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Foreign. Cultural move today might just be the oldest one. Loving God, telling the truth and refusing to apologize for it. It is Holy week in America. Happy Easter to you guys. Actually today, Happy Good Friday to you guys. This day is special, of course, just commemorating the crucifixion of Christ and his death at Calvary for us sinners to be made new and oh my goodness, aren't we so Gl for it. Of course, undeserving, but nonetheless grateful. Look, I love this time of year. Obviously the importance and the meaning of Easter and just kind of relishing in the symbolism of our sins being washed away. But also the weather. Although I will say it's kind of getting me right now. Sarai beside me, I have. What is this? Nasal mist. Theraflu. Nasal mist. And I have a Theraflu drink here. I'm dying. I've just been sneezing and, and all the things that come with blooming of the flowers, which I've talked about this before, but my husband and I, we are flower farmers. We live on a flower farm. It is 12 acres of beautiful day lilies. Oh my gosh, it is so amazing. They're all starting to bloom our tulips. It is just remarkable. And so I think that's contributing to the stuffiness that I feel. It's also close to my birthday. Uh, actually my birthday has fallen on Easter a few times. Uh, it's towards the end of the month. And I think the just how special it is having Margot now, of course, this is her first Easter. Uh, our last episode, we talked about how she's six months old now. She has the cutest little Easter outfit. Uh, what are our plans this year? We plan on, of course, going to church. Uh, we have to go very, very early because there are absolutely no seats. Otherwise I'll say my church in Tennessee, it's Long Hollow. It is fantastic. It is a Bible believing church with a Bible believing and preaching pastor, which is very, very rare. And what we plan on getting into in today's episode. The seats are filled. So we're going to go to the early service, I believe, attend church, come home, we're going to have a big Easter lunch. We're going to have a egg hunt. We always do this. This is, you know, you kind of graduate out of it once you go to high school and college and you don't get to search for the golden egg anymore. But now that we have Margot, we get to participate in the egg hunt again. And so I'm so excited about this. So lots of Fun traditions and things to look forward to this time of year. And I hope you guys enjoy my, I guess advice going into Easter is to put your phone down. I promise you nothing is as important on that phone than spending time in reflection, spending time with family, understanding the purpose and the meaning behind Easter, how it shapes our life, not just here on this earth, but eternity, where we will spend the rest of eternity. Really powerful stuff. So put your phone down. As I talked about today, it's a faith centric episode. I was doing some digging and some research onto what we're seeing across the board, whether that's domestically or globally as it pertains to faith. And I was astounded to learn that Gen Z and Gen Alpha are going to church more. A growing number of young adults are turning back to their faith. I've got a video on screen here. There's B roll playing of actually I believe this is in Greenwich village. This is St. Joseph's Church. Look at this. You see lines outside of the door and, and standing room only for masses. That's really powerful. And I, I think we've talked about this again on the, the podcast before, but it's something that we saw really following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, how young people were turning out in droves, very clearly looking to fill a void that was there, I believe. And so looking at some of these stats here, it says that 2/3 of gen Z identify as spiritual, religious and believing in a higher power. Even 10% who rarely attend services still acclaim this. A majority believe in the supernatural and report personal miracles in their own life. Here it says that overall US belief remains high, 86% in a soul slash spirit 80, 83% believe in a God or a universal spirit. And so outside of just looking at the attendance of this, what I have noticed in my daily life, of course it has been a passion, a priority of mine actually it's why I'm in Denver right now, to put myself in front of young people going on campuses, high school campuses, college campuses in Denver tonight. It's a collection of a bunch of high school students in Denver who either have Club America chapters, turning Point chapters on their, their high school campus, or high schools that have been denied by their administration to have such. We're just going to have a big meeting with all of us. And so we're. What I have noticed in doing this, traveling the country coast to coast, border to border, you know, smaller private Christian schools, but also going to Ivy Leagues, everything in between. What I have noticed is it's not just the attendance or the showing up there is a real deep set commitment. And we're seeing this, what the statistics show us, especially highlighted and showcased by young men. Young men are now out attending young women for the first time in decades. It's the widest gender gap in 25 years. So I guess the bigger question here is why? Why are we seeing this heightened attendance and commitment to practicing Christianity in today's political, social, cultural climate? Right. Very elite, very urban, very secular AI is running rampant social media usage by kids who should absolutely not be accessing or utilizing social media. I'm talking middle schoolers. Why is this happening? My opinion here is that now practicing Christianity is the counterculture. Right. I think there's an innate desire, especially in younger people, think high school, think college especially, to rebel, to, to go against the status quo. I think that's a large part, truthfully of why President Donald J. Trump is now in the Oval Office. We saw Gen Z turn out for him, especially young men. It was going against the status quo. It was the rebellious thing to do. And I think that's the same thing with, with young people now attending church. They're rebelling against, I guess our culture, with tradition, against performative online life. They're now rooting themselves in what is good, what is true, what is moral. It's kind of like the whole it's cool because it's uncool type of thing. And ironically enough, what I see on my algorithms, maybe it's because I typically engage with Christian conservative content creators and things that are being put online, but what I see in my algorithm is that TikTok and the likes thereof, they amplify this. I see all the time this short form Christian content going viral. It's drawing youth to in person worship. And I think Gen Z is a generation who is beginning to push back and ask questions. Right? No longer going along to get along. Whether that's vaccines. I think Covid was a large part in that. We were pushed so far that now we're beginning to use our brains and to critically think. I saw it as a new mom with the newborn vaccines. Of course, that is the route my husband and I took. We started questioning. We didn't go with what has been the standard for many, many decades now we push back. We're seeing a young generation of people willing to do that again. We're critically thinking. We have existential questions that we're realizing that no algorithm can answer. AI can't answer these questions. Questions about soul and purpose and consciousness and morality. This world where Everything can be so fake and generated and, and not authentic at all that makes the supernatural feel more real. Miracles, again, whether personal or witnessed, they kind of become anchors in our life. Let's kind of look at this post Charlie Kirk assassination world, right? You have ad, you have BC in my lifetime. I think we have pre Charlie Kirk and post Charlie Kirk assassination. Barna actually found that 22% of Gen Z became more spiritually active. Clearly they were looking for again, that void to be filled. And I think a lot of that is dependent on social media. It is no shock that social media, especially amongst usage of younger people, that correlates with anxiety and depression. Depression and just feelings of isolation. Well, faith communities, they deliver what apps cannot deliver. It is unconditional belonging. It is accountability, which I think is really, really important. People who can tell you where you're right or where you're wrong. And these faith communities, they, they deliver hope and inspiration and encouragement about the future. And when we're talking about the gender gap that I mentioned, in looking at young men especially, they seek structure, they see, seek that biblical masculinity. You have to remember that men are genetically encoded to be the protectors and to be the providers, which of course is a biblical role for men to fill. And these young men, young men and women. But I think young men especially, they're searching for purpose amid these cultural narratives that often demonize it. I don't know much about Gen Alpha. Well, I do. I have a younger sister. She's 17. She was born in 2008. I don't know what that makes her. I don't really know when Gen Alpha starts. I guess I should have looked it up. I know that me and my sister are. We're very similar in the things, of course, that we care about and the beliefs that we have, but we're very different. Even her attending high school now, she's a, as I said, a junior in high school. Oh my gosh. She comes home and like the lingo and the verbiage that she use, it makes me feel so incredibly old. I had this realization the other day that I have been out of high school for eight years, meaning I started high school 12 years ago. I feel like I'm too young to say I did anything 12 years ago. Anyways, in looking at kind of the Gen Alpha angle to faith, I think these are kids who are like digital natives from birth, really the first generation to be that. But even still, they're already showing spiritual curiosity, whether that's through parental influence, whether that's early exposure to trad aesthetics online and I think that's a pretty big mantle for Gen Z to carry. If we can be the ones to normalize faith in public life, then maybe Gen Alpha will treat it as default rather than rebellion. I guess in short, here secularism's grand experiment has failed my generation. We were promised endless choice. We were promised self expression and progress via technology and social media and all these fantastic innovations, but really what it delivered was loneliness and comparison culture that I think especially affects young women and our our bodies and the lifestyle. And it's created vacuums. Turns out constant connectivity really created profound disconnection, right? AI and social media, they act as false gods if you will, promising fulfillment but really only delivering fluff and emptiness. But Christianity steps in with timeless truth and ritual beauty and real community, offering what the secular digital age just explicitly cannot. It's forgiveness, it's grace, it's mercy, it's transcendence, it's righteousness, immorality and eternal perspective which I, I talked about. We can't even wrap our minds around it as human beings, especially as young people. What etern looks like in the option of spending eternity with never ending suffering and punishment in a place, a very real place called hell or the opportunity to stand alongside Christ our Creator, in a beautiful and glorious place called Heaven. I guess bottom line here is we're witnessing in real time not just a full blown national revival, but a targeted, committed resurgence among people who are seeking substance. Churches that lean into liturgy and doctrine and community events and digital outreach ironically are winning. The data shows it again. You saw the video that we put up the lines at St. Joseph's I, I've seen in my own personal life, I would imagine many of you have too. How seats in your church's pews are not empty, they're filled with people. All the spiritual stats really point to the same truth. And it's that Gen Z isn't rejecting faith. They're rediscovering why humanity never really outgrew it. So the need here is for pastors. I think a large part of where we are socially is because pastors have become complacent. They have not been willing to speak to the cultural issues of today. What I've noticed is that successful pastors in the year 2025, 2026 really, I believe post pandemic, they're to the issues that we care about mental health and you know, loneliness as core sermons on identity and anxiety and biblical friendship and purpose. Gen Z. We don't just want the cool and trendy pastors. We want adults, spiritual leaders who invest and create belonging and they bridge this online discovery to then offline community. Again, a perfect example of that is my church. My pastor's name is Robbie Galady. Again, just so good. I would encourage you, if you don't have a good church that you go to in person and you don't live around the Tennessee area, I would encourage you to check out his sermons again. Long Hollow Church. He started a YouTube channel with his son maybe like a month or so ago. It already has 30, 000 subscribers and he said online this was just a way for him and his son to do something together. 30,000 subscribers in a pretty short amount of time. People are desperate, young people especially are desperate for truth and real and good. I hope we see this momentum continue on down the road and truthfully, I think we will. Because for the first time, based on what I am seeing on the ground and based on the stats that I've shared with you guys and many more that exist online, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, we are showing up. We are arriving sometimes for the first time in our lives, hungry. And pastors who listen and who read the Bible and preach the Bible, speak the truth, live the truth, know the truth, they are the ones who are feeding us.
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example about how an open proclamation of faith is actually desired and profitable at that, then look no further than American Idol, which is streamed by abc. By the way, they just had their second annual Songs of Faith night, a full themed faith episode on primetime network tv. What this consisted of was consistent contestants and judges actually at performing personally meaningful songs tied to belief and to spirituality and to the inspiration that they draw from their faith. The episode we're going to play a few clips. It featured just unapologetically Christian music, including even modern worship tracks. Songs like Gratitude was sung by a boy from my hometown. I was actually good friends with his son sister growing up. His name is Lucas Leon. This is the top 14 now so we are cheering for him. Let's watch a little clip here.
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So good they also played the song Nothing but the Blood of Jesus, other classics. There was a child preacher who even opened with prayer, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. They opened the show by performing Jesus is Love. Carrie Underwood. She closed powerfully with How Great Thou Art. She is so good. And her legs, her legs. Come on. Carrie Underwood's legs. I aspire to look like her, have the muscle definition at the age she's not old, but she's incredible. And you have to remember Carrie Underwood, that she also sang at President Trump's inauguration. She took a lot of backlash for that at the time. But anyways, nonetheless, this display from the judges that marked the first time that judges took the stage this season, of course signaling bold buy in from the panel. And what we saw following this was an unprecedented audience response and just voting overload. It was the first time this season that voting went fully live with I think five different ways to vote, including a new social social media voting system. So commenting on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook plus websites in text, Ryan Seacrest announced that tens of millions of votes flooded in at a rate they had never seen before, which he said was truly unprecedented. The volume was actually so massive that Producers couldn't tally the results accurately in real time. And so for the first time in the show's 24 year history, eliminations were delayed, meaning that no one was sent home that night. It shocked Ryan Seacrest visibly. It shocked the judges, it shocked the contestants, it shocked the public watching. So voting will be continued, I think into the next episode. I mention this today because again, number one to highlight, I guess the JU position from the single network, ABC itself. On one hand you have Jimmy Kimmel, whose ratings and viewership is down the tank. I think a lot of that stems from really, again from what I have noticed. I could be wrong here, but just based on what I have seen following Covid, where we lived in this super hyper politicized time, we saw the response that Jimmy Kimmel gave following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, saying that his assassin was a MAGA voter. And of course, with Trump in office, Jimmy Kimmel just can't resist himself. So to see ABC doing this, I was pleasantly surprised. Just a few years ago, overt faith content on major network TV risked backlash or being labeled controversial. But what we saw based on the voting and the viewership is that people want this. They responded with record engagement. Producers realized that embracing the audience values instead of talking down to them delivers measurable proof of demand. And again, that's ultimately what is profitable to the network. It is so beautiful and meaningful and it all like, truthfully, like, brings tears to my eyes, partially because of how good their voices are. Anytime I hear someone, even singing the national anthem, who is just like, incredible it, like, I, I can't help but have tears. If I could sing like that, I would never speak again. Actually, I would just sing everything. This show, every Wednesday And Friday at 10am Eastern, you would hear me singing it. I would not be talking it. So there's a part of me that is envious of their beautiful voices and it brings tears to my eyes. But more so you see how moved they are individually by singing, declaring, worshiping in the way that they were on stage and the symbolism of this being during Holy Week and at a time when worship music, music in general, but especially worship music, is reaching more Americans than ever. Really awesome to see ABC not shying away, but instead leaning in. You could ask yourself, are they doing this because they know they could profit from it? Probably. Just as any business operates, it's about the money and it kind of has to be. Again, to operate as a successful business to a degree, you do have to create profit. Profit, generate revenue. I understand that. So maybe, but nonetheless, it's what the audience wanted. It's what people wanted. I wish the judges and the producers of American Idol could sit down and talk with the women of the View who insist on this incessant narrative that it's reckless to tell people, young women, to have children. They came after this week. Isabel Brown, who has been on the show before, if you haven't seen that episode, you should go back and watch it. Because a lot of what we talked about pertaining to family, the beauty of it, the necessity of it, the urgency of it, we talked about in that episode. That's what the View came after her for. Specifically, it's for this clip of her on cpac, the speech that she shared there. Let's watch it.
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You're not encouraging your children to grow up and have the courage to get married and have kids, more kids than they can afford, before they think they're ready.
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It is high time to start the controversial take. Isabel shared of rejecting anti family propaganda and to embrace traditional values, the values that were default, by the way, for the majority of America's 250 years, I would say, bar the last two decades, like the default position by both political parties and getting married and having children. Isabelle talked about ditching the dating apps and ditching birth control, slow release poison, having more kids than you can afford before you feel financially ready, which I would imagine there are many of you who can attest to this because it's pretty standard across the board. You're never really ready to have kids there. There is never a perfect time. You can wait and wait and wait and get older and older and older and climb the ladder. There's never a perfect time to have children. And she framed it as courageous, the courageous path to save the country and find real meaning and purpose. But the views attacks, of course, they're relentless. Sunny Hostin called it really reckless. Amid the affordability crisis. You have Sarah Haynes who said that Isabel's mindset was it wraps a woman's worth up at her ovaries. Oh, now suddenly they know that women have ovaries. That is a pretty telling revelation from Sarah Haynes. You've got Whoopi Goldberg, who slammed the hypocrisy of targeting Family foundation, who tried to paint Isabel as a racist. I don't honestly understand the connection here. Let's watch that clip.
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They used to come after women of color and accuse women of color of doing this very thing.
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This is what they do. They call you some sort of derogatory term such as a racist, which is an objectively horrible thing to be called. They call you a racist for suggesting that marriage and having children and building your legacy out in that way is actually a good thing. You have Whitney Cummings, who took, I believe, the lowest blow and mocking Isabel, who has a one year old by saying, just wait until your kid is up and walking and you spend most of your day trying to get your baby's shoes on. Then she goes on to say, maybe let's check in with your boobs in a few years and see if you still want a lot more kids. Oh my gosh, what an a raging narcissist you have to be for that to come out of your mouth. Let's check in with your boobs to see if you want more kids. Maybe a joke even. Still, that panel, what they did was they painted traditional motherhood as regressive and outdated and dangerous for women. They said it several times on the panel saying, you know, this is taking us back in time. This is outdated. We've worked past this. But the irony and the hypocrisy of this is that every single host on that panel has children. Sunny has two, Sarah has three. Whoopi Goldberg has one child. Whitney has a child. Anna Navarro has four stepchildren. They're telling young women, don't do what we did while enjoying the very families that they now are discouraging. And if you know Isabel and you know her takes, then Isabel very much is of the stance of you can do both. She's not telling women they shouldn't have a career. She's saying that you can prioritize your family, have a family, start it young, work while also enjoying a career, especially when it provides flexibility and support to where you can enjoy your family. The View understands that because they're doing it too. I think they agree on that aspect, maybe, but I actually, based on their comments, it seems that the panel only supports choice when it aligns with their secular world view, which it should be a pretty good litmus test. Anything that the women of the views say consider doing the opposite. Right. I, I don't like to take that hard line approach, but just consider it. Use your brain. Think about what the opposite may be and the outcome that it may provide because they tend to be on the wrong side. A lot of these issues, especially as it pertains to women. And I will say Sunny Haas and saying that, you know, economic fears, sure. Inflation and housing, absolutely. They are real. And I'm not here to discount or discredit that. But the View, what they did there was they used that As a cover to push the same cultural script that has fueled the loneliness epidemic. An epidemic that or an entire generation of young women especially that are riddled with depression and anxiety and intense attention disorders. Right. Delay your marriage. Kids are for self actualization. Treat motherhood as optional or oppressive. Even they fame, faith and tradition such as traditional families as the enemy. But I guess here's my hot take and specifically I want to speak to Whitney Cummings here talking about, you know, Isabelle's, her one year old, sleep schedule and boobs in a year. Guess what? That hits a little different when you're a mom yourself. Shout out to Margo. Can you hear over there? I've been through the early motherhood trenches. I'm here to say that those days, yes, exhausting. Yes, they are tiresome. Yes, they're hard. But they're the exact season that builds that unbreakable bond and purpose and joy. Dismissing young moms as naive. It's not empowerment, it's elite condescension from women who have already reaped the blessings of family. These ladies had their kids and now they want to gatekeep that joy for the rest of us. That's what it seems like. The woman of the view scream my body, my choice for abortion. But they flip to it's a reckless choice the second that a young woman or a mom chooses marriage and motherhood. And Isabel, I believe she nailed it. She came back and said they're only pro choice when it fits the anti traditional script. This is the same liquid modernity exhaustion that is driving Gen Z to church. Screens promised freedom, but they delivered emptiness, faith and marriage and motherhood and tradition. It offers the counter again community and legacy and meaning beyond career metrics. For the record, Gen Z is done being lectured by elites, especially when talking about motherhood and marriage. Childless elites who talk about oppression while sitting on a stage and raking in millions of dollars. We are choosing faith, we are choosing family, we are choosing fruitfulness. And it is working. And one more story I wanted to touch on that happened over the weekend. Talking about faith is Jaden Ivy. So for context, I'm sure you heard the story, but for context, the Chicago Bulls, they waved guard jaden Ivy on March 30, citing conduct detrimental to the team. This was just weeks after trading for the former. I think fifth overall pick from Detroit. Reports detailed his what they say, preachy behavior post conversion to Christianity. Like asking reporters if they had fornicated before marriage, labeling teammates as righteous or unrighteous. He had been on Instagram lives criticizing NBA'S Pride Month as promoting unrighteousness. The coach Billy Donovan, he emphasized professionalism and respect amid Ivy's season ending knee injury. A knee injury and post waiver live where he questioned the move and mentioned suicidal thoughts. So it seems to be that this is someone who struggles with mental health. But anyways that decision that we have seen to waive Ivy a devout Christian based on what we can concur online and the actions and the words that he says this decision it fueled splits with some seeing anti Christian bias. Other people are noting. I guess devout NBA players succeed without disruption. Let's watch a quick video here.
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For me, as a Christian, as a born again Christian who believes in Jesus Christ, right, I I can proclaim the truth. So my conduct is was not detrimental to the team. It's it's strictly because I spoke spoke the truth of the word of God and and was was preaching the gospel.
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So you heard him. He says they proclaim Pride Month in the NBA. They show it to the world. They say come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness. He says they proclaim it on the billboards and they proclaim it on the streets. And for that, for that stance he was labeled as anti lgbtq. Which bothers me because why is it always these comments are anti LGBTQ as opposed to pro Christian, pro Bible believing Christian comments. And again to to hear that he was waived for as described conduct detrimental to the team, which is so rich considering the league is filled with players. I can think of many. I've actually done some research. I'll share with you guys. Many players who have charges of domestic violence and child abuse yet they weren't waived from their team. Let's take Miles Bridges for example. The incident he was arrested in June of 2022 on felony domestic violence charges. So he injured the mother of his children while his children were present in front of them. So he also had two felony counts of child abuse. After this alleged assault, he pleaded no contest to the felony domestic violence charge. The child abuse charges were later dropped. He did not suffer a contract being waived. He had a a short suspension but is currently fully active and playing regularly for the hornets in the 20252026 season. Uh, Kevin Porter, uh, he was arrested. He's at plays for the Bucks now he's a guard or forward. Uh, he was arrested in September of 2023 on felony assault and strangulation char alleged domestic violence attack on his then girlfriend who is also a former WNBA player in a New York hotel. He pled guilty to this misdemeanor assault and harassment. In 2024 he went through his court ordered treatment. He had his criminal record cleared. In early 2025 he had a four game suspension. That said, he's active now on the Bucks roster. Actually I think he's in a multi year deal. He's been a productive player this season but I think he's sidelined now with a knee injury. One more to share with you. Jackson Hayes, he's the center for the Lakers. He was arrested in July of 2021 on domestic violence charges. He had an altercation or alleged altercation with his then girlfriend. Video surfaced he was pushing and spitting. No contest plea to misdemeanor false imprisonment. Imprisonment and resisting an officer. He had three years probation. He had to to participate in weekly domestic violence classes. There was a civil lawsuit but was ultimately dismissed. He had no additional suspension or discipline beyond the criminal plea. He did have a. It was a total separate incident. He had a one game suspension in February of this year 2026 for shoving a mascot, but not for shoving his then girlfriend. He's still on the LA Lakers roster and is active in this season. So I guess the point that I want to make here is that proclaiming the word of God what the Bible says, it's not what Jaden Ivy says. He is the messenger. He's proclaiming what the Bible says that results in ultimately your contract being terminated. But beating and abusing your family, no problem. I guess this is what is expected to happen when to morality, when it's not based on God. I put up a tweet online following this news and I said we live in a world that hates Christ and those who believe in him and that's to be expected. Just as he was persecuted, so will we be. Consider me a Jaden Ivy fan. The comments on this tweet alone, it got over 3 million views. I don't know why. I just like attract controversy and anger that that's like a seemingly uncontroversial tweet, right? Like the Bible says, as we were persecuted, so will we be for declaring his name and his word. And the comments on my tweet alone prove that. Oh my gosh, I had like nearly 3,000 comments of people telling me, you know, this isn't persecution, it's accountability. He wasn't fired for believing in Christ. You're just a grifter. He's a grifter. The first Amendment protects your right to believe. It doesn't give you the right to force your beliefs on others or to Make a workplace hostile for people who are gay. Jaden Ivey was not forcing his beliefs on others. And if we're going to talk about forcing your beliefs on others, what do you call wearing that little rainbow armband and gear for a whole month? Is that not forcing your religious or religion or beliefs on others? Anyways, closing out here, kind of the full circle message is that these stories, they're not isolated headlines, they form a very clear pattern. Gen Z is packing churches. We are turning out, we are dedicated to our faith. We are rejecting the anti family script that we want to get married, we want to have children, we want to build a legacy. I see it daily, I live it out daily. I'm a wife, I'm a mom, I'm a woman who has stared down these elite institutions. What grounds me isn't the trending algorithms. It's not the praise or the hatred that you receive online, any sort of performative outrage. It's the steady rhythms that have anchored people, young people, I think, especially young women for generations. Faith that reminds you that your worth isn't in performance or public battles, but in being fearfully and wonderfully made. It's discipline routines. I love my discipline routine. Early morning training, eating right training my body and my mind, by the way, protecting my time with my family and just the quiet refusal to let noisy culture dictate my priorities. We are witnessing a generation waking up to what humans have always needed. Meaning that outlasts the feed community that meets you in person and as Isabel said, the bravery and the courage. Because in today's world it does require courage to go against the status quo and to build families, even when elites like Sunny Hostage call it reckless. So speak plainly. Live faithfully. I hope you guys enjoy your Easter. Enjoy your Good Friday today. Spend some time reflecting and what this means. Get off your phones for the weekend. Enjoy time with your family and understanding that Christ walked this earth. He was sent by our Creator. He lived a perfect life. He was crucified on the cross for us, for our sins. He died, rose again three days later with the hope and the promise of eternal life. See y' all soon.
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that liberal in your life?
- [39:31]
B
You know the one I'm talking about? Share it with the person who needs to hear this message the most. We'll see you guys later.