The Wise Kids

(SOUND OF PASSING CARS IN DISTANCE)

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

It's not the Olympic torch, Ryan.

Slow it down a little bit.

It's lighter than the

original is all.

The orig... Oh, the one Jesus used?

Well, let's pretend it's not.

(HAMMER STRIKING NAIL)

OK, OK...

Can you maybe gimme

a little more than that?

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah, it's gotta be real.

You gotta be real...

Fierce. Real fierce.

(HAMMER STRIKING NAIL)

Good.

OK, let's lift him up.

Careful, careful...

Careful...

Yeah...

- Um, whoa.

- Are you OK?

- You OK?

- Yeah.

OK.

Uh, yeah, we should...

we should fix this.

(LAUGHING)

All right, so you have the address?

Yep, that's it.

And we'll have cash for you.

Thank you, sweetheart.

Oh, wait, you have the

veggie pizza, right?

OK, yes, thank you, I'm sorry.

All right, bye bye.

(DEEP SIGH)

Dad's makin' an E-vite

and everything.

That's too cute.

Are you gonna invite Amanda?

- Who?

- Amanda, from school.

I thought you liked her.

Um, as a friend.

We've gotta find you a woman.

It's just gettin' so good.

It's just gonna be so good, Austin.

That should do it.

Thanks, Harry. That's nice.

That was crazy, huh?

So, are we still having ladies

meeting at the same time next week?

We actually moved it,

um, to Wednesday.

Instead of 7:
30, it'll be 8.

- OK.

- If that's OK.

Hmm... Uh...

Where's Ryan?

Oh, shoot.

Tim, do you mind

getting on the cross?

- Awesome.

- Yep.

So, yeah, just...

Like this?

Uh, yeah...

I guess it... works.

So, that's probably

long enough, right?

Uh...

Yeah...

Yeah, let's get you down.

Yeah.

(CHATTERING)

Hey, guys...

Brea, did you wanna

work on our duet later?

- Sure.

- Cool.

Dear Heavenly Father, It's such an

amazing pleasure and an amazing honor

to be worshipping Your name

through song and dramatic art.

We ask that You bless this

pageant so that others

might see You and want

to know You more.

And we ask that You bless

the food we're about to eat

to the nourishment of our bodies

so that we might better serve

Your awesome, incredible,

amazing name.

In Your awesome, holy, amazing,

awesome, awesome name, we pray, Amen.

ALL:
Amen.

So, what are the

college plans, guys?

Brea and I are going

to Weatherford.

I mean, we applied.

But we'll get in,

it's not like it's hard.

Thanks.

Fabulous school. Very

Christ-centered.

Tim's goin' to New York.

He already got in.

Wait, what?

Yeah, I got into the New School.

It has a pretty great

film program, so...

I have family in New Jersey.

You should look them up...

At your own risk.

That's a bit far away,

don't you think?

Well, I mean...

From where, you know?

What about Savannah?

Doesn't Savannah have

a good film program?

Hey there, thespians!

How we doin' today?

Hey there.

Hey, I know there's a

lot of youth here,

and I just wanna introduce

you guys to a couple folks.

This is Dylan All and

his lovely wife Erin.

Dylan's up for consideration

for Youth Minister,

so we're gonna be doin' kind

of a trial period for him

over the next couple of weeks,

and we're gonna see how

everything works out, and

everybody gels and whatnot.

You're gonna do Sunday

School with him on Sunday,

and he's gonna be around for this glorious

pageant that Austin is creating for us.

It's just gonna be an

all-around great time.

Woo hoo!

I like your style.

All right, now y'all

go back to eatin'.

Brea, can I see you for a sec?

I need you to pick up your

brother and Haley at the mall.

Are they on a date?

Can you do that for me?

I need to make a visit.

Where are your keys?

I've just been praying so hard that God

would send us the right man for the job...

- So, New York?

- Yeah.

Gonna need someone, you know,

like really cool and on fire for God.

- We are very cool, so...

- Dylan.

So sorry to interrupt, I just

had to introduce myself.

I'm Elizabeth, I'm Austin's wife.

I lead the Women's Ministry here, so...

Elizabeth's awesome at everything.

Thank you.

(LAUGHS)

Nice to meet you.

It's such a pleasure

to have you here.

Thank you, very much.

There they are.

(CAR HORN HONKS)

Hey y'all.

So Josh... Brea says you're thinking

about following in your Dad's footsteps.

Uh, maybe... yeah.

I think I'd be a

pretty good preacher.

- Is he gay?

- Shhhh.

No.

- Was that loud?

- Yeah.

(CAR RADIO PLAYS)

(CRICKETS CHIRPING)

Did you ever think about,

like... what we'd believe,

if our parents believed

different things?

Yeah, I guess I see what you mean.

(PHONE VIBRATES)

Oh, she's comin'.

Oh, good, good.

I mean...

They could have taught us anything,

and... we would have believed it.

I don't know.

I think I pretty much

believe it on my own.

Really?

Yeah, I think so.

Hmm.

Oh, wait. Check this out.

Boo!!!

(SCREAMS LAUGHS)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Laura, honey, are you

excited about Weatherford?

Yes, ma'am.

Y'all are gonna have a blast.

So, are you really, like...

you know...

Um... I think so.

How do you feel about that?

Well, I double checked,

and it's definitely wrong.

OK.

I can send you the

verses if you want.

Sure.

Hey, you know...

I'm gonna work this out, OK?

I mean, this is...

I'm still totally a

believer in Christ.

I'm still definitely a Christian,

and I wanna do what God

wants, I do. I really want to.

I've just gotta, like,

pray about it and stuff.

It's like, a thing you work out.

It's gonna be OK.

I... I hope you'll get help.

I think you should.

'Cause you can't be both.

That's like...

That's like, a paradox.

Well, that went well.

Don't worry about it.

She's tryin' to...

Night.

Night, Laura!

Night.

Are you really OK with this?

Um...

I will e-mail you the verses.

(HOCKEY COMMENTARY PLAYS ON TV)

Is everybody sleepin'?

Keri's at a movie.

- Oh, what movie?

- Somethin' stupid.

How was your day?

What?

How... was... your... day?

Oh...

(LAUGHS)

I'm gonna watch a movie

and go to sleep.

You can watch it in here,

I'm not watchin' this.

No.

You're not watchin'

it either, Brad.

I don't think you'd

like this one, Dad.

- No.

No.

Night.

Say your prayers.

Night, Brad.

Later.

(PLAYING PIANO, SINGING HYMN)

- Hello.

- Hello.

Welcome to the piano.

Play me a song.

Huh?

Play a song for me.

Play you a song... OK, here we go.

(PLAYS HYMN)

No...

Originate it.

I have to practice.

Originate me a song.

Well, I don't know, um...

(TINKERS WITH MELODY, CHORDS)

I'm not feeling it...

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry. I don't

know what to sing.

I gotta practice the

real stuff for church.

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry.

(DEEP SIGH)

Please, Lord, show Tim

that there's a way out...

Please just watch

over him tonight...

(CONTINUES PRAYING)

Please, just watch

over him tonight...

That's all I'm asking.

Please, please, please.

(GASPS)

I had a bad dream.

What?

I had a bad dream, Mama.

Oh, honey... honey...

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

- Mornin', ya'll.

- Mornin'.

- How are y'all doin'?

- Good.

Good.

So... I'm doing this

'trial period' thing,

and they wanted me to give

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