Hey, welcome to the Scripture Study Project, our podcast dedicated to helping you discover the

scriptures in a fresh way, invest your mind and heart into your personal study, and connect to God in your everyday life.

We are your host, Krista and Zach Horton, and I am back

this week after, I don't know, Zach, I was thinking I should have counted up the episodes

that I have not been on. You got a nice little vacation. I did. Thank you for that. You're

welcome. That was nice of you, because even last week, you guys you guys, we started recording together, and I just couldn't do it.

I think I had been away for too long and too used to the break.

So thanks, Zach, for giving me that.

Because I needed a break.

You're too much of a professional good teacher.

I was going to say apologies to everyone over the past month where you didn't have your voice, which sounds much better, and your insights, which are always more grounded and realistic.

No. Well, I've been grateful, and I can't really say that I've missed it in three and a half years. I haven't had a break, so actually I kind of liked the break.

But I'm glad to be back and feeling glad to be here recording this week.

Now it's my turn.

So peace out, everyone.

And you know that you know what would happen.

The podcast would not get published at all, which even that's the other reason we had to break.

One week we just forgot to publish an episode.

And that has never happened for us.

And we literally just forgot.

I think it was a couple days in.

Usually we post this a few days earlier.

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