Stories of Faith and Friendship - Part 2

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Well, hello friends, this is Dick Foth with Stories from the Road, one more time.

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And I have a good friend with me today.

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His name is Pete Bulette.

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Pete, how are you?

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Doing well, doing well.

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Good to be with you, Dick.

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So, and I'm in Colorado, you are in Virginia, in Charlottesville.

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And the home of the University of Virginia.

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But you didn't always live in Virginia, right?

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I mean, tell me, my standard question is, where were you born and brought up?

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Can you give us a couple minutes on that?

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Well, I was born in Minnesota.

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Ah.

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Yeah, but I was brought up in southern Illinois.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, so I grew up in a small town called West Frankfort, Illinois, about 100 miles outside of St. Louis, and so carnal country.

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Yes.

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Yeah, I grew up where a small coal mining town in southern Illinois.

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Hmm.

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And it ended up going to university, getting into finance.

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Was it accounting?

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Yeah.

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Accounting.

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Yeah, I worked for KPMG in St. Louis.

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During the year that Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa were hitting all the home runs, and my office was just next to Bush Stadium.

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So it was an exciting time to be there.

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So for all of you?

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For all of you listening to this or watching this, you have to be of a certain age.

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Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa, just go with us on this.

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It was a great season.

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That was great.

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Well, you and I ran into each other now 30 years ago almost in Washington, D.C.,

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And you lead an entity, a faith-based group at the University of Virginia called Chi Alpha.

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How did you come to go?

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Strange phrase.

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How did you come to go to Charlottesville, Virginia from West Frankfort, Illinois to work with young people?

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Well, I mean, the short answer is, you know, the Holy Spirit directed our steps.

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The reason why I say that is because along the way, at each kind of pivotal point, there was a moment where there was just a God graciously by His Spirit, you know, dropped some seed or put up a...

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a big sign for us, whatever the case may be.

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And, and so we were, I was working in St. Louis in public accounting and frankly went to a church where this speaker from Chi Alpha was there.

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Amy and I, my wife, we were involved in Chi Alpha students and it was life-changing for us, but we never dreamed we would do it.

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I mean, never once had we talked about it.

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That night at the church, I started to sense that.

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that God wanted us to do Chi Alpha.

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And so I, on the drive home, I said, Hey, Amy, I think the Lord may want us to do Chi Alpha.

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And she said, me too.

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And I went, Oh boy, this is for real, you know?

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And then we, so we ended up quitting our jobs.

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Long story short, moved to Washington, DC, interned with the Chi Alpha at Georgetown for a year.

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And then again, while we were there making a decision what was next, we made a decision that felt very natural, pros, cons, and then, of course, covered in prayer.

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And then when we made the decision, we called our pastor here and said, hey, we're going to come plant Chi Alpha at the University of Virginia.

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And he said, I already knew that.

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He said, the Holy Spirit told me you're coming, and I presented you last night to the board for missionary support.

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Good grief.

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I was like, well, hey, that's great confirmation.

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And so there you are.

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And you've been there now.

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How long?

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This is our 26th year.

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Yeah.

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And you still look like you're 31.

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This is not right.

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Well, I appreciate that.

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I don't know if everybody agree with you, but I guess students keep me young in some ways.

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There you go.

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So two years ago, October 7th, I came with a team.

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to do a thing called a storytelling evening.

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And I had called you and said, we're thinking about doing this thing in several places.

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I'd been encouraged by my son-in-law, Van, who folks may have already heard on a podcast, to think about this.

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And you were very kind.

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It seemed almost enthusiastic that that might happen.

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And so you helped us frame that night at the University of Virginia with a theme.

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And the theme that your team and you came up with was stories of faith and friendship.

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Talk to us about that.

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What was the genesis of that particular thing?

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Well, first of all, I will confirm I was enthusiastic.

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I thought we'd dream.

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Because, Dick, you may not know this or you may know this.

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Like, I had a dream of like just sitting in your house and having you tell stories to me, you know, because I'd only before we met, I'd only listened to cassette tapes.

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I'm like, wow, now he's coming here to just to tell stories.

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And so anyway, we're going to we're going to have to edit this part out.

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She goes, don't let Ruth hear this.

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She's going to roll her eyes.

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Oh, boy.

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Anyway, go ahead, Pete.

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Go ahead.

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So I was very enthusiastic.

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And as I shared with the team, they were as well.

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And so as we talked about possible topics and I kind of brought some discussions that you and I had had, we just landed on the theme of friendships.

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I think maybe first, of course, we wanted it to be Jesus centered.

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Mm hmm.

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And we didn't want any bait and switch of the night.

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Yes, this is about Jesus.

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And so we worked in the faith and friendship as our hope, if you would accept the challenge.

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And you did.

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And honestly, you know, it was a few years after COVID and we were seeing, you know, this generation that's been defined by the iPhone and social media and then,

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COVID and all that that did for social patterns and so on.

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And it's just like we were wrestling with like, I mean, there's anxiety that's high, there's loneliness that's high and how all these things come together.

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We felt like, honestly, if we had a night that really highlighted friendships and faith and how it's.

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would maybe bring intrigue of how Jesus intersects both of those worlds, of course, that it may hit a felt human need, you know, that we're making for friendship and in a way that would appeal to the heart and the head.

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And so maybe it'd be a bit of a draw and a way to introduce people.

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people to the person of Jesus in a way that maybe isn't always typical.

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And so, yeah, so I, you know, we were just kind of looking at what we were seeing in students and in our culture and felt like, wow, that would be a really meaningful and powerful night.

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Well, and I was, you know, you were kind enough over the years when we were in D.C. to invite us down every now and again to do things with the folks.

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And it's always totally selfish on my part.

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Go down there, get all jazzed up because you're with young people.

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But that night we had the event or you arranged for the event to be at Old Cobble Hall.

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And I shared a bit of this.

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in a previous podcast with van or son-in-law getting sort of his takeaways and what a, what a cool venue.

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And, and just the, uh, just the setting to me added something to talk to us about old cobble.

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And, and first of all, how, how did you do that?

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Because that, you know, you didn't, you don't just go sign up for old cobble a week at a time.

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Yeah, no, it's an honor to meet in

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it's at the end of the academical village at UVA where the lawn is on, you know, at the top is the rotunda, which is the library.

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And at the bottom is old Cabell hall.

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And, you know, it's a really, uh, really beautiful building with a, uh, uh,

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performance area in there and auditory matter that's really probably one of the gems of the university and so we were really honored to be able to reserve that and be able to host you there and you know in the backdrop behind you is this painting that's of

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I think it's called the School of Athens.

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Like it's a replica School of Athens behind you, the philosophers.

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And so that kind of gives you a sense.

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And, of course, pipe organ on the side.

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And so it has this really regal feel.

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And it's where the – I hate to say it this way.

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I don't know how I'll say it.

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The important people that come to UVA.

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Yeah, sure.

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Everybody's important.

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You know what I'm saying.

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Like the big names –

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Public people.

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The dignitaries and so on, you know, or, or the big author or the person who's making waves and cold, you know, when they come, they'll often be at old Cabell Hall.

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And like, I remember when Richard Dawkins came when I, when he, you know, was, uh, traveling around.

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And I remember when John Kerry was secretary of state and he came and spoke there and, um,

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We hosted John Lennox there one time for a Veritas forum, as I recall.

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And John, just for those folks who are watching or listening, John Lennox is an Oxford scholar who's sort of an apologist, is he not, for faith?

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Yeah, he's an Oxford mathematician.

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There we go.

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He's also an author and apologist.

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And so, anyways, it's kind of a—

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Important things happen there, I guess is a good way to say it.

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And so when we were able to secure that, I thought this would be really fantastic.

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And yeah, so it's a very meaningful place.

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Also outside of it is a Homer statue right outside.

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And then across the top of the building in Latin is this quote.

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I'm not for sure exactly how they decided to put this quote up there, but it says,

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and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.

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And I remember the first time I saw it, I said, someday we're gonna be able to share the gospel and we're gonna share about Jesus in there, the truth, right?

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And so that night, as you shared stories, Jesus was made known and yeah.

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And the fulfillment of however that got up on top of the building, we were able to, cause I think we know the guy who said that, right?

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I think we do.

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Yeah, I'd be interested, and I don't want to take a lot of your time this afternoon, but I'd be interested in...

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You know, we were there for an hour.

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You were there for many hours setting up and taking down and all of that.

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But we were there for an hour, and we had some wonderful conversations with students after and so forth.

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What were some of your takeaways or maybe things that were said to you that you could share?

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because we're talking about this right now because we're getting ready to release this audiobook of that night called Stories of Faith and Friendship, and it'll be on any audible or any audio platform that folks choose to listen to, Spotify or whatever.

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But hearing it, even hearing the event, which they will, isn't like being in the space, is it?

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Right, right.

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And so, anyway, takeaways on your part.

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Well, you know, I think I would give you my general impression first.

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I mean, for me, in some ways, it was a bit of a,

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like, I'm so honored to be here right now kind of moment.

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It was like the wisdom and faith of a generation being handed down to a new generation through the power of story.

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And of course, you know, story's such a powerful medium and our culture uses it in many ways.

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storytelling in the way you do it is almost an art that is in some ways hard to find these days.

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And I think it was the message and the messenger that there was a certain power of what I sense the Lord was doing in that moment, because it was a generation with a lot of water under the bridge who's...

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Exactly.

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Who is connecting so beautifully and meaningfully and powerfully with a younger generation.

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It was kind of, yeah, like a sage coming to, you know, to a new generation and sharing truth and wrapped in such a.

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through the power of storytelling.

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And so for me, I was like, wow, this is really amazing.

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And I guess it just felt really rich to me.

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And like the deep roots that this generation longs for, but often feels the lack of.

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And I think that was reflected in the sense in the room.

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Like I think everybody understood this was a moment, an opportunity to lean in.

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And so I felt like everybody was leaned in and locked in.

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And then at the end, there was a standing ovation.

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And I've been on campus or grounds here at UVA for, you know, this is my 26th year, and there are only a couple times where I remember standing ovation.

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And I felt like that was their way of sharing their deep appreciation and the sense of how meaningful and significant the night was today.

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And and because, you know, every week we don't give standing ovations, Dick.

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I don't know if you knew.

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If these folks knew how much money I paid.

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So so, you know, and then, of course, over time, I remember us chatting afterwards and even hearing some of the things that students came up and told you that were so meaningful.

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People who are, as a result of the night, saying, yeah, I think I want to take some steps of walking with Jesus and into this and others who had been going through some significant things in their life who found it very difficult.

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um a healing night in some ways you know and and you know i i just feel like uh it was a night where met a lot of people where they were in their unique place and that's i think the power of story and i mean that's how god has used you telling stories in my own life that there was it it's just a it was a beautiful way to kind of bring the truth of the gospel

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deeper in some way that resonated in my heart.

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And I felt like our students were having an experience I had whenever I was a college student listening to your tapes.

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And so that was kind of a full circle moment for me.

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And so it was a very special and rich night.

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You know, I think you're, well, first of all, thank you for your kind words.

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And, you know, you guys, from a structural perspective, getting things together and getting the word out and all of that, that was amazing to recognize.

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I wasn't there when you were doing all of it, but just recognize how much that takes, excuse me just a second, folks.

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I have a ringtone on my phone.

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Could you hear that where you were, Pete?

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I could, yeah.

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That's the sheik of Araby from A River Runs Through It.

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You talk about an adventure.

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I think I heard that on the radio on my way in today.

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I think we're going to leave that little bit in too.

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You know, we're just kidding about editing things.

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So I can't remember where it was.

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The effort it takes to present an evening like that

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is enormous.

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And it's like with anything, most of us go to receive something, but we don't recognize what's behind the scenes.

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So please, two years after the fact, even I know I said it then, but thanks again to your team for all they did to help that happen.

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The point you make about story

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is, you know, I feel like a Johnny OneNote because I just see not only do we have story in our DNA or where we are, our brains are framed to receive it and to tell it.

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There's something about it.

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quotes that I really like.

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Ursula K. Le Guin, who's now gone, was a, I think, a sci-fi writer, lived in Portland, Oregon.

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And she has a phrase that I saw written, that is, there have been great civilizations that did not have the wheel, but there have been no civilizations that did not tell stories.

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And then the author, Madeline Lingle, says Jesus was not a theologian.

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You know, I read that, and I'm going, whoa, easy there.

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He said Jesus was not a theologian.

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He was God who told stories.

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sit with someone for whom we are pieces of each other's stories.

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And that's a plus.

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I think both of us like that part.

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And so I'm grateful.

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Thank you for an evening of faith and friendship.

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And we're going to be releasing this audio book,

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I think around October, which is in the middle of what UVA calls reading days.

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Are you familiar with, I mean, you've been there quarter of a century, dude.

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What are reading days?

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It's called, well, yeah, reading days is fall break that sounds really sophisticated.

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And we're just going to the beach, hanging out.

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Well, anyway, we're gonna release it then just cause it sounded cool to do it.

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And we'll go from there.

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Thanks a million, Pete, for being part of this.

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It's a joy, Dick.

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Truly an honor.

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And really grateful that we were able to connect to see that happen.

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And my team worked hard.

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So shout out to them for all their hard work to make it a great night.

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And thank you for coming and investing in our students.

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And I hope that the audio book will bless a lot of people for a long time.

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That's wonderful.

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Well, this is Pete Bulette in Charlottesville, Virginia, Dick Foth in Windsor, Colorado.

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We're done.

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We're signing off.

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I'll catch you later, Pete.

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Okay.

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God bless you.

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Bye-bye.