Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.

Thanks for joining. I am in the podcast studio with today's Devo writer, Mr. Jared Long.

Howdy, howdy? Jared, you listen to this podcast regularly.

Every day.

And we work on the same floor here at the church, but we don't work with each other often.

Not yet.

Not yet.

I mean, today's day one of a long friendship.

I can already tell.

But tell us a little bit about yourself.

Who are you?

Well, I am from Houston originally, which is something I catch a lot of heat for, local sports teams and what have you.

I've been on staff.

Yesterday was actually four months on staff.

Congrats.

Thank you.

It's been a very busy but fantastic time so far.

I grew up Catholic as recently as three and a half years ago I was still practicing.

Wow. Oh, that's right. Because when we talked about in one of the Matthew episodes,

the keys to the kingdom, we had a conversation about it.

Mm-hmm. About why the Pope is or is not important, depending on your view.

Of that passage.

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