Welcome to the Eric Mataxis Show!

Just yesterday I caught a wild bird with my bare hands, and then I said it free.

Because that's just who I am. When you love something, you said it free.

But first you must catch it with your bare hands. That's the rule.

And now, my friend Eric Mataxis, who is a lot like that caught bird.

Fly to Larry fly, be free and fly. Fly to your microphone in the mountains.

He yaw! He yaw!

Yep. That's it folks.

That's right, that's my life. Hey folks, it's the Eric Mataxis Show, and I get to have fun on the show.

I get to talk to people that I like to talk to.

When you like to do that, well I would, and I get to do it right now.

Matt Poppavitz, you're my guest. Welcome to the program.

Hey, thanks for having me.

Now, people don't know who you are unless they already know who you are, in which case they do know who you are.

But you, Matt Poppavitz, are a pastor here in New York City.

And I love this. I always want to tell my radio audience what's going on in New York City.

Because people have this idea that New York City is this very secular place.

Now, that's correct. However, there is so much cool stuff going on that didn't used to be going on.

That it's exciting. And you are the pastor of a church here. Two churches here.

Okay, so tell us first of all, where are you from originally?

Well originally I'm from the great state of Michigan.

Never heard of it. No, no. But then I went to seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.

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