking about rule I can hear people thinking about that still applies the one in five rule that still applies the one in five rule that still applies the one in five rule no more than one in posts that you no more than one in posts that you no more than one in posts that you publish on social should be promotional publish on social should be promotional publish on social should be promotional in nature this person asks ideally would in nature this person asks ideally would in nature this person asks ideally would reals and posts be exclusively reserved reals and posts be exclusively reserved reals and posts be exclusively reserved for Evergreen Social Ministry yeah and for Evergreen Social Ministry yeah and for Evergreen Social Ministry yeah and the larger your church is the more the larger your church is the more the larger your church is the more you're going to have to do that the you're going to have to do that the you're going to have to do that the larger your church is the more the one larger your church is the more the one larger your church is the more the one in five rule becomes the one in 10 rule in five rule becomes the one in 10 rule in five rule becomes the one in 10 rule the one in 20 rule or the more followers the one in 20 rule or the more followers the one in 20 rule or the more followers you have on social being a large Church you have on social being a large Church you have on social being a large Church doesn't necessarily mean you have a doesn't necessarily mean you have a doesn't necessarily mean you have a large social audience at this size large social audience at this size large social audience at this size moving platforms over to more engaged moving platforms over to more engaged moving platforms over to more engaged platforms becomes a priority right like platforms becomes a priority right like platforms becomes a priority right like there is a future where we have a there is a future where we have a there is a future where we have a Discord where we have a private Channel Discord where we have a private Channel Discord where we have a private Channel where we can really chat with people where we can really chat with people where we can really chat with people because let's say even the podcast because let's say even the podcast because let's say even the podcast becomes big enough or we can't be as becomes big enough or we can't be as becomes big enough or we can't be as like you know going deep the podcast is

like you know going deep the podcast is like you know going deep the podcast is the format probably lends itself to that the format probably lends itself to that the format probably lends itself to that indefinitely but uh for this church yeah indefinitely but uh for this church yeah indefinitely but uh for this church yeah I think the the the less promotion that I think the the the less promotion that I think the the the less promotion that you can do on those platforms the better you can do on those platforms the better you can do on those platforms the better your overall next steps performance will your overall next steps performance will your overall next steps performance will be well speaking of growing platforms be well speaking of growing platforms be well speaking of growing platforms you can skip this question okay I we you can skip this question okay I we you can skip this question okay I we won't speak about it then you'll never won't speak about it then you'll never won't speak about it then you'll never you're never going to know what this you're never going to know what this you're never going to know what this question even was hey Brady do you have question even was hey Brady do you have question even was hey Brady do you have any tips for missionaries and nonprofit any tips for missionaries and nonprofit any tips for missionaries and nonprofit Ministries I have some close friends who Ministries I have some close friends who Ministries I have some close friends who are missionaries and I'm trying to help are missionaries and I'm trying to help are missionaries and I'm trying to help them generate more support both them generate more support both them generate more support both financial and spiritual good financial and spiritual good financial and spiritual good old-fashioned prayer cards don't seem to old-fashioned prayer cards don't seem to old-fashioned prayer cards don't seem to be cutting it okay so I'm a big fan of be cutting it okay so I'm a big fan of be cutting it okay so I'm a big fan of newsletters uh for missionaries and newsletters uh for missionaries and newsletters uh for missionaries and nonprofits if you're looking for a nonprofits if you're looking for a nonprofits if you're looking for a modern newsletter tool I think modern newsletter tool I think modern newsletter tool I think beehive.org h i i.com why are we doing beehive.org h i i.com why are we doing beehive.org h i i.com why are we doing this I don't know why because because it this I don't know why because because it this I don't know why because because it was a doom challenge you have as a missionary or a challenge you have as a missionary or a nonprofit relative to a church is that nonprofit relative to a church is that nonprofit relative to a church is that people are not coming in contact with people are not coming in contact with people are not coming in contact with you every single week M right as a you every single week M right as a you every single week M right as a nonprofit people are not coming to your nonprofit people are not coming to your nonprofit people are not coming to your service every week the way they are a service every week the way they are a service every week the way they are a church for a missionary you might be in church for a missionary you might be in church for a missionary you might be in a different city country continent than a different city country continent than a different city country continent than the people that are supporting you so the people that are supporting you so the people that are supporting you so you need to find a way to stay top of you need to find a way to stay top of you need to find a way to stay top of Mind newsletters are a great way to do Mind newsletters are a great way to do Mind newsletters are a great way to do that they can share a story they can that they can share a story they can that they can share a story they can talk about like a fun thing oh here's a talk about like a fun thing oh here's a talk about like a fun thing oh here's a here's a recipe that we're making in our here's a recipe that we're making in our here's a recipe that we're making in our you know nation that we're living in

you know nation that we're living in you know nation that we're living in that's hey we found we really liked this that's hey we found we really liked this that's hey we found we really liked this you know here's a video of what we've you know here's a video of what we've you know here's a video of what we've been up to lately in the school or been up to lately in the school or been up to lately in the school or working with the children or working in working with the children or working in working with the children or working in serving those that are in need here's a serving those that are in need here's a serving those that are in need here's a link to to donate here and it can be link to to donate here and it can be link to to donate here and it can be this thing that keeps your experience this thing that keeps your experience this thing that keeps your experience top of mind for people to support top of mind for people to support top of mind for people to support because that is the biggest Gap that you because that is the biggest Gap that you because that is the biggest Gap that you are trying to uh cross MH one more hot are trying to uh cross MH one more hot are trying to uh cross MH one more hot tip for that if you're going to go with tip for that if you're going to go with tip for that if you're going to go with email which I that totally resonates and email which I that totally resonates and email which I that totally resonates and I totally agree in fact anecdotally uh I totally agree in fact anecdotally uh I totally agree in fact anecdotally uh there are some some folks some friends there are some some folks some friends there are some some folks some friends of ours who are doing Mission work uh a of ours who are doing Mission work uh a of ours who are doing Mission work uh a few different people from uh different few different people from uh different few different people from uh different Avenues and areas of our life and when Avenues and areas of our life and when Avenues and areas of our life and when they send an email I always read it I they send an email I always read it I they send an email I always read it I don't know what it is about that but I don't know what it is about that but I don't know what it is about that but I always read those emails and and I have always read those emails and and I have always read those emails and and I have a lot of unread emails so I'm I'm a lot of unread emails so I'm I'm a lot of unread emails so I'm I'm prioritizing reading those ones but if prioritizing reading those ones but if prioritizing reading those ones but if you do choose to go this route you do choose to go this route you do choose to go this route resist at every opportunity the resist at every opportunity the resist at every opportunity the temptation to make it feel very temptation to make it feel very temptation to make it feel very newsletter and and prioritize making it newsletter and and prioritize making it newsletter and and prioritize making it personal so um written in the personal personal so um written in the personal personal so um written in the personal pros of the missionary that you're pros of the missionary that you're pros of the missionary that you're supporting so that when it comes across supporting so that when it comes across supporting so that when it comes across it doesn't feel um like an advertisement it doesn't feel um like an advertisement it doesn't feel um like an advertisement or like a like a an emotionless or like a like a an emotionless or like a like a an emotionless newsletter but it feels like a letter newsletter but it feels like a letter newsletter but it feels like a letter coming from a friend um that's really coming from a friend um that's really coming from a friend um that's really going to help with your your open rates going to help with your your open rates going to help with your your open rates and and your your read throughs there and and your your read throughs there and and your your read throughs there last last last question in honor of autumn which we all question in honor of autumn which we all question in honor of autumn which we all know is the best season facts what is know is the best season facts what is know is the best season facts what is your favorite Apple okay so when we were your favorite Apple okay so when we were your favorite Apple okay so when we were in Vermont we went to the grocery store in Vermont we went to the grocery store in Vermont we went to the grocery store during kind of like the peak season and during kind of like the peak season and during kind of like the peak season and bought all the apples and then we did a bought all the apples and then we did a bought all the apples and then we did a blind Apple taste test and the number

blind Apple taste test and the number blind Apple taste test and the number one apple according to Apple one apple according to Apple one apple according to Apple rankings.com rankings.com rankings.com is an apple called a sweet Tango yeah is an apple called a sweet Tango yeah is an apple called a sweet Tango yeah and it's it's spelled s we e Tango so and it's it's spelled s we e Tango so and it's it's spelled s we e Tango so it's like church home there's no Double it's like church home there's no Double it's like church home there's no Double H there's no Double T I found that at a H there's no Double T I found that at a H there's no Double T I found that at a grocery store at home have you had it grocery store at home have you had it grocery store at home have you had it yet no so you you missed it yeah it's yet no so you you missed it yeah it's yet no so you you missed it yeah it's over because apparently first half of over because apparently first half of over because apparently first half of October second half of September it's October second half of September it's October second half of September it's good but other than that the one we had good but other than that the one we had good but other than that the one we had not great like wasn't number one on your not great like wasn't number one on your not great like wasn't number one on your blind test did not no the ones that blind test did not no the ones that blind test did not no the ones that stood out were and it's a hybrid yeah stood out were and it's a hybrid yeah stood out were and it's a hybrid yeah yeah I mean they I mean they almost all yeah I mean they I mean they almost all yeah I mean they I mean they almost all are at this point I didn't even know how are at this point I didn't even know how are at this point I didn't even know how many apples exist many apples exist many apples exist I was so many apples we live in apple I was so many apples we live in apple I was so many apples we live in apple land like we grow them here there are so land like we grow them here there are so land like we grow them here there are so many varieties yeah this is like a big many varieties yeah this is like a big many varieties yeah this is like a big knowledge Gap in my mind I grew up with knowledge Gap in my mind I grew up with knowledge Gap in my mind I grew up with a granny smith and a red delicious and a granny smith and a red delicious and a granny smith and a red delicious and up until like last month I was like oh up until like last month I was like oh up until like last month I was like oh red delicious are the best until red delicious are the best until red delicious are the best until somebody was like you are a shameful somebody was like you are a shameful somebody was like you are a shameful human and I said what and I got got into human and I said what and I got got into human and I said what and I got got into the Apple rankings.com rabbit hole and the Apple rankings.com rabbit hole and the Apple rankings.com rabbit hole and then the next week I was going to then the next week I was going to then the next week I was going to Vermont and oh coincidentally it's like Vermont and oh coincidentally it's like Vermont and oh coincidentally it's like the first week of October okay now I can the first week of October okay now I can the first week of October okay now I can really learn and get educated uh so really learn and get educated uh so really learn and get educated uh so honey crisp obviously is great I mean honey crisp obviously is great I mean honey crisp obviously is great I mean it's kind of like the Undisputed goat it's kind of like the Undisputed goat it's kind of like the Undisputed goat but one that I found that apparently on but one that I found that apparently on but one that I found that apparently on brand is huge with Millennials because brand is huge with Millennials because brand is huge with Millennials because we we had to Rebrand honey crisp it's we we had to Rebrand honey crisp it's we we had to Rebrand honey crisp it's called a cosmic crisp okay indisputably called a cosmic crisp okay indisputably called a cosmic crisp okay indisputably better name yeah and it is so Millennial better name yeah and it is so Millennial better name yeah and it is so Millennial that it is the mo and apple rankings.com that it is the mo and apple rankings.com that it is the mo and apple rankings.com will tell you that it's overrated will tell you that it's overrated will tell you that it's overrated because of the Millennials what I'll

because of the Millennials what I'll because of the Millennials what I'll tell you is that Apple rankings.com has tell you is that Apple rankings.com has tell you is that Apple rankings.com has sweet Tango overrated and I think the sweet Tango overrated and I think the sweet Tango overrated and I think the the the the hype of the C crisp is a the the the hype of the C crisp is a the the the hype of the C crisp is a well earned so I had a honey crisp apple well earned so I had a honey crisp apple well earned so I had a honey crisp apple today M on my way to my allergist today M on my way to my allergist today M on my way to my allergist appointment I also had one today and appointment I also had one today and appointment I also had one today and like it was like what other what other like it was like what other what other like it was like what other what other food experience have you had food experience have you had food experience have you had recently trumps the height of ecstasy recently trumps the height of ecstasy recently trumps the height of ecstasy that you get eating a honey crisp a that you get eating a honey crisp a that you get eating a honey crisp a honey crisp apple the the juice that is honey crisp apple the the juice that is honey crisp apple the the juice that is like like pouring down your wrist into like like pouring down your wrist into like like pouring down your wrist into your sleeve the jangle jaw as you would your sleeve the jangle jaw as you would your sleeve the jangle jaw as you would say yes jingle jaw thank you the uh uh say yes jingle jaw thank you the uh uh say yes jingle jaw thank you the uh uh the sweetness the acidity it the snap of the sweetness the acidity it the snap of the sweetness the acidity it the snap of every bite it's oh it is so good um but every bite it's oh it is so good um but every bite it's oh it is so good um but the thing about that you just brought the thing about that you just brought the thing about that you just brought about Millennials makes me so about Millennials makes me so about Millennials makes me so bothered because just recently I read an bothered because just recently I read an bothered because just recently I read an article in the local newspaper there is article in the local newspaper there is article in the local newspaper there is uh an innovation Research Center locally uh an innovation Research Center locally uh an innovation Research Center locally here called vinand Growers MH and they here called vinand Growers MH and they here called vinand Growers MH and they do a lot of because we grow a lot of do a lot of because we grow a lot of do a lot of because we grow a lot of peaches here we are the Northern most peaches here we are the Northern most peaches here we are the Northern most latitude of peach growing on the Globe latitude of peach growing on the Globe latitude of peach growing on the Globe like peaches shouldn't do well here and like peaches shouldn't do well here and like peaches shouldn't do well here and so over time folks call them GMOs if you so over time folks call them GMOs if you so over time folks call them GMOs if you will like folks have engineered Peach will like folks have engineered Peach will like folks have engineered Peach ridies to endure right the winters ridies to endure right the winters ridies to endure right the winters because they can thrive in our really because they can thrive in our really because they can thrive in our really hot humid hot humid hot humid Summers and this researcher from vinand Summers and this researcher from vinand Summers and this researcher from vinand he's like in this news article he's like he's like in this news article he's like he's like in this news article he's like let me tell you about the variety we're let me tell you about the variety we're let me tell you about the variety we're working on right now he's like Peach

working on right now he's like Peach working on right now he's like Peach yeah he's like the Gen zers he's like yeah he's like the Gen zers he's like yeah he's like the Gen zers he's like they don't want the mess of a juicy they don't want the mess of a juicy they don't want the mess of a juicy Peach so we're engineering a variety Peach so we're engineering a variety Peach so we're engineering a variety that's not as messy but just as juicy that's not as messy but just as juicy that's not as messy but just as juicy period and I'm like what are we actually period and I'm like what are we actually period and I'm like what are we actually doing the glory of a peach is the is the doing the glory of a peach is the is the doing the glory of a peach is the is the mess it is the juice and here we are mess it is the juice and here we are mess it is the juice and here we are millennials too I guess we're indicted millennials too I guess we're indicted millennials too I guess we're indicted in this maybe we should just change ice in this maybe we should just change ice in this maybe we should just change ice cream so that like it doesn't get on our cream so that like it doesn't get on our cream so that like it doesn't get on our face also oh a hot fudge Sunday that face also oh a hot fudge Sunday that face also oh a hot fudge Sunday that doesn't have a little bit on your nose doesn't have a little bit on your nose doesn't have a little bit on your nose like any measure of discomfort we're like any measure of discomfort we're like any measure of discomfort we're like no it could be better and so I like no it could be better and so I like no it could be better and so I reject the cosmic crisp I reject reject the cosmic crisp I reject reject the cosmic crisp I reject whatever variety I forget the name that whatever variety I forget the name that whatever variety I forget the name that they came up with this Peach is so they came up with this Peach is so they came up with this Peach is so asinine and you know the work they do of asinine and you know the work they do of asinine and you know the work they do of Vine Growers is awesome I think it's Vine Growers is awesome I think it's Vine Growers is awesome I think it's pretty cool but this specifically it's pretty cool but this specifically it's pretty cool but this specifically it's like you need you need to stop and so like you need you need to stop and so like you need you need to stop and so I'm here I'm here for like when I was I'm here I'm here for like when I was I'm here I'm here for like when I was driving and you know how clean my car is driving and you know how clean my car is driving and you know how clean my car is I was eating that apple in my car I was I was eating that apple in my car I was I was eating that apple in my car I was I was making a mess I was I was in love I was making a mess I was I was in love I was making a mess I was I was in love so shouts to the apples and the peaches so shouts to the apples and the peaches so shouts to the apples and the peaches and shouts to you listener and viewer and shouts to you listener and viewer and shouts to you listener and viewer thank you for your time attention and thank you for your time attention and thank you for your time attention and Trust there are more questions here Trust there are more questions here Trust there are more questions here we'll get to them on the next episode of we'll get to them on the next episode of we'll get to them on the next episode of pro Church tools AKA bro Church tools pro Church tools AKA bro Church tools pro Church tools AKA bro Church tools and we'll see you on the next episode and we'll see you on the next episode and we'll see you on the next episode next week as well cheers so you have the next week as well cheers so you have the next week as well cheers so you have the most points and I have the second most most points and I have the second most most points and I have the second most oh but what place are you in fourth oh but what place are you in fourth oh but what place are you in fourth fourth even though you have a under 500 fourth even though you have a under 500 fourth even though you have a under 500 record yeah no one else has 600 points record yeah no one else has 600 points record yeah no one else has 600 points and I have 629 and you have 716 yeah cuz

and I have 629 and you have 716 yeah cuz and I have 629 and you have 716 yeah cuz yall keep coming at me and I keep yall keep coming at me and I keep yall keep coming at me and I keep burying you I can't believe it