Welcome to Conversations That Matter podcast where we are forging a bold Christian vision for America.

I'm your host, John Harris.

We have a lot to get to today.

But before we get to it, I want to let you know that I could use your prayer the next week.

I am kind of burnt out, and so is my wife.

So we decided we would take a trip for a few days, and I looked at my air miles to see

where could I go? That's free and cheap

once I get there. And I've accumulated enough air miles to fly to Mexico City. And I thought, well,

that would be fun. We need some vitamin D. We actually just had a blizzard here in New York.

And wouldn't you know the day before the violence breaks out is when we schedule it?

So my wife is nervous. Just pray for us. I think it'll be fine. Mexico City is far away from

the violence happening currently, but they did upgrade the caution level to a two. And I guess it's

normally a one. So I'm hoping for a relaxing time and not a time of being nervous

that there's going to be a cartel that breaks into where we're staying and finds that we're

American. And then, I don't know, wants to use that somehow. I don't think that's going to happen.

My wife's more concerned about it than I am,

but I would appreciate the prayer. I have recorded a bunch of podcasts for you this week,

so you can look forward to that. I have a podcast with C.R. Wiley on AI that's going to drop soon. I've

got one on whether or not we should think of our problems as external, internal, or both. That's going to drop soon. I've got one on whether or not we should think of our problems as

external, internal, or both. That's kind of outside the box, kind of an original thought. So

that'll come out, I think, Thursday or Friday. There's one on Gen Z men. And whether or not

Gen Z men are actually in a period of revival and moving towards Christianity.

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