So you're now living in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee, Pastor John.

You live on a mountain and you have a porch that faces out towards the mountains.

It sounds like a very serene and peaceful place.

In Minneapolis, you've lived for the past 30 years in a very loud urban setting in a

house that's set next to the interstate.

I mean, what has this adjustment been like from downtown Minneapolis to the middle of

nowhere, Tennessee?

Well, it's taking some adjustment.

This funny, the Lord prepared me for it in a way.

I came home in Minneapolis a few weeks ago and mewell and I got out of the car on a

Saturday and we stopped and we said, something's wrong.

And what was wrong was that interstate 94 and 35 W, which intersect in front of our

house had been shut down to build the bridge over Chicago, Avenue.

And there was not a single car on these 15 lanes of freeway.

And the whole neighborhood sounded starkly silent.

And I stood there saying, this is really weird.

I haven't heard this kind of silence for a long time.

And that's the way it is here all the time.

And so you sit on the front porch and there's nothing but this cow about a mile away.

It seems like I don't know what he's doing.

And then there's the birds that you can hear.

There are no cars anywhere.

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