Thank you. Oh, All right. Welcome to the American Churchman podcast. I am not John Harris but it doesn't mean you should turn it off immediately I am

related to him I'm his brother I'm the director of True Script and I am

pinch-hitting for him today as always or unless we have a

significant category 5 hurricane Matthew Pearson is here with us tonight. Matt, how are you doing?

I am doing great, David.

As always, it's always a pleasure to be here,

and it's even a greater pleasure to have you on now.

It's kind of funny how last week I was not able to make it because I was

stupid enough to go down to Tampa during the hurricane. So that was that was fun but

yeah John recommended I probably shouldn't do the cast and i

i was going to cancel anyways but it's funny how you two did it and

now he's gone and i'm here so uh... but yeah it's good to good to see you you got to be with

with you for this cast.

I'm excited.

Absolutely.

I don't think you were stupid at all.

I was texting with my father-in-law who lives in Florida

and telling him, listen, I'm coming, I don't want to miss it, but I don't know, I'm weird like that as well.

When there's significant weather events, I have like a, I have a deep, I hope masculine urge to be present for them.

Like I need to experience them with everyone else.

Which, by the way, you're going to get into an attribute of God,

but something about storms that's always struck me

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