Hey everyone still in Southern California. I'm actually visiting family haven't

seen them since before COVID and needed to get out here so I'm got my cell phone that's about all I have to try to record a podcast. So I'm going

over more personal stories things that I can say that are not that don't require a slideshow or anything like that or a computer so

most of you don't know this by the way fun fact I guess but I am from Southern California originally. I was born outside of LA and most of my

extended family actually lives out here and many of you think I'm from the

South somewhere and I do from the South somewhere,

and I do have my South Carolina hat on,

but the reason for that, I think, is probably a few things.

I listened to way too much country music,

and I started talking a little bit like southerners, probably as a result, partially of that.

But I also lived in North Carolina for about a year, and I lived in Virginia for three years, and my grandfather's

from Mississippi, and we have a lot of more extended family in Mississippi

and we go down there every year.

So I have a lot of ancestors, a lot of family in the south, but originally born in California and was raised most of my life in upstate New York so there's actually a little bit of I guess all of America and me I don't know but anyway

That's where I am right now that That's right near the beach, and my wife's out there

having a good time.

It's our afternoon to go to the beach,

and I figured I just record a few little podcasts.

And I wanted to share with you a thought that I had a few weeks ago.

I visited a church that was historically a black church in the south and it was a wonderful experience. This was a solid church. I know many

ethnic churches are more Pentecostal or they tend to sometimes there's a reputation that they don't have

a strong theology and that kind of thing from what I could understand at this church

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