"It's a beautiful day." "It's a beautiful day." "It's God's good day." "It's a beautiful day." "You know, standing up for God, it's not an easy thing." "Nobody said it was easy." "It is not easy." "But Jesus, Jesus saved my life." "He saved my life." "I relate it to David, the psalmist, who said:" "Thou hast picked me up from the dunghill and placed my feet on a solid rock." "And Jesus," "Jesus, he lifted me up from a horrible pit as well, and he washed my heart clean, and he cleaned me up from all my sins and all the evil that I did." "I'm all cleaned up, and it's a wonderful feeling." "It is wonderful." "And he gave me this message." "He gave me this message to give to you today." "And today, he says:" "Go, ye, unto all the world and spread the gospel, for he who believes and is baptized will be saved." "Amen." "Amen." "# Blessed assurance #" "# Jesus is mine #" "As you are buried with him in baptism, so you are raised with him by faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ." "Amen, sister." "# Purchase of God #" "# Born of his spirit #" "# Washed in his blood #" "# This is my story #" "# This is my song #" "Hallelujah." "# Praising my savior #" "# All the day long #" "Our Lord, Jesus Christ." "# This is my story #" "# This is my song #" "Again!" "# All the day long #" " Corinne?" " Yes." "As you are buried with him through baptism..." "Hallelujah." "...so you are raised with him by faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ." "# Burst on my sight #" "# Angels descending #" "# Bring from above #" "# Echoes of mercy #" "# Whispers of love #" "# This is my story This is my song #" "Corinne." "You've got chores to do." "He taught them how to swim and dive." "# Praising my savior##" "Hey, honey." "Oh, please, you're a lot of help." "I was hoping for a little help myself." "I got this problem, lady." "Oh, yeah?" "Somehow your problems become my problems." "Shoo." "I got a runt in the oven." "I've got work to do." " You do?" " Yeah, I do." " Me too." " Ha, ha." " Mm." "That tickle?" " Stop it, don't tickle there." " I told you don't do that." " Careful, honey." "Careful, honey." "Careful, honey." "Ooh." "Ooh, ooh." "Ha-ha-ha." "Hop on there, squirt." "There you go." "And get that other one." "There you go." "Now, arms real straight." "Now, pick her up and walk." "Look at that." "Oh, boy." "I got you." " You're like a gigantic monster girl." " Yeah." "Going into town to cause damage." "Ha, ha." "Big trouble." "Hello." "Good afternoon, ma'am." "Let me introduce myself." "Name's Bobbie Lee Moore, Syracuse Accordion Company." "I'd like to show you an instrument to bring magic into your little one's life." "How'd you like to play the squeezebox?" "This here is the Titano Palmer-Hughes Grand." "It has all the features of a full-size accordion." "Forty-one full-length black and mother-of-pearl keys, all your sharps, all your flats." "Now it's your turn." "I'm sorry, but she's not really musical." "I wouldn't wanna waste your time." "Not to contradict you, but maybe she hasn't found her instrument." "Wow." "Look at the way you squeeze that box." "What do you think of the Titano Palmer-Hughes Grand?" "It's practically bigger than she is." "She can barely stand up straight." "Okay." "Mama." " Oh, darling." " I love you." "I love you." "Everything is going to be all right." "We'll see you in church on Sunday?" "Yes, ma'am." "Oh, it's hot today here in Vacation Bible School." "Just nod your head if you're hot today." "Yes?" "Do you know the Lamb of God?" "Do you know that he is knocking at the door of your heart?" "So gentle the way he does it." "Just... so soft." "Gently." "Tap, tap, tap." "Can you hear it?" "Can you hear him there?" "Jesus is a gentleman, children." "He's not gonna come barging into your heart without an invitation." "Won't you open the door for Jesus?" "Want you to take that chain off your door and lift up that latch and open that up." "Who's there?" "It's Jesus." "And he's waiting for you, children." "You're welcome here, dear Lord." "All right, let us bow our heads and pray." "With everyone's eyes closed now, no one looking around, raise your hand if you made a decision today." "Yes, Pastor Bud," "I opened the door." "I didn't leave Jesus out in the cold." "I wanna go to heaven." "No pig snorting, please." "Little children, this is the time now to make the decision." "I see you." "Does anyone else think this is the...?" "I see you, dear." "Is there anybody else today who will raise your hand and say:" ""This is my day."" "To say, "I've been saved."" "I see you, dear child." "I see you, sweetheart." "I see you, I see you." "Tim, Corinne, Shelly." "I'll speak to you up here." "Everyone else, as you head out, do be careful on those steps." "Won't you?" "Happy summer." "Now," "I want you to know what a great day it is in heaven right now." "Do you know why?" "Because we asked Jesus into our heart?" "Hearts, moron." "Because you made the best decision of your lives." "Put your hands together." "You've made the best decision of your lives." "Don't be ashamed of Jesus, children, and he won't be ashamed of you." "I want you to tell your mama and your papa that your names have been written in the book of life." "Oh, Kathleen, Kathleen." "All right." "Is it hot enough for you?" "I might join my girls at the pool this afternoon." "Oh, Bathsheba bathing, well..." "You like to swim, Pastor Bud?" "Oh, I never learned to swim, I..." "His power is perfected in my weakness in that way." "I used to be a lifeguard." " You didn't." " I could teach you." " No." " I could." "I could teach you, yes, I could." "No, I would just sink like a stone." "You know, the baptism tank, that's as deep as I could go." " Ha-ha-ha." " Never mind about that." "Corinne has some wonderful news to share with you." " Really, sweetheart?" " And Kathleen?" " Yes." " I know this has not been an easy time since you lost your baby, I know that." "But the Lord can make good things come out of tragedy." "Your family will be strong now with God at the center." "You know that." "All right, you tell your mama the good news." "Bye." "Come on, Pookie." "Come on, Wendy." "Let's go swimming, huh?" "Okay, so, what's the wonderful news?" "Hm?" "What is it?" " She got saved today." " Saved from what?" "I just raised my hand, that's all." "Pastor Bud says Jesus knocks on our heart, but we don't listen." "Maybe he should try the doorbell instead." " Sally saw you." " What?" "Sally saw me what?" " What, what?" "What did Sally see?" " I can't trust you." "You can't trust me?" "You're making me crazy, all right?" "You're making me crazy." "I am home." "I am the one who's home here." "I'm taking care of these children." "I'm in this crap house." "I'm the one who's out working, buying your wigs and your car and your other crap." "So, what is the issue?" "What did I do?" "I have made every house that we have lived in a home." "Yeah, well, are we...?" "Follow around all your crap." "Yeah, yeah, it's all about me." "What?" "All alone." "Yeah, you made us a house, sure, sure." "What is the problem?" "What do you want me to say?" "Right now, what isn't the problem?" "Yeah." "You see how big that guy was?" "Jesus Christ." " Hey, guys, I'll catch you in a second." " All right." "Hey." "You're the writer, aren't you?" " I write." "I mean..." " Yeah, you're Corinne Walker, right?" " Yeah." " Yeah." "I was just on my way to practice." "Do you know The Renegades?" "Uh, of course." "Everyone knows The Renegades." "I'm Ethan." "I know." "So, what are you doing?" "Um, I'm waiting for my sister to finish practice." "I meant, what are you writing?" "Oh." "Some words and thoughts." " Thoughts on what?" " Mm, disappointment." "Oh." "We should write a song together." "For The Renegades?" "Sure." "Yeah." "But, um..." "I'm not musical." "Maybe you haven't found your instrument yet." "Tell her she looks pretty." "Just tell her you love her." "Where you going, wildcat?" " Hm?" "Where do you think you're...?" " Move it." " No." "Mm-mm." " Move it." "You're gonna have to get through me." "Ow!" "That hurt." "Oh!" "Don't you dare." "Give me." "Give that to me or I'm gonna kill you." "Give me that." "Mine." " Damn it!" " Oops." "# I was anything but free I was any... #" " What'd you say, free or me?" " Free." " Free, okay." " Free, yeah." "# I was anything but free #" "# As far as I could see ##" "Do the drum solo right there and come back." "I like The Renegades." "I've been to concerts." " I love your music." " Thanks." "Corrine." "I'm the only freshman to make it on varsity." "Ah." "You're looking at the first guy out in dodge ball." "It's like, every time..." " It's instant." "It's..." " Me too." " I'm always out first." "Every single time." " Yeah?" "Knew there's a reason I loved you so much." "I heard what you said." "You said "I love you."" "No, I said I liked her so much, because..." "Yeah, okay." "Get lost, Wendy." "Yeah, Wendy." "Go shoot some hoops or something." "No, I run track." "Well, I'm a track monster." "Ew, that's gross." "You guys are disgusting." "Ew." "You guys are full of shit." "All right." "Harmonize with me." "Come on, come on." "# I went walking down the road #" "# The road for the blind #" "# For a long, long time #" "I got you." "I got you." "I got you." "# I walked alone #" "# Down that lonely road #" "# No place to go #" "# I was the sea # # I was the sea #" "# As cold as I could be # # As cold as I could be #" "# I was anything but free ## # I was anything but free ##" "# I could show you how to fly #" "# Charge you by the night #" "# I could take you for a ride #" "# A jog around my mind #" "# You turn the other way #" "# I can tell you're afraid #" "# Put up your guard #" "# It's all up to you #" "Oh, honey." "# Every time I see your smile I run to you #" "# Every time I hear your voice #" "# I dream of you #" "Hey, honey." "# Lady, lady, lady, lady #" "# I'm gonna let you Be my girlfriend #" "# Maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe #" "# Because when you're there #" "# I just don't care I'm here for you ##" "Break it." "Oh, damn it." "Fuck." " Thought you wanted to be a rock star." " I did, yeah." "A different kind though, huh?" "Whoo!" "Abigator, did you help Mommy with her hair?" "Oh, it's okay." " See?" "She hates me." " She doesn't hate you." "I work too much." "You see?" "Right there." "Wendy told me the Jesus people are in town." "Her friends get high and go talk to them." "Oh." "Jesus freaks in Ellenville, huh?" "You know, I haven't opened a Bible since I was a kid." "Listen, I told you things would get better." "And they will." "Just wanna get some practice time in." "And if I didn't have a baby to take care of, I'd write a novel, but this is our life." "At least we have Abby-Fat-Legs." "Ooh, ooh." "You little pork butt." "Look at you." "Pbbt." "Mwah." " Aah." " Ow." "This is for Abby-Fat-Legs." "Right here." "# Traded my guitar For a chubby baby #" "# Work with them stones Bring home that gravy #" "# Hair once on my head Moved down to my chest #" "# You sit at home all day long #" "# With a baby Sucking on your breast ##" "Shh." "She needs her own space." "Get a cooler and put her in there." "Just use it as a playpen." "Mike, I need that cooler." "Not that one, take that one." "That one." "Mama." "This is a nice bed, huh?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "This is the last gig Abby and I are coming to." " Yo, what up?" " Look here." " What's going on, man?" " Party time." "Check out my poopy pants, yeah." "Suck it, bitch!" " We're The Renegades!" " Suck it!" "Hey, dickhead!" "You wanna get us pulled over?" "My kid's in the bus." " Fucking cut it out!" " Hey!" "Hey, fucking cut it out!" " Oh, no." " Oh, shit!" "Ethan." " Where are my drums?" " Let's go." "Abby!" "Where's...?" "Grab the cooler." "Go, get out." "Abby!" "You got the cooler?" "Abby!" "Abby!" "Ethan!" "Where is she?" "Where is she?" "Abby!" "Where's the cooler?" "!" "God!" "God, please!" "God saved her, Corinne." "God saved us." "Okay, let's find out what God has to say." "Well?" "Read it." ""I will dash your infants against the rocks."" "What?" "It's right there." "That's fucked up." "Let's start from the beginning." " Praise God." " Praise God." "Hallelujah." "This is one fish the Lord has been trying to hook for a long time." "Oh, yeah, that was wild, you know?" "I was just so..." "Ooh." "I was thinking about the baby in my womb" " and how far God's brought me." " Praise God." "And my big old happy family." "Aah!" "What is that?" "They're all God's creatures, Corinne." "They're all God's creatures." "I've been trying to get her in this lake." "She says, "Ooh, not in this ucky lake."" "It's not sanitary."" "Come over here." "Newly." "Newly." "Hold on." "I'm getting out of here." "Yuck, yuck, yuck." "# Then sings my soul #" "# My savior God to thee #" "# How great thou art #" "# How great thou art #" "# How great thou art #" " Thank you, Jesus." " How you guys doing?" " Hallelujah." " How are you?" "Praise God." " Praise God." " Praise the Lord." "Another Sunday and the saints have gathered." "Amen!" "Do not neglect the assembling of yourselves as is the habit of some, but all the more as the day draws near." "Hebrews 10:25." "And we have assembled ourselves here today, brothers and sisters, in God's cathedral." " So beautiful." " In the splendor of his creation." "Mm." "Martin Luther says that God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but also in the trees." "Yeah?" "In the flowers," " in the clouds, in the stars." " Hallelujah." "Don't they proclaim the name of God?" "Amen." " Amen." "Amen." " Amen." "Now, you all know about Nancy and Al, right?" " Yeah." " Uh..." "Nancy has decided to take the kids and move to Buffalo." "It's devastating." "They come in for counseling?" "I met with them a few times, but the damage had already been done." "Their marriage was weakened by, um, sexual, um, issues." "What kind of sexual issues?" "I don't wanna go into that right now." "Brothers, God has put it on my heart to speak freely with you tonight, okay?" "You need to attend to your wives' needs." "We've got a set of tapes." "Christ-Like Sex by Dr. Frank Barnes." "When it comes to satisfying your wife, brothers, clitoral stimulation is part of God's plan." "You'll find the clitoris located toward the top of her labia, but below the pubic bone." "Let her be your guide to what feels good." " Amen." " She will indicate this with body movements and various sounds." "It is advisable to apply one tablespoon of oil or lotion." "Direct contact without lubrication won't please your bride." "Okay." "That's pretty right on." "That's it?" "There's more." "Um..." "There's seven tapes." "# Nearer, my God to thee #" "# Nearer to thee #" "# Even when it be #" "# A cross #" "# That raiseth me #" "# Still all my song #" "# Shall be ##" "God bless you, Mama." " Stay for lunch." " I can't." "Ned's waiting for his lunch." "It's daytime." "So?" "Who cares?" "What about you?" "How many times a week?" " A week?" " Mm-hm." "Like once a week." " Honey..." " Maybe." "Maybe?" "Honey, you..." "You cannot let sexual chemistry burn out." " You cannot." " What if it does?" "You have to spice it up." "Show him how much you admire him." "I like to draw Ned's penis." "No, no." " It's beautiful." "It's beautiful." "It's art." " Ha-ha-ha!" "I'm drawing Ned's." "And you're gonna draw Ethan's." "Listen to me." "He is gonna be so flattered." "Ned loves looking at his penis drawings." "And he has such a..." "Ah..." " I call it Shamu." "Stop it." " Ha-ha-ha." "They're so weird." "It's God's design." "Yeah, but it's a strange design." "Listen, the human body is beautiful, period." "It..." "It brings glory to God." "Shamu." " What?" " Ouch." "Ouch." "Listen, nothing a little olive oil can't take care of." "Let me see yours." "It's a little crooked." "Well... it's long." "Okay." "Hi." " Wendy." " Hi." "Hi." " What did you do to your hair?" " Yeah, I fucked myself with Sun-In." "But it's cool because I have Mom's wig." "Uh, listen, Rich kicked me out." "And I don't really have anywhere to go." "So..." "Sleep over?" "Your girls are gorgeous." "Hey, you could be a beauty queen." "You could be Miss USA." "We're all beautiful in God's eyes." " Hold it down in the front." " I am holding it down." "Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart." "Right?" "Mm-hm." "We pray for you every day." "Don't we, girls?" "Yeah." "We ask God to open Aunt Wendy's eyes and to save her from hell." "Thank you." "I really..." "I really appreciate that." "What was that?" "It's the gift of tongues." "It's a prayer language." " A prayer language?" " Uh-huh." "That's beautiful." "What...?" "How does it work?" "Scripture says, he who speaks in tongues edifies himself." "It builds me up." "It's like charging my battery." "Can you do it any time you want?" "Any time I'm in the spirit." "So do you know what you're saying?" "I have no idea." " You don't?" " No, I..." "I just know it's what God wants me to say." "It's so holy." "You sounded like an angel." "What does it feel like?" "What does it feels like when...?" "Uh..." "It settles things in your spirit." "I want it." "You get everything." "You do." "I want it." "It's gotta..." "It's what..." "That's what I need." "That's exactly what I need." "I want it." "I'm gonna get it." "I wanna get it." "Ha-ha-ha." "Daddy, veggie burger?" "Uh..." "It looks delicious." "Jesus, you could feed this to the geese." " They are very high in protein." " Yeah, I bet." "Very low in cholesterol." " Get used to the taste." " Good for you." " Yeah, not anymore." " Cheese." "What's good for me is seeing my girls." "Isn't he sweet?" "I am so pissed off at that stinking asshole." " If I see him, I'm gonna crack him." " Daddy, Daddy, Dad." " Your vocabulary." " Sorry." "I'm ticked off at Rich and the way he's done my Wendybug." "Thank you." " You're better off without him." " I know." "Corinne will help you get back on your feet." "What do you say, squirt?" "Why is Aunt Wendy so nice when she doesn't know Jesus?" "Well, because, hon, it's not enough to just be nice or just do good things." "A man is justified by faith apart from works of the law." "God will justify those circumcised by faith." "What's "circus sized"?" "That's when you get cut off from the circus." "I'm nice to you because I love you." "So that's it." "I love you." "I don't have to have a reason." "Kids are the best things in life." "Losing your baby brother, heh, that destroyed my marriage." "God, I regret that." "Ease off the clutch and press the gas." "Ease and press." "It's like making love, you know?" "Come on, rev it up." "You can do it." " You can do it." " Oh." "Oh, oh, oh." "Okay." "Satan's doing a real number on you, but you know what?" "I'm gonna bind him." " Okay." " I'm gonna bind him right now." " Satan, you have no power over us." " No, you don't." "We are children of God, Satan, and we reject your fiery darts." " We reject your lies." " Yes." "We denounce you." "You're a fallen angel doomed to hell" " forever and ever." " Amen." "Get thee behind us, Satan." "Get thee behind us." "Yeah, get lost, Bub!" "Get lost!" "Bub?" "Bub." "Yes." "You know, Satan is Beelzebub." "The Lord of the Flies." "The book." "Get lost, Bub." "That's great." "Oh, no." " What do I do?" "What do I do?" " Pull over." "Pull over." "It's not Satan, but it's just as bad." "Pull over." "Another very important driving lesson:" "Charm the cop." "Hello, Mr. Policia." "Hello." "Oh." "What a beautiful mustache you have." "It's so manly." "Very beautiful." " You're a long way from home, ma'am." " Yes, I am, but I so loving America." "I'm stopping you for doing 15 miles an hour over the limit." " That's a direct threat to your safety." " I had a wedgie." " A what?" " A wedgie." "Do you know what this is, the wedgie?" "My underwear inside my pooskie-nooskie." "Oh, my..." "Oh, it split my kaka in half." "Backwards, forward." "I was squirming, my friend, not know what to do." " License and registration, please." " Yes, sir." "Shoot." "Take this." "Here it is." " And where's my registration?" " Here." "It's a learner's permit, sir." "Keep your mind on the road, Miss Miller." "You know, the Bible says we need to keep our minds set on things above." "But I can do that and concentrate on the road at the same time, and I will." "And I hope your problem got solved, ma'am." "Oh." "Thank you, yes." "Everything down there very beautiful." "I just pluck it out." "Okay." " Thank you." " Very deep caverns there." " Bye-bye." " Thank you, sir." " Thank you." " Bye-bye." "A wedgie?" "Yes, I had a wedgie." "I'm gonna give you a wedgie." "Stop." "Stop." "# I've got a river of life Flowin' out of me #" "# Makes the lame to walk And the blind to see #" "# Opens the prison doors Sets the captives free #" "# I've got a river of life Flowin' out of me #" "# Spring up, O well Within my soul #" "# Spring up, O well And make me whole #" "# Spring up, O well And give to me #" "# That life abundantly ##" "I like that." "That one always makes me wanna dance for the Lord." "Uh, listen, before we start, I wanna welcome, uh..." "Sorry, where did she go?" "Corinne's sister, Wendy." "Let's give a warm welcome." "Uh, now, let's give a hot hand clap for Jesus." "Listen, before we start, I wanna, uh..." "I wanna open up the floor to the body of believers." "If anybody has anything they wanna share." "Anything that's on their hearts." "To edify the saints." "Anybody?" "No?" "Okay." "Yeah, um..." "I was praying with a sister for her rebellious child and, um... after we asked God for help, we thanked him for answering our prayers because he will answer it, you know?" "As we're told in Thess..." "Thess..." "Thess..." "My, that is a tongue twister." "In, uh, Thessalonians, um..." "Hold on." "As we're told in Thessalonians, uh, you know," "God wants us to come to him with all our needs and all our desires." "If you want the Ganders to have a winning season." "If you want it, you know..." "It'll take a miracle." "But I'll pray anyway." "And then I'll thank him when they choke in the fourth quarter like they always do." "But that's faith, isn't it?" "Isn't that what makes us different from the world?" "That we believe even though we don't see?" "Faith is the substance of things hoped for," " the evidence of things not seen." " You can sit down now." " That's what it says in Hebrews, right?" " Thank you." "Uh, I see you have been hitting your Bible studies." "God bless you." "Power of the holy word." "Uh, I don't know who you were praying with." "And you know what?" "I don't have to know." "It's okay, but I just wanna say, if that woman wants to come to me directly uh, or any of the elders of the church, we'd be privileged to sit down and pray with her, okay?" "Um, does anybody have a burden on their heart they wanna share?" "Ned, go ahead." " What's on your mind, brother?" " Uh, a couple things." "Sister?" "Yeah." "I'm sorry." "You came very close to preaching just now." "We have to be so careful not to appear as though we're teaching the men." " No." "I didn't mean to." " I know." "I know." "And you were so sincere and I know your heart." "And I know you wanna submit to God in all ways." " Of course, that's all I wanna do." " I know." "I know." " Okay, of course." " Good." "Okay." "Hmm." "Come on." "Come on, Holy Spirit." "Come on." "I will love you, Father God." "Oh, Holy Spirit." "Thank you, Lord." "Oh." "Father God." "Come on in." "Come on." "Come on, Lord." "Come on, Holy Spirit." "Just wash down on me, Lord." "Just..." "# Come in thy strength And thy power #" "Get thee behind me." "# Come in thine own Gentle way ##" "Try later." " Wend?" " Yep." "I have a system." "Okay, what's your system?" " Look at the edges." " Right." " Half." " Mm-hm." " Half." " Right." " Thirds." " Oh." " Look." " Okay." "Okay, okay, okay." "Half." "Half, thirds." "I'm doing it with the wrist." "Half." "Ow." "Ha-ha-ha." "I'm doing the towels." "Hi, Brownie." "Hi, Spotty." "What you doing, Spotty?" "What you doing, Brownie?" "Mm." "Are you hungry?" "Are you hungry?" "You have a stomachache?" "You say "yes."" "You say "no."" " Oh, my God." "What is this?" " My undies." " Ha-ha-ha." "What is this?" " Why?" "How do you...?" "What is...?" "How do you wear this?" "What is this?" "Ha, ha!" "How do you wear this?" " How do you fold this thing?" "Ha, ha!" " Half." "Half." " Thirds." " Okay." "Okay, half." "Half." "We're going into origami territory." "Hold on, what could this be?" "Hey, Lily, what are you doing?" "What are you...?" "Hey." "Come on." "Come on, honey." "Come on." "Wendy!" "Hey!" " Okay, okay." " Get that out of my house!" " What is this?" " Give it to me." "Do you see this?" " Look at me, hon." " No, no, no." "We're answerable to God." "I'm not giving it back." "It's not yours." "It's not mine." "I don't use that." "Who has drugs but doesn't use them?" " I'm holding it." "I'm a safe house." " We gave you a safe house." "Come on." "Don't look at me like that." " Come here." "You put it in your mouth?" " No." " You sure?" "Drink." " Mm-hm." "Let's do it." "Drink, okay?" "Drink." " What are you doing?" " Face." " Get right with God, Wendy." " Shit." "It's not for me!" "What?" "Peace, righteousness?" "Eternal life?" "Which one is not for you?" "I don't want your life, Corinne." "I'll take my fucked-up one instead." "Scrub, scrub." "That's a nice dress." " Yeah?" " Yeah." " It's new." " Yeah?" "I like the flounce." "You notice these growing up in a house of girls." "I imagine you would." " Corinne." " Ha, ha." "Yeah?" " Could I borrow you for a sec?" " Sure." "Okay." "I so don't mean to pick on you, but scriptures tell the older women" " to teach the younger women." " Sure." "What's wrong?" "Your dress." "My dress?" " What?" "It's a maternity dress." " I know." "It caught Luke's attention." "You don't wanna make a brother stumble." "No." "It's true." "Pray about it." "I just..." "I don't think you should wear it again." "Why don't we believe in tongues?" "Because we don't." "Look, it's..." "I mean, it's nonsensical." "It's probably voodoo." "You don't believe every spirit, you test them." "You see which ones are of God." "Annika prayed for me in tongues." "She called it a prayer language." "I thought it was so beautiful." " Does Ned know about that?" " What difference does it make?" "She's worshipping God." "It makes her feel closer to him." " There can't be anything wrong with..." " Corinne." "Intelligent people don't mutter to themselves." "The deceiver comes disguised as an angel of light." "You know that." "Did you understand her?" " No." " There you go." "God is not a God of confusion." "Just because something sounds beautiful doesn't mean it's good." "Polish gibberish." "You okay?" "Can I fix you something?" "No, I'm..." "I can't keep anything down." "I don't want any." "Aw, but you have to." "You have to, so imagine if you could eat anything in the world right now, what would it be?" "I would have, um..." "A white bread bologna sandwich with iceberg lettuce and Miracle Whip." " I don't have any of that." " Oh..." "We're a strictly whole wheat and legume family." "But I'm gonna go get it." " You will?" " Yeah." "Our bodies tell us what we need." "Okay, let's go." " Nika." "Nika." " Yeah?" "And can you get a cupcake with pink frosting?" "Just a really big one." " A big one?" "Ha, ha." " Yeah." "Ready?" "Unh." "Mm." " Feels nice." " Mm." "Wow, you really do appreciate a good foot rub, huh?" "There are ways of dealing with a backslider." "Compassion." "Other times, you snatch them back, and there's a time to let them go." "I don't understand that." "Okay, well, I think for the first part, it's..." "With believers that haven't matured, be tender, treat them with kindness." "Can't expect them to eat the meat of the word right away." " Baby believers need, um..." " Mm-hm?" "Need to drink milk." "What does it mean to snatch someone from the fire?" "Is that a metaphor?" "Or does that mean hell?" "I think it's both." "You know, temptation is consuming." "Like fire." "You know, it can devour us." "Mm-hm." "Um..." "Do you know you have a lisp?" " Yes, I do." " Yes, you do." "Absolutely." "Um... "With some, you must deal with mingled fear and pity,"" "hating even the garments soiled with sin."" " Hate." " Yeah." " That's a strong word." " Hey, that reminds me." "Did my work pants get washed?" "I don't know." "All right, well, maybe I'll go check on them." "Is that 9:17?" " I may just go to bed while I'm at it." " I don't know, I lost..." "Sure." " Do me a favor?" "Um..." " Yeah." " Lock the door when you're done." " Okay." "Yeah." " Night." " Yeah." " Take care." " Good night." "Love you." "Hey, don't keep her up too late, bro." "She needs her rest." "I get it." "She's a miracle happening right before our eyes." "Mm-hm." "Every woman deserves to look like you do." " Oh." "Like a hippo?" " That's the truth." "Pregnancy is the lady hippo's crowning glory." " Taking my breath away all night." " Oh, so sweet." "So..." "# Kumbayah, my Lord Kumbayah #" "# Oh, Lord Kumbayah ##" "Do you know "kumbayah" means "come by here"?" "In Hawaiian." "The missionaries brought it back." "Father God, how grateful we are that you will indeed kumbayah." "You won't see our righteousness as filthy rags but because of Jesus, you no longer see our hearts as corrupt and wicked." "I know we wearily try your patience, but you are gracious and withhold the rod of judgment we so richly deserve." "We are healed by his stripes and all our iniquities are laid upon him." "Worthy is the lamb that was slain for such a degenerate and undeserving people." " Amen." " Amen." "Thank you, Deborah." "Do you think I should cancel that singles retreat?" " Oh, no." " I don't think there's a lot of turnout." " We'll pray about it." " Yeah." "Deborah loves the Lord and she means well, but her sermons are starting to make me feel suicidal." "She uses a lot of W words." "Eleven W words in the last three sentences." "Look at her dress." "What's wrong?" "A headache." "I've been getting whoppers lately." "We should have prayed for you instead of Hawaii." "Hey, everyone." "Rebekah's made carob brownies." "Come on." " You know what carob tastes like?" " Chocolate?" "Disappointment." "He can hold up the whole world with his pinkie." "I mean, that's crazy strong." "How strong is your dad?" " Hello?" " Stronger than Mom for sure." " Corrine." "Hi, it's Ned." " Hi, Ned." " That's right." " Uh..." "We just got back from the emergency room." "Aw." "What's wrong?" "Uh..." "Annika had a seizure today." "Worst thing I've ever seen." "The poor kids were screaming." "Um..." "Big." " We got her to the emergency room." " There's nothing" " that our God can't do." " Well, what's wrong with her?" "Uh, could you put Ethan on the phone?" "No, Ned." "No, I won't." "Tell me, what's going on with Annika?" "It looks like she has a brain tumor." " Let's do it." " Probably malignant." " Let me see your hand." " But, you know, operable." "Okay." "Okay, Ned." "Um..." "I'm gonna be over in 20 minutes to help you out." " There's nothing." " Nothing." "Nothing that our God can't do." "That's right." "Are you wearing a padded bra?" "Yes." "Ha, ha." " I like it." " Ha-ha-ha." "It's so soft." "Good." "Okay." "I'm glad." "Oh." "Okay." "So, you know, it's times like this I wish I had a prayer language." "So the Holy Spirit would pray for me." "Yeah." "Mine dried up a few days ago." "I don't know why." "Okay." "Um..." "Father God, um," "Annika is your little lamb." "She's your precious daughter and she's scared." " Ooh." " Heh-heh." "That's all me, baby." "That's all you." "Okay, shh, listen." "And she's scared." "Uh, bring her through this valley." "Lord, hold her close." "Um..." "Give her peace that passes all understanding." "Um..." "Thank you for your healing." "Thank you for this healing, thank you for making her whole." "Yeah?" "We pray this in the name of the savior and give you all the praise and glory." " Amen." " Amen." "Amen." "PS..." " Get lost, Bub." " Ha-ha-ha." " I feel him." " Yeah." " God's here." " Yeah." "# God is so good #" "# He's so good to me #" "God answers prayer." "# God answers prayer #" "# God answers prayer #" "# God answers prayer #" "# He's so good to me ##" "Right here, right now, Lord." "Right here, right now." " They got it all." "She's gonna live." " Praise God." " Thank you, Jesus." " Whoo!" " This is good." " Praise God." "Thank you, Jesus." "They're telling me that she's not gonna be herself, though." "What does that mean?" "It can mean a lot of different things." "A lot of different things?" "I guess part of her brain was damaged when they removed the tumor." "Our God is the God who delivers." "And he has delivered our sister from the shadow of the valley of death, and so we thank God tonight." "We rejoice with Ned and Annika and their beautiful kids." "Ned." "The Lord God has been your strength and your shield." "Jehovah-jireh." "Amen?" "Amen." "He has provided for you." "His ways are not our ways." "But we trust in his infinite mercy, his loving kindness." "Uh..." "Last night, our son Joel looked up at me and he said:" ""Blimey, Da, I'm knackered." Ha-ha-ha." "It just..." "That just cracked me up because, you know, of course, Annika was the one who taught him to say that." "See, Annika loves the Lord, but she also loves drama and art and nature." "And she has this uncanny ability to find the good in what other people might call misfortune or tragedy." "And I just want you all to know that Annika and I are content to walk the path the Lord has us on." "It is not a path we would have chosen for ourselves, but his will, not ours." "God has called all of us to life and life more abundant." "And that's the life that Annika has always lived." "And I..." "I love you with all of my heart." "Thank you, everyone." "# When peace like a river #" "# Attendeth my way #" "# When sorrows Like sea billows roll #" "# Whatever my lot #" "# Thou has taught me to say #" "# It is well, it is well #" "# With my soul #" "# It is well #" "# It is well #" "# With my soul #" "# With my soul #" "# It is well #" "# It is well with my soul ##" "You have anything you wanna do for God?" "What?" "Oh, my gosh." "Can you go like this at the same time?" "All right!" "Ha-ha-ha." "Give these guys a big hand." "Amen." "You guys are amazing." "Here we go, buddy." "Oh, my gosh." "Don't break your legs." "Um..." "Wow, how do you follow an act like that?" "Good night." "I don't know about you guys, but that kind of faith humbles me." "You know what I mean?" "It makes me ask myself is my faith now the same faith that I started out with?" "You know what I mean?" "God says in the book of Revelation:" "Because you are lukewarm, I will spew you out of my mouth." "You ever take a big old swig of..." "Swig of day-old coffee?" "You get up in the morning, you need something hot and bracing." "You get something that tastes like yesterday's newspaper, all bleh." "Damp and moldy?" "Well, God is asking the same thing of some of us." "He says, "You know what, guys?"" "Give me hot coffee or give me cold coffee," ""but none of this in-between stuff."" "We can't serve God and serve the world at the same time." "Just can't do it." "It's like serving two women." "How's that sound, guys?" "Ha!" "Hard enough to keep one wife happy, no offense to you, sisters." "But you do keep us hopping." "Uh, Deborah now tells me that the hair in my ears is unattractive." "I need to keep it trimmed." "Did you guys know about this?" "And the..." "And the hairs in your nose too." "This is..." "This is awful." "I'm falling apart here, I tell you what." "And this middle-age stuff, it is..." "It's not for sissies." "No way." "And, uh..." "Oh, now, they got these things called skin tags." "That's what they call them?" "Say that." "Isn't that delightful?" "That sounds so good, skin tags." "It's one of these things right here." "You see that?" "I'm like a horror show." "But Deborah, she still loves me." "She still loves me." "God is the same way." "He's saying:" ""I love you so much that I want your whole heart, I don't want a part of it."" "I don't want it on your good days." "I don't want it when you feel like it." ""I want it every day in every way."" "Amen?" "Amen." " Dear Lord," " Dear Lord," " thank you - thank you" " for this spaghetti." " for this spaghetti." "It's so yummy" " and it is so good" " Mm-hm." "That God didn't put mushrooms and meatballs in it." "Amen." "Amen." " Thank you, Lord." " Hey, hon, could you pass me the...?" " Hm?" " Can you pass me the butter?" "Yeah." "What do you think?" "I tried a new recipe." "Hm?" " Good." "Mm-hm." " Yeah?" "On a scale of one to 10?" "Is there a knife?" "Hm?" " Is there a knife?" " Scale of one to 10?" " Ten." " Thank you, ladies." " It's good." " Ten." " Thank you." " Ten and a half." "Mm." "Mm." "Hey." "Hey." "Do you need anything?" "Just wanted to be with you for a minute." "I guess." "Kids always around wanting you." "Why do you turn your head when I kiss you?" "No, I don't." "See?" "You do." "Why do you do that?" "I'm not sure." "Try not to." " Mm." "I'm starving." " We should go get something to eat" " after we're done here." " Yeah, if we're not too tired." " We gotta eat." " Yeah." "We can go to Tony C's for a chili dog." "Not very romantic, a chili dog." "It can be." "You could try, Corinne." "At least I try." "Mm." "Here we go." "Good job, Gabe." "You know what the problem is?" "They can't tell who's on what..." "Whose team." "Problem is, he needs to spend time on his memory verses." " Girls could recite chapters at his age." " Girls?" "Well, the girls." "He's a boy." "It's different." "All the more reason to train him in the way." "He's fine." "I love him just the way he is." "I don't?" "God doesn't?" "Why do you twist everything around all the time?" "Why make simple things complicated?" " Enough." " Corinne." "Come back." "Excuse us." "Please." "Please." "We can talk..." "Stop it." "Would you please stop this?" "Just open the door." "Open the door." "Can we talk?" "This is so embarrassing." " So obdurate." " What?" "I said that was embarrassing." "Gabe's teacher was sitting behind us." "You didn't see her?" "No." "I only see you." "Really?" "What do you see when you look at me?" "Hm?" "The mother of your children?" "A virtuous woman?" "Handmaiden of the Lord?" "I see a new creature in Christ." "Yeah, right, that's me." "Popped right out of Zeus' forehead, fully grown." " I don't even know what that means." " No shit, you don't." "Of course." "You don't understand anything." "You don't understand literature or intelligent conversation or how to make love." "I just do it myself these days, did you know that?" "It takes me 30 seconds to do what you couldn't get done listening to step-by-step instructions by Dr. Fuck Barnes talk about..." "You are my wife!" "Stop it." " Stop it." "Stop it." " Let go!" "Aah!" " Let go!" " Stop it!" " Just stop!" "Stop!" " Aah!" "I can't breathe." "Satan, get out of this car." "Out." "Out." "Mr. and Mrs. Miller, the doctor's ready for you now." "Just follow me." " Come on in." " Hello." " I'm Dick Adams." " I'm Corinne." " Hi." "Nice to meet you." "Hi." " Hi, hi, Ethan." "I'm Dick Adams." "You guys are in Bill's church?" "He has told me that you have been a backbone of that congregation for many years." "Bill discipled me, taught me the word, I thank God for Bill every day." "That's great." "God bless you." "Do you feel the same way?" "Bill's amazing." "Mm." "What, pulls rabbits out of hats?" "Gets coins from behind your ear?" " He's been a blessing." " I'll be straight with you people." "I consider myself a prophet of God." "And God is giving me a word of wisdom right now." "If you don't mind, I'd like to speak to your wife by herself, to start with." "Okay, there's a waiting room out there." "There's coffee, help yourself." "Well, you know, I'd prefer to stay if I could." "Corinne and I don't really have any secrets from each other." "Well, maybe yes and maybe no." "God sees things that we do not." "Bill thinks that Corinne is in a dark night of the soul." "I don't want her to go through that alone." "We have to have pity and fear, hating even the garments soiled with sin." "Ethan, this isn't going to work." " Look, Bill says that..." " No, no, no, she's quite right." "It's not gonna work if there's no repentance." "Is your marriage worth an hour of your time?" "I know you take your wedding vows that seriously." "It's fine." "It's..." "It'll be okay." "She's my sister in the Lord." "I'm gonna treat her with kindness, I promise." " It's okay." " All right, I'll be right outside." "Great." " Have a seat." " Thank you." "Your husband is quite a guy." "He was protecting you just like the Lord has charged him to do." "But we are waging a battle here for your soul." "We want you in heaven with him and the kids." "And not outside with the dogs." "Inside with you or outside with the dogs." "Why are you here?" "I'm here because..." "I'm here because my husband of 15 years asked me to come." "There's a fiery lake waiting for you with whips that'll cut your flesh and brands that'll sear your skin." "And do you get to watch?" "This is not a joke, Mrs. Miller." "You are crucifying Christ all over again." "I see right into your soul." "A year ago about this time, I stopped at a McDonald's for an Egg McMuffin." "And as I was finishing up, I happened to see a city councilman whose affair with his secretary was common knowledge." "Even his wife knew." "And I took my last sip of coffee, and God says to me, "Rebuke him."" "Tell him to repent."" "Now, I did not wanna rebuke this guy, to be honest." "But God does not take no for an answer." "So I stand up." "I walk over there and I lay it out for him." "I said, "God wants you to repent from your sin or he will deal with you."" "And that man looked back at me with eyes as cold as any devil's and told me to go fuck myself." "Well, I shrugged." "I'd done what God told me to do." "And I walked out." "Later that day, that city councilman skidded on a slick road over a cliff, dead." "I look at you and I'm eating my Egg McMuffin all over again." "You are worshipping at the altar of yourself." "Oh, you gotta sniff this one." "I love it." "Toni Morrison." " Morrison?" "I don't know Morrison." " Yeah." "Fantastic." " Is it good?" "Mm." " Oh, yeah." "I ca..." "Do I know you?" "Uh, what's your zip code?" "It's 12408." "Yeah, well, I'm your mail carrier." "My mail what?" "Mailman." "In America, you call it your mailman." " Yeah." " Yes, of course." "Yes, of course, I just didn't recognize you without your..." "My stuff." "Yeah, well..." "If I was smoother, I'd pretend I didn't recognize you either." "But I have to admit, I have." "Yes, now I remember, you come very early." "The word is out, alas." "No, your route in the morning, that you deliver my mail very early." " Oh." " Ha-ha-ha." "Come on, I'm pulling your leg." "Thank you very much, that's lovely." "I'll give it a peruse." "Thank you." "You're welcome, okay." "Um, bye." " See you." " Yeah." "# The sweetest name I know #" "# The sweetest name I know #" "# The sweetest name I know # # The sweetest name I know #" "# The sweetest name I know # # The sweetest name I know #" "# The sweetest name I know # # The sweetest name I know #" "# The sweetest name I know # # The sweetest name I know #" "# The sweetest name I know # # The sweetest name I know #" "# Jesus #" "# Oh, my Jesus # # Jesus #" "# Jesus # # Jesus #" "# Lover of my soul ##" "Praise God, Jesus, the sweetest name I know." "Uh, before we go, what can we pray for tonight as a house church?" "Anybody have a burden on their heart that they wanna share?" "You've carried it long enough." "Anybody?" "God is revealing to me how much I'm walking in the flesh." "I really lost it a couple weeks ago and I know that Satan can't possess a believer," "but I was out of control." "And I really need his spirit to fill me up." "A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise me for." "We'll intercede for you, brother." "Thank you." "Anybody else?" "Anybody?" "Please pray for Luke and for me." "We can't get pregnant." "We wanna raise a son or a daughter for the kingdom, but God is saying no." "Uh, it's hard to, um, ahem, say not our will, but thy will be done." "Jesus in the garden, sweating blood, begging, begging the Father God to save his life, and that is the same Jesus that intercedes for us." "That's the same Jesus that says:" ""Come to me, you who are weary and heavyhearted," "I will take your burden from you."" "Jesus is asking us to come to him tonight." "Everyone in this room tonight, I bring to the throne of God." "I ask his tender mercies upon you and his gentle watch-care." "I ask his angels to watch your comings and your goings." "May you reside in the shadow of his wings." "Amen?" "Amen." "Lord, help me." "Because I can't feel you." "I feel nothing." "Draw near to me, Lord." "Come on." "Where are you?" "Huh?" "Where are you?" "# Cast me not away #" "I'm gonna do this unless you stop me." "# Take not thy Holy Spirit #" "# Restore unto me #" "You should just stay home next time." "You obviously don't wanna be there." "# Renew a right spirit within me ##" "You're leaving me, aren't you?" "You sure about this?" "No." "Are you still gonna come and hear us sing at church?" "I said I would, didn't I?" "You said a lot of things you didn't mean, Corinne." "# My hope is built on Nothing less #" "# Than Jesus' name and ##" "Fuck you, goddamn it." "Hello again." "My lucky day, huh?" "Running into you again." "Checked out a lovely new collection of Philip Larkin." " Who's that?" " Some son of a bitch who likes schoolgirls." "But he's a poet who'll break your heart." "You know, it doesn't seem possible, does it?" "People who are perverts but have the tongue of angels." "You know, that's in First Corinthians." "Um..." "Though I have the tongue of angels and have not" " Love." " love." "Yeah." "Do you know the Bible?" "If a man knows Shakespeare, the Bible, something about art, a man is educated," " as they say." " Heh." " Where are you from?" " I'm from Dublin, Ireland." " Oh." " I've been here 20 years." " Twenty years?" " Yes, 20..." "Shh!" "Twenty years." "Shh." "Why is your accent so thick?" " Is it that thick?" " Ha-ha-ha." "I thought it'd gone." "I thought I sounded American." " I'm Corinne Miller." " I'm Liam Donovan." " It's really nice to meet you." " You too." "So, listen, we must talk more about books." "Oh, yeah, I'd like to." "Sure." "And I'll tell you what I learned in a long walkabout with an aborigine" " out in the outback." " Mm." " Ominous." " Mm." "Heh." "See you." " Hello." " Hi." "The pearl accordion with the gold keys, uh..." " In the window?" " Can I take a look at it?" " Sure." "Do you play?" " If the price is right." "Oh..." " It's a big accordion." " Let's see." " You want to put it right on?" " It's just..." "Yeah." "Ooh." "I don't think I know that song." "Nice heavy curtains." "This will keep anyone from peeping in at you." "They're just ugly." "You're a single woman now, Corinne." "You need to start being careful." "Start being careful?" "When have I ever not been careful?" "Besides now?" " Oh!" "Goodness sake." " You know, Ma, leave them." "Leave them." "I love the light." " Shades will suffice." "It's fine." " It's dangerous." " Hi there." "Um..." " Hi." "I'm Faye Colbert, and I just wanted to welcome you to the house." "Oh, thank you." "Extra doughnuts nobody ate at the Speedee Lube this morning." " I just hate to see them go to waste." " Thank you." "Aw..." "Also, I wanted to give you a heads-up." "This floor is full of a lot of religious nuts." "They'll come ringing your doorbell with all their assorted Watchtowers and the like." "You let a Jehovah's Witness in once and they will come back again and again." "Well, they have a, uh..." "They have a quota they have to make every month." "They..." "And they hound you to death." "We had two Mormons knocking on doors last month too." "They were nice-looking guys." "They had the dress shirt, tie." "Creepy though." "Smiling to beat the band." "They're false prophets." "Sign of the end of times, that's what my pastor says." "That, and earthquakes." "And it's no coincidence that all the earthquakes happen in California, what with San Francisco and..." " The kind of people who live up there." " The Mexicans?" "Well, those too, of course." "They're Catholic, they breed like there's no tomorrow." "Listen, I just told Corinne you have got to put a chain on that front door." "Do not neglect welcoming of strangers." "You might be entertaining angels unaware." "More likely Charles Manson, darling, than an angel." "Ned, it's Corinne." "Can you hold up the phone for Annika?" "Thanks." "Nika, it's Corinne." "Listen to this." "Nika?" "Nika?" "Hi." "Hi." "What's this?" "It's Daniel in the lions' den." "Ooh, it is." "Gosh, this is wild." "They said I did it wrong." "Why?" "Because there's no TVs and remote controls in Bible days." "Well, you know what?" "I think you have an extraordinary imagination." "I think you have a very large imagination." "And I think that my son is an artist." "My son is an artist, okay?" "I'm gonna take you somewhere special today, okay?" "Will you hold that so it doesn't get wrinkled?" "I think it's wonderful." "Look, she's naked." "She's definitely not wearing clothes." "There's a tube by her" " and it looks like..." " She looks frightened." "I don't see their mama anywhere." "No." "They do look scared." "I think that's why they're scared." " Because their mama is gone?" " Yeah." " Oh, look, what's in it?" " There's pink stripes and stuff." "How could they catch a jaguar's, um... hair?" "It's so tall." "Ooh." "If you look very closely, there's webs in the..." "In the end of the arrow." "Look at her." "Gosh, the human body is so beautiful, isn't it?" "Whoa." "This lady is so voluptuous." " She better go to Weight Watchers." " Yeah." "Yeah, she's a big old target." "Smaller than a giant but bigger than a human." "Hey, how are you?" "Didn't expect to see you here." "I've been delivering your mail to another address." " Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn." " I plant these rows every spring." "I think the kids would be so sad if they weren't here." " You deliver my mail this morning?" " I did." "It was only bills, I think." "But I did knock on your door because I brought you this." "The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats." " Are you loaning this?" " I am." "Yeah." " Okay." " I'm only asking one small favor." "Uh-oh." "Just indulge me." " Let me read one aloud." " What, now?" "Yes, now." "You wouldn't be the first one I've read to today." "There's an 82-year-old lady who receives nothing but junk mail and my daily poem." "That's lovely." "Yeah, okay." "Heh." "Never give all the heart, for love" "Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem" "Certain, and they never dream" "That it fades out from kiss to kiss" "For everything that's lovely is" "But a brief, dreamy, kind delight" "O never give the heart outright" " That's Yeats?" " It is." "You have the look of a woman who gives all her heart." "It's hard to give less, you know." "Mm." "I hope you've planted some of these flowers where you can see them too." "Here we go." "I want Mommy to have the first piece." "No, silly." " The birthday boy gets the first piece." " Make a wish, darling." "I want you to give each other bites like in your wedding picture." "Well, wedding cake isn't the same as birthday cake." "I'll tell you what, you can help me cut my cake next time I get married." " How's that sound?" "Yeah?" " Good." " Don't hold your breath there, Gabe." " Hold your breath, Gabe." "Didn't you bake their wedding cake too?" "God, that was a delicious cake." " It was yummy, Mama." " Yeah." " Nobody bakes like you." " Yeah." " She put 20 pounds on me." " Heh, heh." "I would have guessed closer to 40." "Why would you guess closer to 40?" " Because he's fat." " Daddy." "Stop." "Oh." "Come on, I'm kidding." "I'm half-kidding." "I was kidding, pretty much." "Guys get big, some guys." "I got the same waist size as high school." " Daddy." " Mom, Dad, can I take your picture together?" "Like in the wedding photo?" "I wanna take the picture." "Can I take it please, Mama?" "He's the birthday boy, give him the camera." "If it makes you happy..." "Ethan, let's do the reenactment." " Come here, big boy." " Reenactment." "Okay, okay, okay." "You got that camera ready?" "Oh..." "You got it in focus?" " Oh, boy." " Yeah." "Just like that?" "Just like that." "Now if I remember correctly, this is the part where your Mama looked at me with her big blues." "And I smeared the cake in her face." " No, you didn't." " I didn't?" " I'm gonna take a picture." "And fire!" " Don't you dare." "Don't you dare." " Ready to take a picture." " Got the camera ready?" " Yeah." "I took..." "I took the picture." "Oh, no." "Kiss, kiss, kiss." "Kiss, kiss, kiss." "Kiss, kiss, kiss." "I thought you'd smash it on her face." " I'm gonna smash it on your face." " Pick it up." "Excuse me." "Yeah." "I'm gonna smash it on your face." "Did you turn into an ornery boy now that you're 7 years old?" " No!" " Yes!" "This is your big birthday bite." "Here it is." "Uh-oh." "Hello, Gabe." "Aah!" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Gabe, Gabe, Gabe." "Okay." "I won't." "I won't." "Ha, ha." "Happy birthday, my angel." " Anybody take a picture of me?" " Happy birthday." "Kathleen, did you bring ice cream for the cake?" "I thought you'd really do it." "Coming right up." ""They flew over the Charles River." "'Better,' quacked Mr. Mallard."" "'That island looks like a nice place, a little way from the Public Garden.'" "'I like this place,' said Mrs. Mallard, as they climbed and waddled along." "'Why don't we build a nest and raise our ducklings right in this pond?" "There are no foxes, no turtles, and the people feed us peanuts." "What could be better?" "' 'Good,' said Mr. Mallard, delighted that at last, Mrs. Mallard had found a place that suited her." "'Look out,' squawked Mrs. Mallard, all in a dither." "'You'll get run over.'" "When she got her breath back, she added, 'This is no place for babies, with all these horrid things rushing about." "We better look someplace else.'" "So they flew over Beacon Hill and round the State House," ""but there was no place there."" "Looking for a place to live." ""They looked in Louisburg Square." "There was no water to swim in."" "# I need thee every hour #" "# Stay thou nearby #" "# Temptations lose their power#" "# When thou art nigh #" "# I need thee #" "# Oh, I need thee #" "# Every hour, I need thee #" "What are you doing here?" "# Oh, bless me now, my savior #" "Hey, where'd you come from?" "Hm?" "# I come to thee #" "# I need thee every hour #" "# In joy or pain #" "# Come quickly and abide #" "# Or life is vain #" "# I need thee #" "# Oh, I need thee #" "# Every hour, I need thee #" "# Oh, bless me now, my savior #" "# I come to thee ##" "# And he walks with me #" "# And he talks with me #" "# And he tells me I am his own #" "# And the joy we share #" "# As we tarry there #" "# None other has ever known #" "# And the joy we share #" "# As we tarry there #" "# None other has ever known ##" "My children have the voices of angels, don't they?" "Do I hear an amen?" "He walks with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own." "What more could anyone want, right?" "Taking a stroll with God in the garden." "Having a chat with the creator." "Asking him questions and getting the answers." "I mean, you couldn't be any more safe or secure." "There's no higher ground." "Call upon the name of the Lord and you will be saved." "We call him so many things." "We call him, uh, El Shaddai." "Lord." "Father God." "Jesus." "Holy Spirit." "Heavenly Father." "Adonai." "Jehovah-jireh." "The ancient Hebrew alphabet contained no vowels so God's name was rendered only in consonants." "And the vowels had to be provided orally when a word was spoken." "But the rabbis didn't wanna use God's name in vain, so his name was never spoken." "So all we're really left with is just this string of consonants, you know, an unspeakable name." "Bill, just one..." "Just a minute, pastor, please, just one." "You know, when I was a little girl, my pastor told me that Jesus was knocking on the door of my heart." "And so I listened real hard, and I thought I heard him." "I did." "I raised my hand and I told everyone that Jesus was standing there, and he wanted me." "He wanted me." "Tap, tap, tap." "Tap, tap, tap." "So I invited him in." ""Welcome," I said, and I gave my heart outright." "And I'm standing here today, and I'm telling you," "I'm telling you today that I'm still waiting for him to make himself at home." "You know, I call and I call." "And there have been times where I know he answered me." "I'm..." "Times where I'm sure of it." "But other times," "I've got the porch light on, and he doesn't come." "And I feel like I live in an empty place." "And I told God, I told him:" ""You know what?" "I'm not gonna let go."" "I won't let go until he blesses me." "But I'm wrestling something nameless, you know, without form and void." "And I just want it to be solid so bad." "I need all of this to be real, and I don't always know how to make it real." "I don't know how to make it real, so I am..." "Forgive me." "Okay?" "I admire your faith." "I admire your faith, I really do." " Thank you." " Thank you, Corinne." "Let's all turn to number 77 in our hymnals, please." "# Oh, Lord, my God #" "# When I in awesome wonder #" "# Consider all #" "# The worlds thy hands hath made #" "# I see the stars #" "# I hear the rolling thunder #" "# Thy power throughout #" "# The universe displayed #" "# Then sings my soul #" "# My savior God to thee #" "# How great thou art #" "# How great thou art #" "# Then sings my soul #" "# My savior God to thee #" "# How great thou art #" "# When through the woods #" "# And forest glades I wander #" "# I hear the birds #" "# Sing sweetly in the trees #" "# When from the mountain #" "# From lofty mountain grandeur #" "# I hear the brook #" "# And I feel the gentle breeze #" "# Then sings my soul #" "# My savior God to thee #" "# How great thou art #" "# How great thou art #" "# Then sings my soul #" "# My savior God to thee #" "# How great thou art #" " Thanks, God." " Thank you, Jesus." "Amen." "# I'm pressing on # # I'm pressing on #" "# The upward way # # The upward way #" "# New heights I'm gaining # # New heights I'm gaining #" "# Every day # # Every day #" "# Still praying as # # Still praying as #" "# I'm onward bound # # I'm onward bound #" "# Lord plant my feet # # Lord plant my feet #" "# On higher ground # # On higher ground #" "# Lord, lift me up # # Lord, lift me up #" "# And I shall stand # # And I shall stand #" "# By faith on heaven's table land # # By faith on heaven's table land #" "# A higher plain # # A higher plain #" "# Than I have found # # Than I have found #" "# Lord, plant my feet # # Lord, plant my feet #" "# On higher ground # # On higher ground #" "# My heart has no # # My heart has no #" "# Desire to stay # # Desire to stay #" "# Where doubts arise # # Where doubts arise #" "# And fears dismay # # And fears dismay #" "# Though some may dwell # # Though some may dwell #" "# Where these abound # # Where these abound #" "# My prayer, my aim # # My prayer, my aim #" "# Is higher ground # # Is higher ground #" "# Lord, lift me up #" "# And I shall stand #" "# By faith on heaven's table land #" "# A higher plain #" "# Than I have found #" "# Lord, plant my feet #" "# On higher ground #" "# I want to scale # # I want to scale #" "# The utmost height # # The utmost height #" "# And catch a gleam # # And catch a gleam #" "# Of glory bright # # Of glory bright #" "# But still I'll pray # # But still I'll pray #" "# Till heaven I've found # # Till heaven I've found #" "# Lord, lead me on # # Lord, lead me on #" "# To higher ground # # To higher ground #" "# Lord, lift me up #" "# And I shall stand #" "# By faith on heaven's table land #" "# A higher plain #" "# Than I have found #" "# Lord, plant my feet #" "# On higher ground #" "# Lord, plant my feet #" "# On higher ground #" "# Lord, plant my feet #" "# On higher ground ##"