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here so we can work

out the writing contract.

Wow, thanks

Bryan, but, uh,

I'm not really

interested.

You're not interested?

[scoffs]

Um, look Rich,

I don't think you understand

what we're offering you

here, okay?

This is a gamechanger.

I'm not really sure

I want my game

to be changed.

Okay, well, um, Rich,

maybe you should

think about this.

You have a real gift

and maybe you

should be using it.

Well, I think

I am using it.

All right, well, um,

I,uh,hope

you change your mind.

Well, thanks

for the call, Bryan.

I appreciate it.

Take care.

What?

[no audio]

(Jess)

When are we going to talk

about the Nashville thing?

We're not going

to talk about

the Nashville thing

because I'm not going

to Nashville.

You have to go.

Well, are you

coming with me?

You know I can't do that.

We're not even

married yet.

What is this?

Is this

your parents?

It's not just

my parents.

You knew

what I wanted.

Your life

is headed

in a totally

different direction.

You don't want to be 41

and stuck in Cincinnati.

Yes, I do.

If you're there,

I do.

You don't belong here.

[no audio]

(Rich, off)

Hey, Jess,

it's me, uh--

hey, I didn't see you

at the show tonight.

I thought you were

going to be there.

Um...just give

me a call.

[guitar strumming]

(father)

I just don't understand

why everything

you touch ends up busted.

Why everything

you touch ends up busted.

[phone ringing]

Hey, hey, Jess,

it's me.

Listen, call me when

you get this, I just

want to talk.

I just, I just feel

like we're not--

I just, I just want to talk

about what's happening

with us.

I was just calling

to make sure everything

is okay.

I just feel

like we're not connecting

and I don't know...

why we keep

going back and forth

and if there's something

I've done or--

[phone ringing]

Jess, if the problem is me,

then I just want you

to tell me.

[busy signal]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hey, Mom.

[clears throat]

Are you okay?

I was just missing--

missing you guys.

I just wanted

to say hi.

(father)

Neva, I get

up at 4 a.m.

Calm yourself.

Mom, can I

talk to Dad

for a second?

Yeah.

Hey, he wants

to talk to you.

Tell that boy to call

back at a decent hour

and I'll talk to him.

He said to say

that he loves you

(mother)

and that

he'll call you later.

He didn't say

that, Mom.

You know

your father

loves you.

He just has

to be at work.

Neva, this is

not the time

for his nonsense.

Hang up

the damn phone.

(mother)

He's just tired.

Yeah. Well, sorry

for calling so late.

All right.

Love you.

[phone clicks]

[dial tone]

[soft guitar picking]

Hey, Rich.

Sam'?

Yeah.

Come here.

Where were you?

Have you

been drinking?

Answer me!

Gary and I

went to a movie.

Why didn't you

ask me to go?

Dude, I think you

need to sleep

it off.

I think

you're drunk.

I'm fine.

[grunt]

[stumbling]

I take it back.

I know you're drunk.

Sleep it off.

[groan]

What's this?

It's a camel.

What do you

think it is?

It's not a camel.

Sam.

Yeah?

Are we

really friends?

(Rich, off)

Sam invited me

to come to Wichita

with him to stay

with his folks

and sort things out.

The Nashville situation

had thrown a lot of my world

out of joint.

I wasn't totally sure

how to put it back.

I think a large pan' of me

worried that what Jess

had said was true.

I had to go.

(Morris)

Rich!

I'll be right back.

We 're out of milk.

Could I talk to you

for a second, Morris?

Yeah.

Absolutely.

[clap]

What's on your mind?

Oh. Quite a lot.

And Nashville.

Yeah, you heard

about that?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, Jessie

doesn't want to go

and, um--

she hates

the whole idea

of touring but, man,

I don't know

how to do this

without her.

You-you

want to tour,

do your music.

Yeah, absolutely.

I just don't want

to do it alone.

Yeah. Well,

relationships are

funny that way.

They don't necessarily

fix those kind

of problems.

And if you kind of give

up this dream

for that dream,

you might lose

both of them.

Hm.

It sort of happens

that way sometimes.

You know why I think

Jesus didn't have

a girl?

I am dying to hear

this one. Why?

He didn't have

a home to take

her to.

The guy was a Vagabond,

I mean--

The only thing I know

is that Jesus would

not like Nashville.

I mean-- I just mean

all these cheesy artists

like trying

to make a cheap buck

off of his name.

The whole thing

makes me want

to puke, to be honest.

Maybe that's why he

wants you to be

a part of it.

Yeah. I don't know

if God needs me

to change Nashville.

Oh, I'm sure

he doesn't.

But he still might

want you to be there.

It's just you have

to be careful

thinking that holiness

is about finding

the right place

and doing

the right things.

Because it's

really not that.

I mean, holiness

is really about

loving God

in the moment.

I found in my own life

there are a lot of things

I know

and there

are some things

I don't know.

But if I

give it time,

if I really walk

in faith on it,

I don't have

answers to everything,

but I've been amazed

at the things I

found out.

And the thing

I know about it,

is that God loves you

no matter what

you choose.

And he's

going to be there.

He's going to be there

with you on this journey.

All right. So what

about the girl?

[chuckle]

Yeah.

Well, I don't know

everything about women--

[chuckling]

But I have been married

to one woman for almost

20 years.

And the reason

that works

is because

she says, "Go get milk"

and I go get milk.

[chuckle]

And then I pick

up ice cream.

Ooh, I hear you.

Rocky Road.

There is

no other kind.

[chuckle]

I'll be right back.

Thanks, Morris.

All right, I'll see you.

He still not here?

He'll be here.

I want to make sure

we get a few things

clear before I go on.

Hey man, we've done

this before. It's

going to be okay.

Not in my church.

First off, you boys all

better find yourselves

some shoes.

This is a house of God.

And clean up,

tuck your shirt tail in,

have some self respect.

I'm going to be talking

today about being holy,

being disciplined,

and shaping up.

And I want you

to play something

that will really drive

that message home.

You understand?

And I hope

you'll be out there

listening to my sermon.

[girl clears throat]

So, Gary, do you

want to tell Richard?

(preacher)

If you're going to get

serious about your faith,

you need to look

at this book like

a rule book.

It has the dos

and the don'ts.

Are you going

to follow

the dos?

Or will you

choose the don '13?

As Zion comes up

to close us in song,

I want to leave you

with this question.

Would Christ

be proud of you?

Yeah, I don't want

to be disrespectful.

I know we're guests here,

but I kind of think

how disrespectful

it would be

to not be honest

with the church.

I think it was

the theologian Karl Barth

who was asked once

what's the most--

[piano notes playing]

What's the most theologically

profound statement

and this is

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