Hey, everybody, and welcome to You Were Born for this podcast with me. Father John, I'm your host. I'm the executive director at Acts 29. And in this podcast, we talk about anything and everything related to transforming parishes. And I'm here, as always, with my dear friends, co-hosts, Nick and Mary. How are you guys doing?

It's doing great, Father John. It's a great day. We're enjoying these July days. And Nick, what's our topic?

Yeah. So today's title is be a Caleb. And so we're going to talk about numbers 13, 14, Caleb and Joshua. And just kind of...

Not the numbers 13 and 14 14 but the book of numbers right

that's not exactly one of those books that a lot of people read we're just talking about numbers

and digits today no yeah whoever marketed the old testament should have done a better job with a

naming I think but uh okay so that's clear yeah the book of numbers chapter 13 14 14

Caleb and Joshua is just two extremely relevant characters

for us today, because we're facing some unprecedented times, and so they are just great models

for us. So before that, though, Father John, will you open us in prayer? Indeed. Yeah. In the name of the

Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. Father, we thank you for the opportunity that we have to gather right now.

We thank you for all our brothers and sisters who are making the effort to listen. We pray that the

words that we speak would be only the ones that you want us to say. We ask you to put your words

in our mouths, that they would be edifying, encouraging, and hope-filled for those who are listening to us and for

ourselves, that we might go out into this world, which is hungry for the transformation that can

only come by the power of the gospel and your spirit at work in our lives to take place ever more

fully. All this we ask in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Thank you, Father.

Yes, I'm going to make a caveat right off the bat.

So I'm on a boatload of pain pills right now.

And one of them is a steroid that's making me like really intense.

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