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God's got

big plans

for you.

I know it.

You are going to do

great things one day.

(Rich, off)

After high school,

I wasn't sure what

I was going to do.

Home had became a place

where you had to learn

the language of silence.

My dad and I grew apart.

Uh, you know, he grew inward

and I grew bitter.

At' that time,

my rebellion

was in full swing.

Uh, let's just say

that surrender

doesn't exactly

come naturally to me.

But I quickly learned

that God

can speak to us

in some pretty

unexpected ways.

How do you respond

to these accusations

from your father?

Do you dare defy

the ordinances

of Holy Mother Church ?

How can you stand there

in defiance of your father?

You're bestowed

with riches

beyond your worth

and now

you rebuke their value?

By what authority

do you do such things?

I want to live

a life of freedom.

I want to be as free

as the animals

that roam this earth,

as free as the moon

in the night sky.

These earthly possessions,

this noble stature,

the adoration

that our society

craves is no use to me.

But you're my son.

I'm no longer

your son.

(Rich, off)

Saint Francis was wild.

I mean,

he fell

madly in love

with Jesus.

As a result of that,

he gave up everything

he had.

Why are you doing this?

God calls

to every man.

But not every man responds.

(Rich, off)

I connected to the story

of Saint Francis

in a lot of ways.

You know, he just had

this radical trust in Christ.

It was a trust

that I didn't have.

But I wanted it.

I knew that deep down

if I wanted to grow

that kind of faith,

it wasn't going to happen

by staying at home.

So I left.

You know, it's interesting.

I had reached

a point in my life

where I decided

to get serious

about my faith

before I had no faith

to get serious about.

Not that going

to Bible College

is particularly

the place to get serious

about your faith

but nevertheless,

that's where I went.

Hey! What are you

doing with my stuff?

Oh, I thought

this would be okay.

I prefer

to sleep with my--

You thought...

this would be okay?

Let me ask you

a question.

You ever stare danger

straight in the eye

and live

to tell about it?

Name's Sam.

[both chuckle]

Just joking, man.

You must be Rich.

Yeah.

Yeah, nice

to meet you, man.

You scared me there

for a second.

I've got kind

of a weird sense

of humor.

You should know

that up front.

Hey, I think

that's everything.

Your mom and I

are going

to head back.

So--

(Sam)

Cool.

Oh, hi.

I'm Morris.

Hey,Dad.

Hi, Morris.

I'm Rich.

I'm the dad.

It's nice

to meet you.

You can go

now, Dad.

Yeah, we're going

to head back.

Love you, Pops.

(Morris)

I love you, too, man.

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