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To launch Season 4, I'm joined by my very dear friend, The Reverend Doctor Donald Merigold R. W. Francis Stein, M.Div., D.Min., Ed.D., DDR, Ph.D.
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Hello and welcome to Lutheran answers. Season 4, Episode 1 We are back and we are joined today. Blessed to be joined by, and I hope I'm getting this right. His publicist wanted to make sure I would. The Rev. Dr. Donald Marigold. R.W. francis Stein, M. Div. DMin, EdD, DDR, PhD or as I call him, my friend. Don.
Don. How you doing, sir?
[00:01:07] Don: You know, with it, I guess I'm doing okay. I get an interview like that, with that kind of introduction, boy, I feel like a million bucks. Too bad. I'm gonna be the latest interview of the season. You know, you're not starting out with a bang.
[00:01:23] Remy: No. Well, you don't want to. You wanna, you know, you wanna set expectations low.
[00:01:29] Don: And that's what I'm here for. I'm gonna set that bar about as low as it can possibly go so that the season only goes out. Your listeners are gonna be blessed and then.
[00:01:38] Remy: Yeah, exactly.
People, people will say hockey stick in quality, which is the goal.
[00:01:48] Don: Very good.
[00:01:49] Remy: Last time, last time you were on, we were supposed to talk about vicarage and we. I don't think we ever actually even got around to it.
[00:01:55] Don: Wow.
[00:01:57] Remy: But that's okay. You're not a vicar anymore, are you?
[00:02:00] Don: No, it's been about two and a half years since.
Since I've been ordained. So we're talking like a full three something years ago that I was last on here. It can't be that long.
[00:02:15] Remy: It might be.
[00:02:17] Don: Wow.
[00:02:18] Remy: Might be.
[00:02:19] Don: Man, we got old. My hair fell out. I'm bald now.
[00:02:23] Remy: Yeah, you look great though. It's such a good look.
It's a good look. I gotta get in better shape because I gotta do that, you know, I'm starting to get kind of thin.
[00:02:37] Don: It is a whole lot easier to maintain. You know, it was a really fun time when I dec...