MOVING SOPHIA MILES Title3

[Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] i want to read again a bit of the psalm we heard this morning i have gone astray like a sheep that is lost search for your servant for i do not forget your commandments now i never met a sheep but my granddaddy had an old billy goat now butch that was his name but wasn't much on thinking you know butch was what you might call an emotional billy goat you followed his gun and his gut usually let him out of our yard into old lady handler's trash cans not because he was spiced but because he he simply lost his way now what i am proposing is that that most of us are like virtue we got lost but we are so blessed that there is someone always searching for us willing to forget how we've strayed and willing to acknowledge the best part of us and not the part that likes to eat trash [Music] now remember you've got to put the sugar in the tea while it's still hot or it won't taste right the skirt's too tight oh no doc i'll call you later baby i'll call you later thank you sophia how's it going for tonight i sure got a babysitter so so far so good uh he's got some classic movie that he wants me well that's perfect perfect but you let that sweet potato pie sit for two or three minutes before you cut it i remember thank you so much for the recipe anything for you i'm sorry i'm just oh i i'm sorry mr beechum herniated disc i'm really really sorry swing swing no problem okay no damage sorry marcus uh i'll i'll take him i love that editorial this morning thanks i spent a lot of time on it she's unbelievable with those kids they love her too oh swain sophia honey you're gonna let this little bird come play some poker tonight only if you let him win let me the day lester wins in poker is the day i spot wings and fly father nate did you have the chance to look at that proposal i sent to you morning mary margaret well lester darling i didn't even see you there no no i didn't but but i will oh before the vestry meeting council arthur i know a leash you can get will not hurt the child at all mary margaret's the one that needs to be on the leash arthur's got his hands full i imagine single parenthood is very hard don't start that sofia now's not the time morning it's like carol's doing fine it's a good match for sure i'm gonna fix your lunch while you finish [Music] [Applause] [Music] nate you've changed already yeah you can't wear that sweater to the hospital it's got a hole in it give it to me let me fix it i'm not going to the hospital and i like this sweater just the way it is it's important you know how i feel well are you going to play poker with lester i'll think about it oh mercy i fixed your lunch not hungry honey you got to eat i said and i said let's eat i can't let you sit in here all day listening to that moaning there are people out there who need you please be quiet [Applause] your lunch is on the table i am going to the hospital in 27 minutes and you are going with me [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] you're looking good yeah i'm getting out today i'm so glad to hear it i'll see you at the diner tomorrow it's your thing dog hi reverend hello mrs gordon come on [Music] nice daniel that is good how you feeling dexter this is sophia pretty good is the reverend here right here dexter i brought the flowers thanks how is alvin doing oh having it rough i'm afraid another dose of chemo yeah he's been asleep since they brought him back reverend i've been thinking a lot about what we talked about and i'm scared i'm afraid when i get out of here and go back to my regular life nothing's going to be the same i'll always be less than what i was incomplete [Music] not dexter you just listen to me your blindness will not define who you are any more than the color of your hair and sound of your voice it's the entire picture that counts the sweet man you always were is the sweet man you'll always be [Music] did you just make that up no i memorized the greeting cards at the car wash [Laughter] i'm gonna pick up something for brian it's his birthday i think i'm gonna take him to chuck e cheese i asked you not to bring him up he's your grandson nathan and he asked about you all the time and elizabeth will be there it'll be a good opportunity for you i mean it sofia it's his birthday nate couldn't you just for one time put aside your no i can't and while we're on the subject i'm not coming back here again either you can just do this on your own i can do what do you mean wait a minute i can do it on my own now the next item on the agenda is the ozark lakes development project oh glorious at least i caught it in the first bounce you ought to come with a warning label son i swear hopefully you've all had a chance to look over the files that i have said margaret about this file all we asked for was a proposal from the developers well i did that but i also looked into all our options good old mary margaret what's this contract oh that's just preliminary outlining the deal i think it's a great idea church has owned that land for decades never used it we could use the money to fund social programs we all feel are necessary and it would be such a boon to the local economy a real destination resort and it looks like you would be the real estate agent handling the deal who best to look after our interests in one of our own and will one of our own be making a sizable commission on the game i will be doing this job pro bono for anyone who may not speak lawyer that means no money it's important that the vestry remain above any accusation of impropriety well absolutely this is all for the good of the church what do you think father we're putting the cart in front of the horse here talking commission on a deal we haven't even examined yet let alone approved these developers move fast you have to strike while the iron is hot i like what we have now tourists and developers will ruin what makes us special exactly well lester you're still looking at black and white tv and listening to records on a victorola the victrola was a gift from nate father would you help me out here reverend miles what your feeling on the land development i'll think about it so talk to sophia well no disrespect father but the vestry is in charge of these decisions for this proposal to pass we have to have the approval of the parish priest we can't go forward without your signature everyone appreciates your enthusiasm mary margaret you'll have to forgive the rest of us who need a little more time to come to a decision [Applause] so hi mama hi baby is that for me this is absolutely for you he didn't even open it he recognized your handwriting whatever i tried there caruso really rare he loved them i'm sure he would but he's only listening to one record anyway and he stays in that study all the time and he plays it over and over and over again he is driving me crazy is he okay well you know his moods thanks granny you ready baby yes well come on let's go [Music] very easy happy birthday brian happy birthday [Music] [Applause] [Music] are please don't do that i kept looking for you at the restaurant i thought maybe just maybe you could put aside your feelings just for one night for one night for the sake of the child sophia please he's only gonna be five once nate and you're missing it just like you're missing elizabeth's life and her love all these good things you're pushing aside i've had it nate i'm at the end of my rope something has got to change [Music] nade i'll be up in a little while whatever happened to my brightest star the man i fell in love with i need to spend some time with him [Music] [Music] [Music] shhh [Music] so [Music] hey late honey [Music] baby [Music] made [Music] oh no [Music] [Music] hmm [Music] god's blessings this morning [Music] how are you boys doing today this is sophia you're talking about letting me out in a few days i guess i'm ready thank you for your words now you listen don't you worry about anything i'm still gonna be here to help you you don't have to do this by yourself thank you [Music] and how you feeling helping i've been better let's see how about a little fresh air i made him stay out there on the mound he begged me to put somebody else in the pitch when they're 11 you have to bear down on them teach them to dig in and be tough so what happened he threw three strikes and we won well that sounds like a great game oh it was he uh he never asked me to take him out again did he come by this week i haven't seen him for a while why is that we just drifted i guess oh he eats me he's busy last time he came i had just had a dose of chemo i was tired sick i saw him turn away he couldn't look at me started to cry made me angry shame it was like he was 11 again i just snapped you be a man if you can't be a man about this if you're just going to stand there people are constantly saying things they wish they could take back things spoken in in frustration in weakness i don't blame him for not coming back why don't you just call him i tried a hundred times just hang up every time he answers now he just eased me for what i really am weak petty frightened it's always hard to know what to do in this kind of situation when nathaniel passed he and elizabeth weren't speaking isn't it not for a long time when she got pregnant and she refused to marry brian's father it just it broke nathaniel's heart and he would argue with her and he would pick on her for the smallest thing she responded in the same way they said terrible terrible things couldn't they straighten it out not really oh come on now didn't you talk to him about it nearly every day but a person's got to be ready to change he never was but the important thing right now alvin is you do what you've got to do you apologize or reach out or whatever before it's too late maybe now and forever oh man let us pray no sorry please stand [Music] you know he told me he didn't sleep a wink last night you know you'd think after two months he would get a little bit better he's just young he you'll get the hang of it that boy is a train wreck you know what i've never missed nathaniel moore i'm sorry sophia but i'm me really we are missing that voice there were times when i felt that he was talking directly to me knew my inner thoughts he was the greatest that's for sure but i don't guess we need to tell you sophia honey sophia good morning mary margaret morning darling do you have just a minute come on in oh you just have the best roses so what did you think of today's service well marcus is doing the best he can it'll take time you like some iced tea yes that'd be wonderful thank you thankfully we don't have to endure him much longer no hustle i think i found his replacement um his name is harlan young from springfield didn't you know i was on the search committee i heard something about it yes well anyway he's very good and he wants to get out of the big city not that anyone could ever replace nathaniel a heart attack it just seems so strange do you want some sugar three please a man still in his prime i tell you i was just taken by complete surprise thank you i don't feel like talking about nathaniel right now if you don't make oh no no honey i'm sorry i understand well uh have you have you given any thought to the future what do you mean what you gonna do now that we're getting a new priest i mean i'm sure his family's gonna be eager to move in here and start their new life i hadn't thought about that well if there's anything at all that i can do please don't hesitate you'll all be happy to know that reverend young of springfield has decided to accept our offer i know i've been struggling and everything but i don't really like reverend young he's sharp he's confident don't you think we should take a little time to think about it oh we've searched high and low for the best match with all saints this man is perfect for the job he was great at the interview but but what it's been two months lester i love nate as much as anyone but it's time to move on the health of the church is at stake here it's time we made a decision i just think that we should take a couple more weeks and think about it i promised the developers that we would have the new priest in place in time to start the late project before winter's late project we haven't even voted on that yet well let's vote on it now all in favor but wait where are we discussing the new priests listen lester this town is looking to us to do the right thing here and it will give us the cash to fund the projects that we care so passionately about like meals on wheels i guess my hospital outreach program could use the extra funds that's right and you can devote more time and energy to it once reverend young is installed i'm no match for your lobbying mary margaret well whatever works all right all in favor aye no hi i no motion carries three to two splendid maybe we should go inside oh um i don't think so not tonight what's the matter nothing no something's the matter what is it nothing if i've done something wrong i'd sure like to know about it i'm sorry if you don't think that you did anything wrong then there's not a problem is there are we having our first fight just forget it arthur i'm tired carol please i thought the whole reason that you like saint joe's was because of its small town feeling i do well you know i have lived here my entire life okay you haven't i mean if you don't like it here you can just move on i can't are we talking about us here or are we talking about the lake deal you know i know that i am square or whatever but i just like st joe's the way it is so i'm not allowed to have an opinion about anything i just don't understand what kind of hold me margaret has over you oh mary margaret [Applause] oh yeah granny granny take me to the park my baby run and get your stuff i put your sand toy under the table in the back what's the matter i've been asked to clean out my office at the church it seems they have no more use for me since your daddy's gone that's not true it's just things are changing they're changing too fast to suit me i know sometimes it's hard to even be in here without thinking about daddy i feel like he got away [Music] it just makes me sad i wonder what's taking brian so long did you hear what i said yes sure but i don't know what to tell you we all handle it in our own way you think i would go and see what's taking us i'm trying to talk to you i am not in the mood for this i wish things had gone differently but now i just want to stop thinking about him come on peanuts [Music] we'll see you later [Applause] [Music] bye [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] that was just wonderful is he here have you met reverend young yet no but i thought that he was there hi there he's cute i hope you like the music i thought we were just a little bit off no no i thought it was really so that's the new pastor down from springfield felt like it might be nice to meet some people take a look around during the festival a little more informal i guess well he seems to be making a good impression yeah well i guess you and i have served our purpose and now it's time to move on huh same so [Music] [Music] hey alvin where's dexter he's dead sofia he's what i can't believe it when last night and aneurysm but he was supposed to go home soon [Music] who am i why why lord that's not fair [Music] [Music] [Music] sophia now i know she's here her car's out in the drive well maybe we should come back later oh my goodness no sofia [Music] well there you are is this a bad time i brought the reverend by the house i know you two haven't met hello i think we've come at a bad time it's okay come on in isn't this a beautiful house you just don't find craftsmanship like this anymore and the floor plan oh well i understand your father had it built yes he did and he was a stickler for the finest details and you all see that backyard out there oh it is gorgeous um why don't you go on out there and i'll meet up with you in just a minute why well i'd like to have a moment with mrs miles um alone if you don't mind no no certainly looks like you've had a bit of an accident this is nothing oh would you like some help cleaning it up i can clean my own house excuse me oh i dropped my these flowers beautiful i dropped by here today to let you know that i want this transition time to go as smoothly as possible uh you've been a vital part of the community ben barr you said what you meant first time i know how hard it must be to leave your home yeah i don't want to be rude you look like a knight you probably are a nice person but uh what i am not leaving by your pardon this is my home it always has been my home and it always will be my home this is my house [Music] and what can we learn from these words we can learn to live a better life possibly excuse me as it is written in the scripture that i have here forgot to get father young in here before we lose the whole confrontation it's not that bad we're running out of time but if some other parish snaps father young may be left with him pour into our hearts the fountain of all wisdom wisdom what are you doing out this way i figured i'd put the top down and let the wind blow through my hair but there is left of it oh don't tease an old man like me ah planting new roses yeah over there but these are antique roses mother planted those the first winter we moved in but you didn't come all the way from springfield just to admire my garden that's true so who called you marcus or miss mary margaret father young came by to visit oh i guess i didn't make a good impression well he liked you very much in fact he liked everything about old saints that's nice yes it is this parish would be sad to see him go thank you but it seems um we have a problem you want to explain it to me couldn't the reverend and his family live someplace else how long forever do you think that's what your daddy intended when he built this as the parish house these two homes are connected the families occupying both houses feed one another i know that but i have done everything that i was supposed to do i've been the best mother i could be the best wife and i've been a friend to everybody who called and i helped nathaniel build this church and i will not be pushed aside like like some old furniture i mean what would you do if someone wanted to kick you out of your house i tell them to stick us there's ladies present what you mean old lady grierson she's deaf as a door hms grierson ice cream a bunch of church ladies fighting over who rules the roost you ought to get in there kick some fanny lester job is boss well my point is you can't take back a card once it's been discarded you know you let one developer in and they'll all start to run wild you always do that i don't know my brother's a carpenter is he the one with the bullet lodge and his skull it's shrapnel not a bullet anyway he needs a job i bet shut up for pete's sakes anyway he could use a job at that resort arthur's always talking about you know it's not really about making money we're trying to do what's best for the community oh arthur sophia has lived in that house forever it's her home i'd like a pound of the bologna okay my nephew kenny tells me miss sophia just quit the job you got her at the paper she did what i have done everything i could to get that woman to move forward and get on with her life and this is the thanks i get i know the people are upset and i know i need to do something but that job with arthur was just charity one day and i could tell what was going on come on sofia we've been friends a long time just tell me what's bothering you is it something about me i hate him and everything about him what happened he had been depressed for a long time i tried everything he even went to a therapist for a while and then he quit nothing worked it was terrible some days he didn't even get out of bed i'm sorry he lost his faith willis he stopped believing in god well how could that be he kept working i kept working what do you mean his sermons the outreach everything you wrote his sermons he was here in body not in spirit i thought it would pass but it never did you should have said something and ruined the image of the great nathaniel for most of the people in our congregation nathaniel was the church i don't want to tear that down i worked too hard to build it lily he killed himself watch and i can't tell nobody sophia i found an empty bottle of bells by the chair and a note i just know what to do so i just took them before the ambulance came and nobody said anything so i just kept quiet i thought it was a heart attack that's cause they never knew about the pills oh well they're so good let's i'm just saying something you can't blame yourself [Music] mrs moss yes is something wrong i'm uh serving you with this eviction notice on behalf of the vestry of all saints episcopal church hereafter known as the owners of this property they've asked me to inform you that if you are not out of said premises in 30 days then i will be forced to remove you sorry [Music] eviction notice where do you get it it is within my power as the acting chairperson of the vestry and it's within my power to haul you from behind mary margaret was only doing what she thought was right sometimes she pushes it a little too far what she is pushing is a woman that i love right out of her own house maybe we should all take a deep breath and try to figure this out mary margaret you have to admit you stepped over the line but we can't just sit around and do nothing reverend young and his family are waiting the developers are waiting for how long we are risking the health of this whole community for one person sophia sophia and nate made our church the heart of saint joseph now you want to pitch that legacy into the street so that you can build condos well i won't have it not today not in 30 days not ever mommy look look at that guy wow baseball cards let me see listen why don't you put them in your backpack and guess what i'm almost done here how was the park exhausting yeah i'm sorry he's getting to be quite a handful it wasn't brian was everybody else it seems like i'm the talk of the time [Music] honey i'm sorry i've been so hard to get along with lately it's all right things are tough right now i understand but i don't want to take it out on you then let me help don't shut me out [Music] what would you say if i asked you to move in with us the parsonage is my home mama you're being evicted we have to do something i would just be in your way please just think about it i'm excited about the future i i'm looking forward to what's around the corner and you want to run and hide why the thing that i like about saint joe's is that the people here are not just neighbors they're friends i mean high school sweethearts they get married and they stay together it's a very simple life and my kids complicate things arthur we just we just come from two really different worlds our third people will see so what what are you so afraid of i am not afraid stop pushing me away you're scared to death you're inventing reasons i am not you just can't kick sofia out of her house i'm not talking about sophia we are talking about you and me you're afraid to take a risk as long as everything stays the same you're fine you're happy it's time to move forward carol i'm willing are you i i don't think that we should see each other anymore fine well what happened how could nate lose his faith i guess one thing led to another but it seemed to start with that little boy what little boy well there was a little boy in the hospital he and nate bonded in an unusual way and they he just became obsessed with the boy i mean prayers and visits more than normal it stretched out over several months you know at one point he said to me if i can just make this thing work out right i'll be happy that's all i want it was like he was asking god for a miracle it really doesn't work that way well the boy died nate was there when it happened he wandered the streets until three o'clock in the morning and when he did come home he came right in this study and closed the door he was different then darker he was lost willis well what was so special about this little boy well i think it was a substitute for brian nate never found a way to build a bridge back to elizabeth and brian so he put all his energy in this and then when the child died it was a double loss it felt like god had abandoned him god and everybody else that night that night when he i lost my temper and i yelled at him maybe that was the final push you know better you were his anchor the thing that kept him steady in rough times except that time when it really mattered there are things in this world that even sophia miles can't make right maybe it's time to let yourself off the hook i hope the new family likes these roses they're my legacy i guess [Music] um [Music] [Music] hmm honey i'm in the kitchen i cleaned up a little bit and started dinner for you come on in here and give me a hand liver and onions mama brian won't eat that it's good for him i bet she's never even tried it there's not a kid in the world that will eat liver and onions well he'll have to because that's all i cook i'll just make him some pasta we have to set rules for the child and i don't believe in forcing him to eat something he doesn't want if we don't teach he won't learn i know what's right for brian and what happened to my glasses i put them over closer to the sink so they'll be easier to put away when they're washed you know i i appreciate you cleaning up but i like things where they work it's more convenient though i know where things belong i live here i was trying to help i apologize that i moved them before i asked creatures you our god and king lift up your voice morning sun with golden beam soft shining moon with silver gleam singing praises holy lord [Applause] hey [Music] make guys [Music] what's this my resignation from the vestry but molester why here's mine i can't believe this but carol we're just getting started a whole new era you should have seen it coming mary margaret what's the point of having a vestry if you're just gonna take over this is all about sophia isn't it that's only part of it mary margaret you've turned your back on the past our tradition i brought in reverend young because he is perfect for this parish i put together the land deal because it generates money for programs we all want now you're trying to make me look like a villain because i get the job done someone once told me that here at st joe's we weren't just neighbors we were friends you've forgotten that this church used to feel like home now it feels like business oh you're impossible one dollar one dollar i don't know man it just doesn't feel right why well i feel like i failed and i'm moving in with my daughter because i have no place else to go that's not failure and it's because you feel comfortable with us but i don't it has nothing to do with you and brian i need a place of my own where i decide how to arrange the dishes or plant the garden or paint the hall so what do you want to do i went by the house today i wasn't thinking i just went by out of habit i almost pulled in the driveway this place has too many memories for me i'm thinking about moving to springfield get a change of scenery springfield mama that seems extreme but since i do have to start all over i want a new place and a clean slate hi hi these are for the kids i i know that martin loves hot wheels and um swain asked me about the new barbie so i i just figured that this town is too small you know for us not to be friends friends i'm not interested in being friends with you carol what i got plenty of friends i came here to be nice don't be nice carol be honest why did you really want to see me i told you i i wanted to drop these off and and what you don't have to be so mean arthur i got a paper to run two kids to raise and i don't have the time to waste with you if you're not serious i mean if you can't what can't can't what say that you love me if you can't trust me enough to say that by now then you never will you can't say it can you i can say it but then what i mean you'll get bored with me and move on and what happens to me i'm just a spinster choir leader from all things that is not going to happen well it has happened before and you can't take the risk just um tell the kids that i miss them what's with all these long faces come on now springfield's not that far i don't want you to go granny baby you can come and visit me whenever you want to i need somebody to take little parts every friday who's gonna do that i can still take you to the park they've got beautiful parks in springfield oh no it's okay it's okay to be fine [Music] i love you baby [Music] bishop he we are gathered together today to welcome the reverend harlan young who has been chosen to serve as rector of all saints we believe that he is well qualified and that he has been prayerfully and lawfully selected harlan young do you in the presence of this congregation commit yourself to this new trust and responsibility i do i hope you'll be very happy here reverend yeah oh please call me harlan oh carol where was arthur i can't believe he wasn't here i'll see you later well i guess some people were just born to hold a grudge i hear she and arthur are sportsville splitsville is the clergy allowed to use words like splitsville well there seemed to be an awful lot of hurt feelings around today what what's that supposed to mean how many people were in the service today thank you i don't know less than 50. well you know it's football season baseball where's sophia oh she isn't here anymore honey not here why not [Music] tommy [Music] hold my hand while we cross the street [Music] so [Music] [Applause] ah [Music] next item we have the proposition for the late development mary margaret's thing right planning commission has already okayed this your honor i know mary margaret okay all in favor wade lester what now i have here in my hand an injunction holding any work on the late development until proper environmental studies have been performed oh we've never had this sort of thing before well you're starting now no no this isn't fair now it's too late sorry the proposition goes back to city planning for future evaluation thank you me [Applause] [Music] [Applause] where you going honey see granny okay [Music] [Applause] is this enough to give it to granny's house [Music] sorry granny it's my baby that's my baby he decided it was time for a visit and he's right it is good night too baby do you remember when i brought him home from the hospital he was scared to death i had reason to be everyone had an opinion on what i should do how i should raise him i was overwhelmed do you remember what you told me no i don't you told me not to give in to my fear that all i had to do was love him and my instincts would never steer me wrong well that's the truth you know mama i couldn't have made it without you not with brian not with the store not with anything you are responsible for all that is good in my life you help me through thank you baby daddy used to say the same thing [Music] we would stand outside the church and he'd see you coming down the stairs and he'd say um there she is the light of my life i couldn't make it through a single day without her ain't i a lucky man and i'd say yes daddy you sure are [Music] i never knew that you were the one that held us all together we need you now just like we always have mama come home [Applause] what in the things have gotten a little out of hand do they do this every sunday i like it no baby they do not got any ideas [Applause] let me see what i can do i'll be right back baby we say no to condos we say no to sophia what are you doing here i decided to move back to saint joe great gravesite no lester listen ryan is here for the first time how am i supposed to explain this to him i'll bring him over we need all the help we can get you've got more sense than this you've got to work it out oh there's no working things with merry margaret it's her way or the highway if i talk to her will you pack up this foolishness and go home we'll stop demonstrating when she stops the development not a moment before we say no to condos we you and lester will have to figure this out it's the responsibility of the vestry lester's not even on the vestry anymore what carol quit too arthur i'm going to church mary margaret they have practically destroyed all my good work i am just beyond livid mary margaret stop and think there is no time for that the developer's going to move on if they don't hear from us this week but we've all been friends for years oh i guessed out i'm going to get the blame for this entire mess oh i worked my fingers to the bone for this church for this town and this is the thanks i get well i've had it no i'm going to wash my hands of this entire deal people think you can do better without me fine mary may the god of hope bless us all with joy and peace and believing through the power of the holy spirit amen i don't understand it this church was full to the rafters every sunday when your grandpa was here he could give a sermon like nobody else what's the story it's that middle part where that guy was speaking up there if you're good at it like your grandpa it's like somebody's telling you a secret something wonderful that's going to help you did he tell you secrets thanks and help you yes yes he did can i go see the man in the long dress that's the priest and it's not a dress whatever you're a dress yeah daddy would have got a big kick out of it oh i miss him so much i i can't believe that i never got to say what i wanted your heart is speaking for you right now and in this place that he loves so much he can hear you loud and clear he knows thank you mama you always know just the right thing to say to make things better i wish that were true [Music] i think i made a huge mess here and i have no idea what to do about it [Music] but your daddy he would know and so do you the people of saint joe love you they listen when you talk they take your advice just tell them the truth and point the way just like you always have [Music] are you alvin marsh jr sure am what can i do for you he doesn't return my calls and he avoids me here at church you broke his heart what did you expect broke his heart i did no such thing he asked you the most personal of all questions and you ran away that was not the reaction he wanted well i did not run away because i was scared then why did you run away because i was scared no but not of what he thinks i i'm afraid that i'm i'm not gonna be smart enough i'm funny enough or cool enough you know he's all those things and more he's he's lived in a million different places he's been to europe i've never even left the state of missouri then take a trip that's all he's asking he's ready to open all that up for you don't you want to see these things experience it with him i do i just think i've earned it no it's never too late [Music] oh we're not gonna get caught [Music] you sure you know how to do this i have helped him plenty of times it's a cinch don't throw any of these in the bushes or the water sprinklers it's very important that everybody gets their papers today okay okay let's go wish me luck oh [Music] where'd it go baby [Music] carol what are you doing here special delivery i i don't get it well there was a really important headline that just couldn't wait oh and and there was one more thing what thank you pleasure is online [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] at the core of what we believe is an idea so simple yet so radical many people never quite get their hands on it forgiveness to forgive what did you say to him i told him i wanted him to meet me if he knows i'm here he won't come oh he doesn't know you're here you look great forgiveness is the weapon of love you can conquer anything with it but in order for it to work we have to be humble open our hearts and embrace an imperfect world full of mistakes and misunderstanding hi hi come on where you going somebody back here wants to see you chris forgiveness must be the foundation come on now it's never simple it's never easy but it is essential [Music] [Applause] [Music] you can build a bright beautiful future with it i missed you i'm sorry you know i'm the one who's sorry future where all things are possible for most of us the question is how do you get started well let's start with this our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us lemon heads our favorites a little bit sweet and a little bit sour that sounds right i suppose i'm the sour and you're the sweet oh no no not really i just have to be thinking about when we were kids how we used to beg old mr mckinley to give us those even when we didn't have any people don't understand how hard i worked on this land deal i love our church just as much as anybody else and this was my chance to show it to leave a permanent mark so maybe having you evicted wasn't the best idea i ever had but i'm sorry about that i really am but once in a while it would be nice to be recognized have someone say thank you those words seem to always go to someone like you nobody nobody ever sees me i know how you feel mary you may not believe it but i really know just how you feel i gotta go now enjoy the candy why don't you just move in here i got plenty of room well thanks a lot lester but i've given this town enough to talk about i know what you mean listen if there is anything i can do to help let me know well actually there is one thing what's that work it out with mary margaret about this development project oh i don't know but why not the church is never going to use that land the development is nice it won't be an eyesore i i i just feel like the town i loved the town we grew up in is disappearing oh lester is not disappearing it's growing like this garden you remember when you started you were way back over there in that little corner now look at you would you give up any of this lester we've got to have faith that what we loved will remain sorry elizabeth you're going to kill me why is that i think this package has been on my truck a long time it fell behind a shelf and uh oh that's weird it's from an internet company and i didn't bid on anything if you want to file a complaint worry about it okay what is it mommy i'm not sure [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what's the matter mommy it's from my daddy grandpa used to sing this to me when i was a little girl hello everybody where did you get that daddy scented he must have been on it before he died he was gonna reach out from a peace talking come too late no no baby it's never too late oh he loved you so much [Music] why willis why would a man contemplating suicide go out and buy a record for his daughter their favorite lullaby because he never planned suicide after you told me about this i did some checking i know the county coroner an autopsy was done on nate there were no drugs in his system nothing how could that be the bottle it was empty i checked the pharmacy he called in the prescription for a refill that morning the bottle is still sitting but the letter was so clear do you remember what it said dear sophia i'm sorry for all the pain i've caused you i've said and done some things that i'll always regret but i can't do anything about that but i can make it better i've decided [Music] it was an apology i never thought about it like that i've decided to start taking my medicine start over it could lead anywhere but you lost your faith in this annual you chose to believe the worst about him he put a rose beside my bed that night i never even heard him i never got a chance to say thank you [Music] i was so busy blaming nathaniel i couldn't see what was going on around me [Music] [Applause] hello hi you look like a man with something on his mind life from those windows is terrific isn't it though i yeah i like what you've done with the house it's so alive well the kids do that how do we get everyone back to church well you know i've got an idea on how we could take care of that oh come on [Music] lester did you hear sofia's gonna talk on sunday i think she's gonna run for mayor governor but i like her hair jerry just come to church on sunday and see for yourself do you have to wear long pants [Music] yes foreign good morning i never imagined that i would be standing here this will always be nate's place no disrespect to you reverend young but we spent a lot of years building this church he and i and just to think i almost let it slip away these last few months have been very difficult for me i lost my husband i lost my faith i lost myself nobody pushed me i'm responsible it was my weakness i started putting me first i felt i needed people to acknowledge my part in their lives i didn't feel appreciated and it hurt my ego swole up like your thumb when it's been banged with a hammer when you're hurting that bad you can't see you're lost you're blinded to the good that the father puts in your path every day but standing here this morning i can see an awful lot because everywhere i look i see a face that i love like mary margaret mary margaret put together this late development project to carry on the good works that all saints is known for without mary margaret and marcus and all of you this building would just be a building not the warm loving caring home it's always been and nathaniel and i weren't the only ones who made it this way you did i can't put into words the joy that you've given me all these years but i'll always be grateful because with your love and kindness the true spirit of god has been revealed to me i hope you can forgive me for the ruckus i've caused this place this town is special and i want it to remain that way for all time thank you peace of the lord be always with you and also [Music] peace [Music] all things wise and wonderful in love god made them all each little [Music] god sheriff baker what are you doing here i'm turning over the keys this was your house didn't mary margaret mention it i don't think so but it's lovely oh yeah sure is my wife's expecting and we've just outgrown it congratulations twins oh you have outgrown it yeah it's been a tough couple years but uh things are finally looking up thanks in large part to your husband you knew nathaniel oh yeah you see uh i had a little boy frankie and uh he was very sick and in the hospital that was your boy yes ma'am he was the greatest thing that ever happened to me to sit and watch him suffer all that time was terrible turned me into a hateful mean person that's the man your husband met [Music] when he came in the door that first day made me sick [Music] how could i believe in a god that would let my little boy suffer like this [Music] i mean i didn't even believe in god to begin with but now i really wanted nothing to do with it father nathaniel would not be turned away i mean he came every day [Music] frankie loved him so what could i do he even wore me down he did things that uh made my life a little easier but he never preached to me and he never tried to convert me mr baker i didn't believe in anything before your husband and i didn't think i could survive frankie's death [Music] but i did and now my wife and i have a new beginning a new life began for us in the midst of that tragedy i mean i couldn't see it at the time but uh [Music] sometimes the seeds of happiness are sewn in darkness nathaniel said that yes he did he was an extraordinary man my husband the best you enjoy your new home thank you and thank you for what you just told me [Music] oh my roses [Music] we're gonna transplant the whole garden right here but what about reverend young let's get started his wife likes tulips come on everybody [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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