Today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly will return to a remarkable story about two men who experienced a somewhat awkward interaction several years ago in the lobby of a church.

And he said, I'm glad you're here. I mean, any minute, I mean, he kept saying it, as you can imagine, you know, you've met the guy, glad you're here, dude, I'm so glad

you're here. And that's where it all began. I didn't love the church, you know, I didn't go home

and nothing really changed. I just was intrigued. There was something about this guy that said,

I know what you don't believe. I even know you're probably

a little tipsy tonight, but I'm still glad you're here. Well, that's Walker Hayes, the Grammy

nominated singer and songwriter describing the beginning of his friendship with Craig Cooper,

who serves churches today as a Bible teacher and speaker.

Now, together, these two men have written a book called Glad You're Here, Two Unlikely Friends Breaking Bread and Fences.

John, last time we had a fascinating conversation with Craig and Walker about how the Lord deliberately began weaving their lives and families together.

Their relationship didn't make any sense, an atheist and a pastor, but their wives became

friends and their kids became friends. Isn't that how it always goes? And through a series of

remarkable circumstances, they started hanging out together.

And here's the thing. Craig didn't have a special gift of evangelism. He was simply being a good friend,

something we can all do with the people we meet and interact with every day. And that's one reason

why we're sharing this program with you. It's a wonderful redemption story.

And if you missed last time, get a hold of us and get the audio copy of it.

Or you can watch it on YouTube or get the Focus app for your phone and you'll have access to everything.

Yeah, we'll tell you more about Walker and Craig and our previous conversation with them

and their book, Glad You're Here, When You Stop by the Show Notes for All the Links.

And now, Jim, we're going to pick up part two of the conversation with Walker Hayes and Craig Cooper

talking about the impact of their wives, Lainey and Laura.

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