Welcome to Tim Men of Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

My name is Patrick Miller. And I'm Keith Simon.

So Patrick, did you grow up being a reader?

No, I did not enjoy reading much as a child.

I'm as I thought it was lame or I mean, I was pretty nerdy and lame and weird, so I don't know why I would have been bothered by those things I

just didn't like doing it. So did all that change when you went to private school?

Again did not go to private school. No it changed when I found, this is a weird story, but it's totally true.

I found a copy of The Catcher in the Rye on the Ground. I think my sophomore or junior year of high school

is on the ground, like you're walking on a nature trail and there is a book, Catcher in the Rye.

I know this sounds bizarre.

It's true though, I find this ratty, tattered up copy of the Catcher in the Rye.

And I don't know why, but I almost took it like a sign

or something.

I should read this book.

So I picked it up, and I started reading it.

And the main character in it, holding Callfield, is this guy who thinks that everybody else is a phony.

And you know, if you've never been a loser in high school, then you can't possibly understand exactly

how Holding Caulfield felt.

Because I was a big loser and I thought

everybody else was so funny and so I'm reading this book I'm like oh my gosh this guy is me

I think just like this guy I love this guy and I had this bizarre experience of

connecting with something in a really deep way and I thought man

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