WEBVTT - Meet The Ordinary Radicals

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody. It's Bill Courtney with an army of normal folks.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome into the shop. Shop talk number one fifteen. What's up?

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<v Speaker 2>What's up?

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<v Speaker 1>Bill? How are you looking for anything special? Just hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out today in the shop.

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<v Speaker 2>Still looking for cigars and women and well.

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<v Speaker 1>God, okay, well man, this is a family establishment, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know, you know, do you have a

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<v Speaker 1>girlfriend right now? No? I don't. Did you get dumped? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Not this time.

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<v Speaker 2>I've experienced the full spectrum of the actually want to

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<v Speaker 2>hear something funny. I don't think we've talked about us

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<v Speaker 2>in the shop before. This guy, Chris Williamson, he said

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<v Speaker 2>on his podcast that like dating at my age is

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<v Speaker 2>like tell everybody, held, you're all right. So I'm thirty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>And you got nineteen children four it's just okay, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>So like when you're young, like you and Lisa, like

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<v Speaker 2>when you start off and you have nothing, it's like

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<v Speaker 2>building a house together. So you're starting the house with

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<v Speaker 2>scratch or deciding all the furniture that's going to go

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<v Speaker 2>in the house together, and you're basically building this house

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<v Speaker 2>or this life together. But when you're my age, you

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<v Speaker 2>already have like all this furniture in your house, and

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<v Speaker 2>you're trying to find the exact lamp that will fit

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<v Speaker 2>with all the furniture.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the metaphor for which is all the junk you

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<v Speaker 1>bring into a relationship at your age.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and the other person, right, so you're bull. You're

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<v Speaker 2>both trying to find the exact lamp that can fit

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<v Speaker 2>in hard to find. Yeah. Anyways, I'm having fun. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>not not with dating in life.

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<v Speaker 1>I got it.

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<v Speaker 2>We got a bed build tomorrow with forty or fifty

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<v Speaker 2>people coming to Oxford.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what are you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>We're doing a bed building. That's I'm still having fun.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. Let's girl.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you would think with thousands and thousands and

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<v Speaker 1>thousands and thousands of people listening, there's gotta be somebody

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<v Speaker 1>out there that's around thirty five to forty years old

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<v Speaker 1>that is moderately interested in meeting you. I guess not.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess not.

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<v Speaker 2>They looked me up and I said, that dude is ugly.

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<v Speaker 1>Dealing with that dude, he's a plady. Dude. Good, it's Mike.

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<v Speaker 2>Alright, Let's get to the actual time.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, everybody, this shop talk number one fifteen. We

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<v Speaker 1>are talking about ordinary radicals. The subtitle Lose the Shop

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<v Speaker 1>Talk is inspired by Shane Claiborne's book The Irresistible Revolution,

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<v Speaker 1>Living is an Ordinary Radical. Hold On, I know that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to keep telling me the producer situation,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is driving me crazy. We'll get to this

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<v Speaker 1>after the break, but first our shop talk history lesson

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<v Speaker 1>for the day. What happened one hundred and fifty years ago? Alex?

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<v Speaker 1>And please don't laugh while you're saying something horrible, because

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<v Speaker 1>last time you were dying laughing when you said that

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<v Speaker 1>Titanic sunk. It was it was a horrible look. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm offended.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, what year was one hundred and fifteen years ago?

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<v Speaker 1>Bill? That would have been eighteen ninety eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So the first guy to reach the South Pole

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<v Speaker 2>Rowald's Amundsen.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeez, I thought that was like Ernest Shackelford or something.

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<v Speaker 1>No whole endurance story.

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<v Speaker 2>Nope, Okay, the first Indianapolis five hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll hold it one hundred and fifteen years ago, was

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<v Speaker 1>the first Indy five hundred? Yeah, but they do run

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<v Speaker 1>it on donkeys.

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<v Speaker 2>The discovery of Machu Picchu.

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<v Speaker 1>What is that?

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what Machu picchu is no, are you serious? Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>Machu Pichu, it's your next trip with Lisa?

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<v Speaker 1>What is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh gosh, I'm gonna have to pull up a picture

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<v Speaker 2>of this for you.

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<v Speaker 1>What do we got? Oh? Oh oh, oh, oh, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I do know what that is. I just didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>that's what it's called. I've seen this. Oh it's incredible,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. It's beautiful for everybody. I'll need to google

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<v Speaker 1>m A c h u ps cc hu match. You.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna sound like such an idiot to our listeners.

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<v Speaker 1>I understand. I am an idiot. And plus, this happened.

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<v Speaker 1>What in eighteen ninety nineteen eleven, November one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen years ago? Anything else? Hundred and fifty years ago

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<v Speaker 1>we're discussing.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I forgot this one. The Mona Lisa was

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<v Speaker 2>stolen the modo?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you kidding?

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<v Speaker 2>The loop?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it? Really was a?

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<v Speaker 2>Was it that made international headlines for two years and

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<v Speaker 2>transformed the painting from a respected masterpiece and arguably the

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<v Speaker 2>most famous work of art.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>That that that theft of it made it.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know that either. It was part of in

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<v Speaker 1>the Louve a year ago where they broke in and

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<v Speaker 1>stole bunch stuff was Monolysa. Part of that was it

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<v Speaker 1>stolen again.

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<v Speaker 2>I think people have like throwing blood at it though

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<v Speaker 2>and stuff in recent years.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, one hundred and fifteen years ago, the Mona

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<v Speaker 1>Lisa was so it was gone for.

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<v Speaker 2>Too overrated, just like hushpuppies.

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<v Speaker 1>Hush puppies are not overrated.

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<v Speaker 2>Talked about that in a recent episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Ron sparks, you are a loser Yankee if you think

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<v Speaker 1>hush puppies are over ready.

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<v Speaker 2>So is the Mona Lisa.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's go, all right, Shop Talk number one

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen Ordinary Radicals. Right after these brief messages from our

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<v Speaker 1>general sponsors. Okay, everybody, welcome back to the shop. Shop

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<v Speaker 1>Talk number one fifteen Ordinary Radicals. This Shop Talk is

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<v Speaker 1>inspired by Shane Claiborne's book The Irresistible Revolution, Living as

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<v Speaker 1>an Ordinary Radical. Shane Claiborne completely redefines what it means

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<v Speaker 1>to be radical. When we hear that word, we usually

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<v Speaker 1>picture someone loud, someone extreme, someone making headlines. But Shane

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<v Speaker 1>says that's not how Jesus changed the world. Jesus Revolution

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't led by celebrities, politicians, or people with impressive resumes.

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<v Speaker 1>It was led by fishermen, tax collectors, women, carpenters, neighbors,

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<v Speaker 1>ordinary people who simply loved in extraordinary ways. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>Shane calls them ordinary radicals. I love that phrase because

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<v Speaker 1>it reminds me so much of what we're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>build with. An army in normal folks, Not an army

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<v Speaker 1>of super heroes, not an army of experts, an army

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<v Speaker 1>of ordinary people who decide to live extraordinary lives by

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<v Speaker 1>simply doing what they can. Shane cites the scripture passage

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<v Speaker 1>of John the Baptist. Sitting in prison. He sends his

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<v Speaker 1>disciples to Jesus with one question, are you really the

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<v Speaker 1>one we've been waiting for? Jesus could have simply answered, sure, yep,

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<v Speaker 1>that's me. Instead, he says, go back and tell John

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<v Speaker 1>what you see and hear the blind received sight, the

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<v Speaker 1>lame walked, the poor here good news. Shane points out

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<v Speaker 1>something beautiful. Jesus let his life. I e. His actions

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<v Speaker 1>answer the question. He didn't ask people to believe his claims. First,

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<v Speaker 1>he invited them to notice the trail he was leaving behind. Healing, hope, restoration, compassion.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Shane asked questions that challenges us all. If someone

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<v Speaker 1>asked whether we were followers or Jesus, or if you're

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<v Speaker 1>not a follower Jesus, any moral system that we proclaim,

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<v Speaker 1>could we answer the same way. Come look not because

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<v Speaker 1>we're perfect, but because there are little signs of hope

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<v Speaker 1>following our lives. One of the stories that launched Shane

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<v Speaker 1>Claiborne's own journey happened while he was a college student

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<v Speaker 1>outside Philly in nineteen ninety five. Dozens of homeless mothers

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<v Speaker 1>and children were struggling to find housing. At the same time,

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia had hundreds of abandoned buildings, including an abandoned Catholic cathedral,

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<v Speaker 1>so the families moved into it. A few days later,

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<v Speaker 1>Shane and some friends were sitting in their college cafeteria

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<v Speaker 1>when one of their buddies threw a newspaper down the

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<v Speaker 1>table and said, you've got to read this. The headline

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<v Speaker 1>read church resurrected not because someone had repaired the building,

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<v Speaker 1>because people had brought life back into it. But as

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<v Speaker 1>they kept reading, the story took a heartbreaking turn. The

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<v Speaker 1>Catholic Archdiocese, which owned the cathedral, had served the families

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<v Speaker 1>with an eviction notice. They had forty eight hours to

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<v Speaker 1>leave or they would be arrested for trespassing on church property.

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<v Speaker 1>Shane said they had one of those moments when they

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<v Speaker 1>found themselves asking, Hey, God, why don't you do something?

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<v Speaker 1>And it was if God, and they answered, I did

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<v Speaker 1>do something. I made you get out. So that night

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<v Speaker 1>Shane in a group of college students drove into North Philly.

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<v Speaker 1>They found the cathedral. They knocked on the doors, and

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<v Speaker 1>Shane says they entered into the struggle. They didn't just

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<v Speaker 1>admire the courage of those families from a distance. They

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<v Speaker 1>joined them. They became friends with the mothers and the children.

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<v Speaker 1>They worshiped together inside that old cathedral. They organized together.

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<v Speaker 1>They stayed with them through the eviction battle, and Shane

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<v Speaker 1>says that experience became the catalyst for an incredible student

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<v Speaker 1>movement on their campus, and it completely changed how they

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<v Speaker 1>read the Bible. He said, they stopped seeing Jesus simply

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<v Speaker 1>as someone who cared about the poor. They began seeing

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus as one who became poor, one who was born

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<v Speaker 1>into suffering, one who identified with the forgotten, one who

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<v Speaker 1>invites his followers to do the same. Meanwhile, the families

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<v Speaker 1>hung a banner across the front of the cathedral that

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<v Speaker 1>read this, how can we worship a homeless man on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday and ignore one on Monday. That's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most convicting questions I've ever heard, because it isn't just

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<v Speaker 1>a question for churches. It's a question for all of us.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just a question for Christians. It's a question

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<v Speaker 1>for any members of any faith or the agnostic. The

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<v Speaker 1>question is incredible. Do the things we say we believe

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<v Speaker 1>actually show up? And how we live? Do our words

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<v Speaker 1>or our actions speak loudest? Then the story takes another

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<v Speaker 1>incredible turn. The Archdiocees decided to bring in the fire marshal,

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<v Speaker 1>hoping the building would be condemned as unsafe and the

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<v Speaker 1>families would have to leave. The night before the inspection,

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<v Speaker 1>there was a knock at the cathedral door. Shane said.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone assumed they'd come to evict the families under the

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<v Speaker 1>cover of darkness. Instead, it was a group of firefighters.

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<v Speaker 1>They quietly said, we're here against orders. Then they spent

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<v Speaker 1>the entire night helping in small smoke detectors, exit signs,

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<v Speaker 1>and fire extinguishers so the building would pass inspection. And

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<v Speaker 1>the families could stay. I can't tell you how much

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<v Speaker 1>I love that image. The institution failed, but the people

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<v Speaker 1>inside it didn't, and I think that's the heart of

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<v Speaker 1>the irresistible revolution. Shane didn't become an ordinary radical because

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<v Speaker 1>he read a book or heard a sermon. He became

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<v Speaker 1>one because he stopped asking why doesn't somebody do something

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<v Speaker 1>about that one day and started asking what can I do?

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes changing the world starts with something as ordinary as

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<v Speaker 1>knocking on a door. Sometimes it starts by staying with

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<v Speaker 1>the people in the middle of their struggle, and sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it starts by installing smoke detectors at midnight. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>ordinary radicals do. One of Shane's biggest idea is that

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<v Speaker 1>followers of Christ don't spend their lives trying to avoid

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<v Speaker 1>broken places. They move into them. Not because suffering is good,

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<v Speaker 1>of course not, but because that's exactly where Jesus went.

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<v Speaker 1>He tells about one of his classmates who proudly landed

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most prestigious teaching jobs in a wealthy suburb.

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<v Speaker 1>His professor looked at her and said, there are almost

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred applicants for that job. Why would you take it?

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<v Speaker 1>You're one of the best teachers go where they can't

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<v Speaker 1>find enough teachers. Then he tells about a Harvard law

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<v Speaker 1>graduate who turned down lucrative opportunities to defend poor people

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't afford lawyers. Shane said, the biggest question isn't am

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<v Speaker 1>I going to be a teacher, a lawyer, a doctor.

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<v Speaker 1>The big question is what kind of teacher? What kind

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<v Speaker 1>of lawyer? What kind of doctor? Who am I going

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<v Speaker 1>to teach? Who am I going to heal? Who am

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<v Speaker 1>I going to represent? I think an army of normal

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<v Speaker 1>folks ask the same question. What kind of retiree will

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<v Speaker 1>I be? What kind of business owner, what kind of mechanics,

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of parent? What kind of neighbor? If you

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<v Speaker 1>believe in God, he doesn't just redeem our sundays, He

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<v Speaker 1>redeems our vocations. Another theme running through The Irresistible Revolution

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<v Speaker 1>is what Shane calls an economy of love. Instead of

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<v Speaker 1>asking how can I accumulate more, he and his friends

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<v Speaker 1>started asking how could we live with less so we

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<v Speaker 1>can give more? They shared houses, they shared cars, they

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<v Speaker 1>shared possessions, not because sharing was the goal, but because

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<v Speaker 1>it freed them to love their neighbors more generously. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he tells about a group of Christians who were tired

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<v Speaker 1>of waiting for someone else to solve the health care crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>They started pulling their money. They prayed with one another,

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<v Speaker 1>They helped pay one another's medical bills. What began with

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<v Speaker 1>just a few hundred people eventually grew into tens of thousands,

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<v Speaker 1>sharing hundreds of millions of dollars in medical expenses. Shane's

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<v Speaker 1>point isn't that everyone has to organize life exactly like

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<v Speaker 1>he did. His point is that love is creative. Ordinary

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<v Speaker 1>radicals don't ask what can't I do? They ask what

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<v Speaker 1>can I do with what's already in my hands? No

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<v Speaker 1>one person has to solve every problem, but together normal

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<v Speaker 1>folks or ordinary radicals can do extraordinary things. That friends

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<v Speaker 1>is shop talk number one fifteen, basically another man's take

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<v Speaker 1>who I've never heard of, never read, or never met

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<v Speaker 1>on what really can fix our culture? Are sighting a

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<v Speaker 1>world which is an army of normal folks. His version

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<v Speaker 1>of it is ordinary radicals, But candidly guys, it's the

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<v Speaker 1>same venture.

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<v Speaker 2>And if we live that, as the title of his

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<v Speaker 2>book says, it becomes an irresistible revolution that people can't

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<v Speaker 2>turn away from. They see it and they got to

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<v Speaker 2>be a part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And although obviously he is a Christian, I'm your Catholic,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Christian, were Christians. But I do fear that non Christians, Jews, Muslims, Agnostics,

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<v Speaker 1>hear us talking about this and think that this does

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<v Speaker 1>not include them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why I said any moral code.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm really glad that we talked about any moral colleague,

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't have to be a Christian to recognize

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<v Speaker 1>talent and need and join the army of normal folks,

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<v Speaker 1>A true army of normal folks, a true group of

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<v Speaker 1>ordinary radicals really don't care how you pray. They just

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<v Speaker 1>care what you do.

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<v Speaker 2>And the reality is we all worship some kind of God.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true.

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<v Speaker 2>And even most Christians get that wrong, including us two included. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>it's easy to make money your God or power or pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>So I mean all of us do have some form

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<v Speaker 2>of God in some form of moral code. We couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>operate in the world if we didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true, That's absolutely true. Guys, join the army in

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<v Speaker 1>normal folks. Be an ordinary radical. Understand that those firemen

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<v Speaker 1>changed lives by installing a smoke detector. That is not

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<v Speaker 1>some massive, top down, huge five H one C three

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<v Speaker 1>or government agency coming in and solving the problem. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a freaking husband and a father and a dad who

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<v Speaker 1>happens to be a fireman, who makes it less than

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred thousand dollars a year. It showed up with

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<v Speaker 1>a sixteen dollars fire detector and a screwdriver and changed lives.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the power of an army of normal folks, of

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<v Speaker 1>ordinary radicals. And you can't sit on the sidelines and say,

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<v Speaker 1>I wish somebody would do something about that. One day,

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<v Speaker 1>when you have abilities and gift and there's needs surrounding you,

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<v Speaker 1>who the hell is somebody? The answer has got to

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<v Speaker 1>be you, us, an army of normal folks, a group

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<v Speaker 1>of ordinary radicals seeing areas of need in their communities

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<v Speaker 1>and filling it. And when we do that, all of

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<v Speaker 1>our worlds get better.

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<v Speaker 2>One part I like about that too, is that it

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<v Speaker 2>was at midnight. Like Greg Spilliard said this while on

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<v Speaker 2>his episode where he's like, this work is not nine

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<v Speaker 2>to five.

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<v Speaker 1>That's true.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean sometimes it's at nine pm, sometimes at midnight.

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<v Speaker 2>Mk Hill too recently talked about you know that one

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<v Speaker 2>case where she you know, helped those three kids who

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<v Speaker 2>became her foster kids, were you know, the police, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just rested.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom.

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<v Speaker 2>It's at night, these three kids around the corner with.

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<v Speaker 1>Cod I can't remember what time it was, but it

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<v Speaker 1>was late at night.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is like, yes, she stepped in that moment

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<v Speaker 2>and said, hey, I'm happy to take them, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and have them be you know, my foster kids. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's not like it's happening every midnight. These guys are

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<v Speaker 2>doing it. But you have to be mentally prepared when

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<v Speaker 2>those opportunities do present themselves at crazy times, be willing

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<v Speaker 2>to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is because you if you assume that working

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<v Speaker 1>in your community is an hour by hour, exhaustive process,

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<v Speaker 1>that that very thing may keep you from engaging in

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<v Speaker 1>the first place. It's it's not. It's just being ready

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<v Speaker 1>to act and willing when you see opportunity. And who

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<v Speaker 1>knows when that comes and what time it comes. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's what an army and right if you think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>the United States military spends ninety percent of its time

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<v Speaker 1>hanging around, training and eating, right, and we're not always

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<v Speaker 1>at war. An army builds itself in preparation for an event,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it acts, and then when that act is over,

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<v Speaker 1>it chills. And that's what an army normal folks has

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<v Speaker 1>to be do, large enough and ready enough that when

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<v Speaker 1>areas of need a rise in your community, you can act.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a it's not an all the time thing. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just what you can do when you can.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good analogy for us. Even when you're at

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<v Speaker 2>war a lot of time they're sitting around too, right,

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<v Speaker 2>They're sure they're not kinetic the whole time.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure, okay, guys, that is shop talk number one point fifteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Join the ranks of the army and normal folks become

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<v Speaker 1>would say, a bloody do gooder. And let's let's let's

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<v Speaker 1>do some good for our society and our culture and

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<v Speaker 1>you will be so much more personally fulfilled in your

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