Exploring the Power of Music and Faith

In this episode, Angeline and Resa discuss their takeaways from recent sermons at First Baptist Church and New Life Presbyterian Church, emphasizing the importance of faith, community, and grace. They explore the cultural reflections within the Black community, the significance of music in maintaining hope, and the challenges of personal struggles. The conversation also delves into the story of Doubting Thomas, highlighting the importance of understanding and supporting one another during moments of doubt and weakness. In this engaging conversation, Resa Crippen and Angeline Bishop Thomas explore the complexities of personal truths, the power of music in navigating life's challenges, and the importance of community support. They discuss how playlists can serve as emotional anchors, the significance of authentic relationships, and the unexpected joys that life can bring. The episode emphasizes the need for grace in personal journeys and the impact of faith in overcoming obstacles.

Transcript

WTQ Intro (00:08)
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Trying to boost my subscribers, I'm trying to maintain the vision People that know me closely slip different than what they show me It's to feel like they know me when I'm scrolling through images Truth be told I feel pain but I'm on the pinnacle Chasing this music thing for a minute though Know some good people that never see success And here I am sitting worried about show appearances

Angeline Bishop Thomas (00:53)
Hello everyone, I'm Angeline and she's Resa and welcome to Season 4 Episode 155 of With the Quickness.

Resa Crippen (01:01)
Happy Tuesday, everyone.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (01:03)
Happy Tuesday indeed. Today we'll share our takeaways from the May 4th, 2025 sermons given at First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey, and at New Life Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. So, Resa what was your big takeaway from First Baptist this Sunday?

Resa Crippen (01:23)
No one is immune to moments of doubt. God's grace and mercy allow us to come through these moments stronger.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (01:31)
Okay, my big takeaway was everyone has struggles and weaknesses, but we must approach each other with grace and love rather than judgment. What was your big takeaway from New Life Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia?

Resa Crippen (01:44)
The power of a playlist is not only a collection of songs, but it's a way to maintain hope, persevere through difficulties, and find moments of peace amongst chaos.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (01:55)
Okay. My takeaway was we need to see the importance of community, faith, and gratitude for the struggles we're surviving and the challenges that God helps us avoid. So we're going to get into both of those sermons a little later in our show, but right now it's time for the song of the week. Resa, what's on your playlist?

Song of the Week Intro (02:15)
Are we ready? It's time! We narrowed it down to one song. This is Song of the Week, currently featured on With the Quickness Spotify playlist.

Resa Crippen (02:34)
So the song of the week this week, I'm actually very excited about because it is Fantasia. She has a new song out called Have Your Way and it's actually off of her up and coming gospel album. And I'm excited about it because Fantasia has basically she posted a Instagram video.

And she had stated that, know, and quote, supporting her directly. She said, God has been telling me to do a gospel album for years and I've been running. But the world right now is dark. It's a lot going on. So I want to give my father who's been so good to me back what he deserves. So I picked this song because it is and it is a uplifting song. So I wanted to, you know, give props to that. And I also

wanted to showcase the fact that more times than not, God will put something on your heart and ask you to do something. And sometimes we are quick to do it. Sometimes, depending on the task that is given to us, we try to run from it. And in this instance, because Fantasia has been given this impression for a while now to do this album, and she really, like, she was.

from her standpoint, from the interviews that I saw, she was kind of fearful about it because she knew what it would take from her to do this. She would have to present herself differently in order to deliver the album that she knows that she can give to him and the world.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (04:02)
Her fans that do not have any spiritual grounding or they don't have a belief system of something bigger than themselves? Is she worried about losing fans?

Resa Crippen (04:12)
I don't think it's about losing fans. think it's more so like she doesn't want to fail like the assignment that has been given to her. And because this is like, it is a big task. like, if I was told by God to like, you know, put out a project that's gonna help bring people to him, I want to make sure it's like the best of the best because especially because of all the things, you know, that he has done for me. So I'm pretty sure for her.

in her life and the number of things that he has brought her through, she has, she's putting this pressure on herself to make sure that it's like top tier work and material that can, you know, basically complete the assignment that he's asking her to do.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (04:53)
When we saw her in The Color Purple, I remember watching a lot of interviews where she was talking a lot about her faith and how she leaned heavily on God's understanding and his gifting and his grace over her to do that job so well. Because to play such a major part that was on Broadway for so long, and it was originally in film form with Whoopi Goldberg playing the part, and now here you are stepping into the color purple. And it's a musical.

It was a lot of heavy lifting and to go from every interview, I think she always mentioned her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She always mentioned something about her faith. And so now to see this to be in the next chapter for her is actually a good thing. You kind of almost see the progression of where she's going. So another thing that's heavy lifting that was that's requiring her to lean on her faith.

Resa Crippen (05:44)
And I feel like when I've listened to her last few albums, like she would have gospel songs infused into the albums. And you could tell if you think about it, like she was going to get to this point at some point because the songs that I heard, and I do apologize, I don't have the song titles at the moment because I can't remember them. But the songs that I heard on her last few albums that they were like a couple of gospel tracks, you could tell that she was meant to put out.

gospel like a gospel album.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (06:18)
Didn't you tell us once, I think we have her featured on our playlist already, but during that other song, I think you said something about she doesn't like to sing too much of the songs where, she was, you know, upset and having heartbreak and disappointment in her relationships. Those types of songs is not where she's at right now. So could this just be a progression of what's more at the center of her life? Jesus Christ.

Resa Crippen (06:22)
Mm-hmm.

Yes, because at the time it was she was talking about the song free yourself, which is a popular song But she was like I don't want to sing that song like it's not that you know She's not grateful for the success of the song she is but because that song is literally about heartbreak and that's not where she is right now and she was trying to tell Her fans like listen if you keep singing this song you're not gonna like it's not gonna do anything positive for you need to gravitate

towards songs that are like uplifting and can do something. This song is like, wrote this song or pretty yet I, yes, she performed that song a lot, but she was also going through stuff. it was like, yeah, was very, right. So it's almost similar to like Mary J. Blige, like when, for those of you that don't know, Mary J. Blige is an R &B singer.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (07:22)
It was cathartic for her to go to sing it every night, right?

Resa Crippen (07:33)
throughout her career, like she's really, really good at singing sad songs. But also, if you think about it, on the other side of that coin, she was also going through stuff behind the scenes. So when she was performing these sad songs, it was very cathartic for her to do it. But when there was a point where she was happy, she was like, I can't sing those songs, those sad songs that you guys love the same way, because I'm not in that place.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (07:56)
Yeah, yeah. Thank you so much for sharing the song with us. What's it called again? Is it on Fantasia's newest album or just as a single right now?

Resa Crippen (08:04)
Right now it's a single, but it's gonna be on her new gospel album. The title has not been listed or provided yet. So the song is called Have Your Way and it's about God and of course, and it's about allowing God to do what he needs to do. you're basically, you're stepping out of the way so God can do the work.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (08:25)
Thank you so much, Resa, for sharing this song with me. I'm looking forward to seeing it and listening to it on our Spotify playlist. But also when she actually releases an official video, and I hope she does because she likes to release videos to the songs that really mean something to her. When she does do that, we will have the video listed on our website.

Thanks, Resa. Okay, now let's move on to First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey. The praise and worship ministry welcomed the saints to sacrament Sunday service. And we had a great cross talk that actually highlighted all the work that is going on in First Baptist this week. But it was all about the sermon this Sunday, which was titled, It's a God Thing.

Resa Crippen (08:43)
You're welcome.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (09:07)
you wouldn't understand. The speaker was Reverend Dr. Dante R. Quick,

senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens. The scripture was John chapter 20 verses 26 through 29 of the new revised standard version of the Bible. This passage of scripture talks about how Jesus appeared to his disciples after his resurrection and revealed himself to them. However, one of his disciples, Thomas, was not present when Jesus first appeared.

Jesus then appeared a week later and Thomas was with the disciples at that time. So Christ invited Thomas to touch his wounds as proof that he had truly risen from the dead. This verse is often referred to as the doubting Thomas verse because Thomas initially disbelieved Christ's resurrection. This passage serves as an important reminder for all Christians about having faith and believing in things that cannot be seen or proven.

It also emphasizes Jesus's divinity and power over death. Now Pastor Quick, he delivered a quite thought-provoking sermon this Sunday, Resa. It was one filled with faith, resistance, and brilliance of the Black community in the face of systematic challenges. He even reflected on cultural moments such as the resurgence of public enemy, pride in shows like the Cosby Show and A Different World.

I mean, these moments reflect a larger movement of reclaiming community and celebrating Black excellence. And it all was epitomized in the slogan of the day, at the time, it's a Black thing you wouldn't understand. So the sermon of the day kind of did a play on those words. Do you remember that slogan, Resa, it's a Black thing?

Resa Crippen (10:48)
I remember the FUBU slogan, for us, by us. don't know. Yeah.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (10:52)
Okay, so I guess it's a black thing's more my generation and for you guys it

was Fubu and what was that? The ladies version of the jeans back then. What was it? By Kimora Lee? Baby Phat. Yeah, y'all remember all the slogans for the fashion. I got it. I got it.

Resa Crippen (11:03)
baby Phat?

Right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (11:09)
Pastor Quick underscored the need for the black community to understand and celebrate its own brilliance rather than relying on the external validation or institutions like the Smithsonian to recount our history. He praised storytellers like filmmaker Ryan Coogler for preserving and showcasing the richness of the black culture.

When he mentioned Ryan, he was talking about the movie Sinners And I know for me personally, we said it in the last broadcast, I have no desire to see it. Are you gonna be seeing it, Resa?

Resa Crippen (11:40)
No, like I have friends that have seen it and they have been telling me that I need to go see it. But based off of what they have told me about the film and based off what I have seen from the film on social media, I'm good. That's not my ministry. No shade to anyone that wants to watch it. I just know myself. I can't do it. can't.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (12:01)
I know Pastor Quick is so much an advocate of freedom school. Hopefully he will do something. He's interested in showing some of the background of some of the cultural things that came out of that movie that might be looked at and could be dissected a little bit. Hopefully he'll do something in a freedom school session that those that are interested can sign up for it. I personally am not interested in doing a deep dive on the items in that film. I mean, I had many courses I could pick from in college too.

actually sit in and decide to do a deep dive and research and study. I have no desire to look up what voodoo is really about and all of that. Nah, I'm not gonna sign up for it, but I think it should be available for those that wish to really dissect that film in that way. It's just not, it's not something I'm interested in.

Resa Crippen (12:47)
You know, like I have enough friends that have explored different...

Angeline Bishop Thomas (12:52)
Me too. And they said they said

they really wish they didn't spend the money to go because it wasn't what they thought it was going to be.

Resa Crippen (12:56)
Right,

right. So it's just like, I don't, again,

That genre of movie is not my thing. I'm just like, I'm more of like an action comedy. I do like history, if there's some type of horror in it or gore, I'm just like, just give me the book.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (13:18)
Yeah, and my thing is that I don't even want to book. I don't even want to book. mean, my thing is there's different films and movies for all of us to sit and enjoy. And I think it's great that, know, Pastor Quick went and saw Sinners. He enjoyed himself. He thought it was brilliantly done and it might be very well shot as a film. might look beautiful in a lot of aspects in the filmmaking process, but the story itself is not one I'm leaning towards. It's almost like when you're at the Oscars and you have so many choices of movies to watch.

And then you realize, you know, I probably see two out of the five they're talking about up there. It's kind of like that. It was good for him. And for us, we would have saw it. It's not going to be what's good for me. I know what's good for me when it comes to viewing things.

Resa Crippen (13:59)
Yeah, because that actually reminds me when I was, because I did come across some interviews that Ryan Coogler and what's his name? The other guy, I'm sorry, I his name. Michael B. Jordan, wow. They were doing some interviews, I believe they were on The View talking about the movie. And Ryan was saying that he got some advice from the guy that directed Oppenheimer. And basically,

Angeline Bishop Thomas (14:12)
Mm-hmm.

Resa Crippen (14:24)
the way that he made this movie, it's supposed to be shown in IMAX. That's the best way to see it you can see all the stuff that Ryan did. So, I know that's why one of my friends that I just saw this past week, she was like, yeah, I saw it in the regular theaters, but I wanna go again to IMAX so can see exactly how Ryan had envisioned it and basically worked on it to be. So I'm like, I can understand for the people.

that like, you know, study theater or love that type of stuff, by all means, do you gotta do. I'm just not going, don't ask me. I've already said no. I'm good, I'm good.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (14:58)
Yeah,

yeah. And my thing is if it's available for those, know those in Pastor Quick was talking about having it dissected a little bit in church. Like in one of the, I think he said, in one of the sessions, like something that he would do like midweek or something in one of the rooms or something. Yeah. I think those that want to should, those people that want to actually look at those things in depth.

I don't need a certain genre of movie to make me want to research something and find out more about something. But it's to each its own. I think those that had a wonderful time, some people like Black Panther, some people didn't. Some people like Friday the 13th, some people don't. So my thing is like different strokes for different folks. That's how I look at it.

Resa Crippen (15:42)
Now if this was like a documentary like if there if it was a documentary about that time and all that stuff to me that's different because it's like we took out all of all of the debauchery and we're just focused yeah in the gore and we're just focused on the history of that time and what was going on that's different I could probably watch that but when you add the gore and the debauchery your girl is out. I'm just like can't do it I gotta sleep

Angeline Bishop Thomas (15:54)
and the gore. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. And I understand some people go to film festivals and they watch the film and there's great commentary after it. But if I was at a film festival with a program in my hand, walking down the street, trying to figure out which ones I want to go into, I wouldn't go into that one. I just wouldn't. mean, only because of the subject matter doesn't work for me. It doesn't work for me. I would go to the panels and see what they had to say maybe, but I wouldn't go. And one young lady, I think she actually said in an interview, one of the actresses,

Resa Crippen (16:21)
Yeah.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (16:34)
She had said, the God of your childhood doesn't have to be the God of your adulthood. And everybody around her agreed. And I was like, no, I know I'm not gonna see it now. Because the God of my childhood was Jesus Christ. And he's the same yesterday, today, forever. You know what saying? So I'm like, you ain't gonna have nobody telling me in some way, shape or form there's something wrong with my God. No, no, I'm good. I'm good.

Resa Crippen (16:51)
Right.

Yeah,

and then I think too, because this is a movie that was directed by a black man. Like there is like this, at least from what I've seen, there's been like this ongoing conversation of guys, we have to go see it because that way we can get more movies. Right, yeah, so we can get more films like this made and I get it. And some people have said, listen, I don't do horror, but I'll buy a ticket. So just so you can get some type of credit, but I'm not gonna watch it. So I can understand.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (17:08)
Mm-hmm. Support our own kind of thing? Yeah, yeah.

Resa Crippen (17:25)
like the constant conversation around this film on top of the fact that it is historical and it is, you know, a horror film and all that stuff. I'm just like.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (17:36)
Yeah, but just like the gentleman that did Get Out, the Get Out movie, it was historical when he did it and he did all kinds of wonderful cinematic things that made him get known in the industry. There's many people that are doing great work. There's more than one great black director and black writers and stuff like that. So just because I don't go to one or don't want to dissect one doesn't mean I don't want to look at others or dissect others. Give me Eva DuVernay doing something else, maybe. You know what saying?

Resa Crippen (17:40)
yeah, Michael Peele.

Right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (18:06)
I think it's great that he's praising our storytellers and he wants to make that a highlighted film. But I hope if he does make it a highlighted film that he wants to dissect and look at the history. I hope it's one of a series so that people have a choice of what they wish to go to. ⁓

Resa Crippen (18:23)
Well, yeah,

this is kind of like the conversation about like, I, okay, so if I, because I do have friends that are obviously not black, but if I'm talking about, okay, in my culture, there are certain iconic films that you have to watch to understand. I wouldn't put this film in there. At least not in my iconic black movies. I'm just saying.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (18:41)
yeah, like

I would put the color purple before I'd put this film. You know, I'd put Malcolm X before I put this film. mean, there's other films that'll be on the list a little higher. I mean, this wouldn't be on my list, it might be on somebody else's though, you know?

Resa Crippen (18:44)
Yeah, like, you know, it's like...

Right. Right.

Right, I would say for me the equivalent of this, which is like a little bit tamer, would probably be Blade. But like it's still kind of like but it's not as bad as this. I'm just like, and I don't mean bad as in like.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (19:06)
I don't know if it'd be Blade because

it has a lot of religious and spiritual ⁓ things put in it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. well, the first half of the film, from what I gather, doesn't have any of this gore stuff. It doesn't come out to halfway through. And at that point, people are like, I didn't know it was this kind of a movie. So you get a little bit of that, and that's why I feel like Get Out, Get Out, we started out one way, and then you realize later, it's this kind of movie.

Resa Crippen (19:11)
does it?

I never watched it,

Okay.

So.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (19:35)
I don't want to be held captive with my ticket money. I want to know. I will read all the spoilers before I'm in a seat where I gave money for. Because everybody I know that's a religious background, except for Pastor Quick. He's the only person that is in a faith that has said, no, go see it. It's great. Everybody else has told me, I don't know if I should have spent the money for it. I could have waited until it was on Netflix and I could have fast forwarded through some stuff.

That's how most people that are in my age group have actually said to me. I felt some way about putting money towards it. You want to support the guy that put out Black Panther, but at the same time, faith-wise, you're like, I don't know if I should put my money towards that.

Resa Crippen (20:02)
Yeah.

Right, whereas my age group is like, you need to watch it. And I'm just like, yeah, like they're all saying, like basically what they have said between my friends and people on social media, like, you need to watch it. This movie like has so much history, da da. I just can't do it because I don't do gore. I don't do well with horror films. I don't sleep. I just, and it.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (20:17)
Really?

I like

historical things like you're saying, but here's the thing. We have all types of films out here, right? And God made it very clear. There's people out here that are giving their blood, sweat, and tears to put out something that is wholesome that anybody could watch, right? What they call the clean movies or something that is educational and things of that sort. And then you have debauchery. And right in the middle, you have some clean stuff with the sprinkle of debauchery. And then you have people that says, I consumed it.

Resa Crippen (20:36)
Right.

Mm-hmm.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (21:01)
It was good for me. I liked it, even though it had this little bit of, a bit amount of debauchery in it, mixed in it, but I can explain that part away. Good. I'm glad it went into your system and you're okay with it. I know if I try to digest that kind of stuff, I'm gonna have nightmares. It's not gonna sit well with me and I don't wanna have that kind of life. So keep me over here with these types of movies and these types of documentaries. I don't want the mixture of the two. Like, can't you see the history in it? It can't you?

Yeah, but just give it to me the straight history, straight education. I don't need the debauchery stuff, you know?

Resa Crippen (21:36)
Now see, that kind of reminds me of this past year. Cannes has this, basically for those of that don't know what Cannes is, Cannes is like this international film festival. But, but no, it's to me, I found out through social media that apparently you can buy tickets online to watch some of the films that they offer virtually, obviously at home. So there was a documentary about Black farmers, right? So I was like, oh,

I want to look at this because obviously it's educational and it gives you like the backstory of black farmers and it brings it up to modern day. Now, this is what I was saying. I love history. I love education. I'm sitting there watching this and I was also doing laundry at the same time. So I was like, I'm focused. And I'm sitting there cause I was watching it and I had my snacks. I was good. I don't know what happened. I fell asleep.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (22:24)
huh.

Resa Crippen (22:32)
And that thing I knew, it was like towards the end of the movie. And I'm sitting there like to your point about like not having debauchery and just doing the clean stuff. The clean stuff is fine. But I was just like, this is, it wasn't that it was bad. It was just giving me like, it reminded me of when I was back in high school and I would have history class and the teacher was like, we're gonna watch a movie today because they forgot or either they're like,

either they are still grading tests or whatever the case may be, this one for the movie. And that's when you would like talk with your friends in the background. Cause the movie is like, it's on, but we're not paying attention unless it is that movie where they make you answer questions throughout. So you have to pay attention. That's what that was. Yeah. So I was just like,

Angeline Bishop Thomas (23:14)
Mm-hmm. Really?

They ask you questions at the end or something.

Resa Crippen (23:21)
Well, no, they didn't. what I'm trying to say is, it was an educational, clean, no debauchery movie for whatever reason.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (23:28)
But you said you

woke up and you were like, what happened?

Resa Crippen (23:30)
Yeah, because I fell asleep.

it kinda put me to sleep.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (23:33)
It was

boring to have the edgy, you're trying to tell me the documentary was boring on Black Farmers. Is that what you're trying to tell me?

Resa Crippen (23:39)
Yeah,

and I thought it was gonna be more interesting, but I was just like, don't know if it was just, I don't know if it was the tone of the person talking that just like put me to sleep, but I was just, yeah, the monotone, yeah. And like, it was very like, I don't wanna say it was like slow moving, but it was like, you could tell they took their time, because they wanted to make sure you got all the information about, you know.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (23:50)
the monotone-ness of the voice or something.

Resa Crippen (24:02)
the past and present. Yeah. And I was just like, felt bad because I was just like, oh, I should have stayed up, but I just, couldn't. And I fell asleep for an hour. I just woke up to the movie, woke up towards the end.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (24:02)
Black farmers,

Well, I can

understand that I've watched many things on, you know, on A &E or on, you know, some kind of documentary on PBS. Well, people please support PBS and NPR while I'm at it. But yeah, and it has been a little bit like a yawn here or there. I'm not going to lie. Sometimes it takes a minute to get your brain used to this information that's supposed to help enlighten you.

Resa Crippen (24:19)
Mm-hmm.

Yes.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (24:37)
instead of waiting for the jolt of entertainment that happens. And that's what happens to entertainment. It makes you laugh, it makes you think, it flashes things in front of your eyes. And it can be quite exciting and quite exhilarating in some movies and stuff. And I'm sure Ryan took all this into account, what's gonna get them educated, but at the same time weaving a story, being an excellent storyteller at the same time. I like that Pastor Quick praised storytellers in his sermon.

I just hope that if he does bring a movie like Sinners to the congregation, that he also makes them part of like a movie series so that those that don't go to that one can go to others that are gonna be not only seen, but also have a panel and people talking about it. So there's some great historians at First Baptist. It'll be great to pick their brains about some of the stuff that you watch on screen.

Resa Crippen (25:25)
hope if he does decide to have it play at the church that they modify the movie because I heard there's a lot of debauchery.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (25:33)
Yeah, it would be nice to be like an edited version. It can be shown. And if not, then they didn't do what I do when it comes to Bridgerton When Bridgerton comes on, and I like that little series on Netflix, but I have my finger on my remote. I have my hand on my remote the whole time because when things start to go left, I know how to fast forward and I know how to stop it when it's done. And I can still enjoy the whole series and enjoy and not miss very much of the storyline. I just missed the debauchery.

Resa Crippen (25:42)
You

Angeline Bishop Thomas (26:03)
I don't have to see the debauchery to know what's going on. I know what's going on.

Resa Crippen (26:04)
And you know what?

And

like, I don't get me wrong, like I do laugh, but I only laugh because my best friend's mom does the same thing, cause she's also very religious and she's like, I don't want to watch that. So, so either like close her eyes or so fast forward through the parts. Like, I don't want to see that.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (26:23)
Yeah, because for me it's the sound and the, I don't need none of it. But put it on mute or just fast forward it. Like put it on mute and leave the room. You know, this is the time I'm going to go wash my dish for my snack or whatever and then come back and rewind back to the beginning of the scene when the scene was good. Or I just, you know, fast forward it. It goes so fast. It's like a blank. like, okay. Going to the next thing. Now getting back to the sermon, Pastor Quick pointed out that the cyclical nature of oppression through history.

Resa Crippen (26:25)
in. ⁓

Angeline Bishop Thomas (26:52)
He referenced white supremacy, past and present, as unmasking, but not new. Through generational struggles, the black community has persevered through faith and unity, echoing biblical themes of resilience, such as the story of Pharaoh's oppression of the Israelites. Pastor Quick also addressed his frustrations that can arise in his daily life and some of the frustrations that would arrive in the black community.

He encouraged open communication about all of our struggles before they snowball into anger or instability. He wove personal antidotes to illustrate the importance of recognizing and maintaining our frustrations early, relating it back to maintaining our faith, even when God's plans for us are not clear. I know I myself, Resa, I can think about many a times my anger got the best of me. I think it was great how Pastor Quick talked about his and how you had to learn over time with the help of

not only in your community, but with therapy to, know, still yourself, you know, take a pause. Sometimes you even can work that stuff out in prayer, right, Resa?

Resa Crippen (27:55)
Yeah, you know, being the oldest and having a sibling, I have been tested a time or two and my anger has gotten the best of me. And I realize now that I'm older and wiser and more upset that sometimes some people will like innocently. I don't want to say they do it on purpose, but some people do do it on purpose because they know they're going to get their eyes out of you. Yeah, so they poke the bear. So you have to just know that.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (28:01)
You

You're poking the bear. Yeah, yeah.

Resa Crippen (28:21)
Sometimes before you speak, take a minute, let that filter work on you, and then say what you wanna say. Because if you just say the first thing that comes to mind, that could lead to an explosion or a Hulk smash moment. You don't want that.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (28:36)
Hulk Smash or as the kids say, crashing out.

Resa Crippen (28:40)
Right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (28:41)
Pastor Quick Sermons dives deep into the human struggle with frustration, faith, and the challenges of life. He discussed how unresolved frustrations can build like a germ, just multiplying until it manifests in unhealthy ways, altering our behavior and our relationships. He shared moments in his youth where he would suppress his anger until it led to an emotional outburst. And a lot of us have done that. kept...

you know, taking a certain amount of microaggressions and things, and till it gets to the point where you just explode when the last straw hits, right? But that's what therapy is for. That's what therapy is for.

Resa Crippen (29:18)
Well, yeah,

like I've, listen, I've done therapy, still in therapy, and I can proudly say that I was, that I have done that before where I've like, I call it like the whole ticking time bomb where I just take, take, take, take. And then by the sixth time or the 10th time that's happened, I explode. And everybody around me is like, I don't understand it because they're not, they lack that social awareness of what has transpired for whether it be

months, years on end. So by the time the 10th offense has happened, I've had it. But then on my side, it's like, I never once said anything. So now it's like when things happen, I just talk about it or I address it in that moment. So we're all in the same page. You understand what made me upset, what annoyed me. So, you know, if I do explode, which I hopefully I don't, but if I do get to that point where I'm ready to explode, you already know we've had this conversation numerous times.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (30:16)
Pastor Quick went on to connect to the story of Thomas in the Bible. He showed how Thomas's skepticism and demand for proof after Jesus was resurrected is kind of judged unfairly by a lot of Christians. He pointed out that Thomas wasn't present when Christ first appeared, right? And like many of us, he just struggled to believe without having his own firsthand experience. It's like somebody telling you something so miraculous and wonderful, and you're like, you're listening, but you're like,

I didn't see it for myself. So this, Pastor Quick argues, mirrors our own doubts and frustration when we don't immediately see evidence of God work in our lives. So using the metaphor of a locked room, Pastor Quick described how we often close ourselves off emotionally and spiritually, whether afraid of what God might ask us or unwilling to confront our pain. He said,

at this time that we got to remind ourselves that Jesus can walk through our locked doors and offer his peace even when we're not seeking it. I like that reason. mean, I think it's very true. there's a lot of things that I believe because it's tried and tested and there's other things I believe in have faith in that I have no idea what way or another. just know in my spirit is true. So for, for something like Christ to appear and everyone around you, all your closest comrades are saying we saw him.

Yeah, we saw him. He's back. And you're the only one that didn't see him. You're like, I want to see for myself.

Resa Crippen (31:45)
yeah, like this, this goes back to a conversation that I was having with my friend about conspiracy theories a long time ago. And we were talking about how, because I had gotten to the point of the Bible at that, at that time where Jesus had risen. And my friend was like, okay, so you could believe that. But you didn't see it. But you can't believe these other conspiracy theories. was like, those, like what you're saying.

those two events are not the same. Just because I believe someone's account of seeing Jesus risen is not the same as believing a conspiracy theorist. There are two different things to me. So we just had to agree to disagree.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (32:27)
Yeah. And another point in the sermon, Pastor Quick told us about the importance of not judging others during their moments of weakness. He emphasized that all of us have time when our faith falters, especially moments of personal crisis. He even gave an example from his own life about a period where he wanted to resign from ministry due to his personal struggles, but he was met by so much grace and support by his church community. They're like, we don't care what you're going through.

you should still be our pastor. I thought that was really great for him to talk about that, even though things could be going really bad, we could be facing challenges, it's just a test of our faith and our strength when we go through those things.

Resa Crippen (33:04)
Well, yeah, I think to actually stay in it while you're going through it just shows that, I'm not perfect. I'm human. I'm having a human moment. And I appreciate the fact that everybody around me can not only acknowledge that, but they can give me grace while I work through this time.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (33:21)
And I like the fact that the congregants were like, they had enough grace and mercy for his situation.

Resa Crippen (33:27)
I feel like that just goes back to this like unrealistic expectation that like, the pastor needs have this perfect life image. It's like, that's not always the case.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (33:36)
Yeah, I mean, that's worst thing we could have as a group of believers is that all of us are perfect. And someone that comes through the door and wanting to become a new thing in Christ is looking around going, I can't be like these people. No, you want to show your humanity and what you've been through. That's what I miss about testimony service. There used to be a time when the saints would all get together and be told, we're going to have a testimony meeting. And people that could stand up, they would say who they were, how long they've been a member of the church.

And they would talk about their path and it would give so much, so much hope to those that were beginning on a journey or in the same situation. You know, to have a mother talk about the pains of, you know, being estranged from her child and you're going through it yourself. Or to hear about, you know, a husband that lost his job trying to find a way to support his family and the struggle of that. And you're a young man that just got your pink slip. I mean,

It means something to hear that you're not in it by yourself because when you're walking through the doors and sitting in a pew, you kind of think everybody around you has it all together. They all look nice for Sunday service. They all look happy. But you know inside, you know, it was a struggle for you getting up that morning

Resa Crippen (34:49)
Yeah, like I know, because I saw videos about this in the past, like, what's Sarah, Sarah Jakes. ⁓ She has a yearly event called Women's Evolve. And I believe the one that I was looking at was in Philadelphia. I didn't go to it, but it was in Philadelphia. And at the time, she was talking about how they do stuff like that, where they do have a day where, you know, Sarah and there's other.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (34:56)
Mm-hmm.

Resa Crippen (35:15)
other pastors on the panel, they tell their stories and they go through the crowd and talk to other women and they tell their stories and everyone can bond and they can realize that they're not alone in going through whatever it is that they're going through in that room.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (35:30)
Yeah, the hardest thing about testimony services, it's always some people that want to take over the mic and they don't take into account how much time they've been talking. And so it used to be you would go up front and they would tell you when you feel someone tugging on your jacket or on your sleeve, you know, your time is close to being up. know, some people have timers and things they put on the podium and things of that sort during that.

But people wouldn't adhere to it, Resa. Because people wouldn't adhere to it, you have brother or sister so-and-so took up most of the time and other people walking around just fuming. They didn't get a chance. They were in line. were sitting there waiting, waiting, waiting. And the meeting ran long. Those meetings, the testimony meetings, did run pretty longer than the regular meeting. And somewhere along the road, it just kind of died out. But people don't have them anymore. And the thing that we're missing from it is the community aspect.

to being the being seen aspect. Now they say, if you want to be seen, go to your small group. If you want to be seen, you know, go be part of a ministry, talk to your therapist, you know, you can't be seen by your whole, the whole church body. And then you always had to worry about what exactly they're going to give a testimony of. Cause you got little ears, little, you know, in the congregation, you never knew what they were going to say. So it could be a little dicey. I won't talk about their, you know, a adulterous affair.

and have the little 12 year old looking over at mom like, what's adultery? I mean, it's like, you know, so it could get a little dicey sometimes in testimony meetings. So it has been relegated to smaller groups and to have, you know, one of the Jakes' daughters making it another way to still have that feeling somewhere safe, where all the women feel safe to talk about it too. And then imagine if you're talking about a struggle in your relationship and your husband's sitting there and you're the wife bearing your testimony.

Resa Crippen (36:52)
Right, right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (37:21)
We don't know what that car ride's gonna look like. Everybody's looking at his face like, you know she's gonna get up there and say all that? It gets a little dicey. I guess it gets a little dicey.

Resa Crippen (37:23)
Thank you.

Right, me and face spray.

Yeah, it gets a little dicey in the fact that people can be sometimes long-winded and give... I'm surprised they don't have the cane from the Apollo. Yeah, you gotta... Hold up.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (37:41)
my, not like the Apollo, no, the Apollo Kane, no, that wouldn't be very reverent-like. You know, we too

bougie to do that. We can't have a Kane come out and the little Sambo man pulling you off.

Resa Crippen (37:53)
Well, he

wouldn't listen like I guess like the modified version would be he wouldn't pull you off. He would just, you know, tap you on your shoulder and say your time is up because.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (38:01)
No, that's what we

have. used to have a pastor or somebody would like tug on your coat or tug on your sleeve or come up and say, one more minute, please wrap it up in your ear. So that you know, you're being a little long winded because there's so many people that have stood up and said they want to their testimony. And it's hard because when emotions start flowing and the Holy Spirit becomes very sweet in the room, you know, you're saying something that might be hard for you to say, but you know, it's going to help somebody.

Resa Crippen (38:10)
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Angeline Bishop Thomas (38:28)
so I can get the fact that the person's trying to get it out. And sometimes the first words are not the words that are getting it out. It takes some time to get the courage to get there. So I get it. I get why it's kind of gone away, but it has to be some aspect of it. And part of me used to think that if people had an opportunity to give, to go to the church and record their testimony, like have the, and it might be more work for the film crew, but have an opportunity to go.

Resa Crippen (38:37)
and

Angeline Bishop Thomas (38:54)
and go into a room like every Wednesday, they have a certain window of time. for those that want to bear their testimony to come and be, and then they can choose which ones they're going to highlight and show and they can edit down stuff they want to edit down, but they can share, just like we share crosstalk, you can share, testimony, you know, it doesn't have to a big, production where everybody's like, you must do this. No, you do it if you want to do it, if you want to share, and those things can live somewhere on.

the FBCLG website maybe, testimonies of our members, or maybe there'd be so many that go up and then maybe they only put up eight and then they keep rotating the eight to different people. If you don't wanna use any of your meetings, there's a place to look at it so that therefore, if you wanna know if you're alone in X, Y, Z, the testimonies of the mothers that dealt with problems with infidelity in their marriage or children that ran away from home.

and have problems rearing in child rearing. Maybe put them in different categories. I don't know, but it could be helpful. The youth that are talking about not being seen and heard at school or problems with school or problems with their parents. It would take some heavy lifting to do it, but it would be a beautiful thing. I think it'd be a beautiful playlist of things that could help somebody.

Resa Crippen (40:07)
Right, but I also feel like too, to your point that you made earlier, I think that's probably why they have like these smaller events to be like, okay, if you're someone who feels like they're struggling with depression and come to this group, or if you're someone who has dealt with like domestic violence, come to this group. that way it's like, it's in like a smaller control situation because like, don't get me wrong, I think like, you know, a testimony day would be nice.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (40:23)
It's contained, yeah. ⁓

Resa Crippen (40:32)
But because a lot of people, at least from my experience, they don't have a problem telling their story, but they also don't want their story being used against them to be like, oh, that's so-and-so. so, yeah.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (40:43)
yeah, some people do weaponize information and you can

be very transparent with your church family and somebody for work that don't like you will weaponize that stuff. You're so right. You're so right. I didn't think about that. Yeah. Yeah.

Resa Crippen (40:48)
Right. Yeah. then like, yeah.

And then it's like, you know, of course the person was okay talking about it that Sunday, but to have someone else take that information and throw it back, like to have them throw it back in your face on a random day, you're just like, what was that about? Like it would make a lot of people be like, I don't even want to talk about it publicly.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (41:11)
Well, you know what?

think the spiritual fortitude we had in the past, when you got up before your testimony about something, you knew other people were going to know about it and people were going to go talk about it. We kind of knew. So it did kind of make you self-censor a little bit what you told and what you didn't tell, how vague you were or how detailed you were. Because when you get to a certain age, some of them church mothers and fathers, they're like, hey, I'm going to tell it like it is and save a soul.

bring us all to Christ. That's how some of them were. They were like, I live long enough, ain't nothing you guys gonna say gonna make me feel bad about the life I live. And some of them say exactly what was going on. But then you're right. There's other people that are like, I don't want this to ruin my chances to run for the PTA president and stuff like that, you know?

Resa Crippen (41:55)
Yeah, like I will say from the few members of the elderly community that I have, those are the ones that like you said, don't have a problem just like speaking their truth, like I live my life, I'm not ashamed of it, I've learned from it. People that are a little bit younger that still have that are still trying to do things, they're like, I don't wanna say all that, because I don't need stuff getting thrown back in my face. ⁓

Angeline Bishop Thomas (42:06)
Mm-hmm.

That's true. But that's why

Pastor Quick made it very clear. All of us are having our human experience, you know, and we got to give each other grace because God's grace is always sufficient. Now, Reverend Dr. Dante R. Quick's sermon, It's a God Thing You Wouldn't Understand, was live streamed on May 4th, 2025 on the FBC Somerset YouTube channel. When you get a moment, please check it out. Let's go on to our next sermon now given at New Life Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

They also posted a May 4th, 2025 sermon that we know you'll enjoy. It was titled, If It Had Not Been. The speaker was Reverend Dr. Reginald W. Williams Jr., the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of University Park in Illinois. It was their anniversary, Resa I think it was their eighth anniversary for their pastor. And so they invited down Pastor Williams to give a word. Now the scripture he picked was Psalms chapter 124.

a new revised standard version of Bible. This passage of scripture is a powerful, poignant song of praise and thanksgiving found in the book of Psalms. It was written by King David, who reflected on the miraculous way in which God had delivered his people from their enemies. In this Psalm, David acknowledges that without God's protection and intervention, they would have been swallowed up by their foes. He reminded us that our help

comes not from ourselves or anyone else, but from the Lord. I like this sermon so much, Resa, because it actually dealt a lot with music. And I know you're our music aficionado of the show. So I hope you check this out. Pastor Williams, his sermon reflected on life challenges and he kind of likened the challenges to a mountainous drive he experienced while taking his daughter back to college.

He described the physical and emotional strain of navigating through the winding roads, the steep hills, and the areas of the mountain that felt very unsafe. But he drew that poignant metaphor to make us think about the struggles we face in life. Pastor Williams shared how music, his personal playlist, kept him awake and motivated during the long drive. And it actually became a source of strength and connection for him.

He emphasized the power of a playlist that he doesn't see it just as a collection of songs, but it maintains hope. It can help us persevere through difficulty and find moments of peace in chaos. What did you think about that, Resa, about how a playlist can be that powerful in a person's life?

Resa Crippen (44:52)
I 100 % agree with this because I'm type of person and I've been doing this for years. I haven't done it as of lately where I would have a playlist for different things, right? So when I was, I think I was in high school. Yeah, when I was in high school and I got an iPad, not iPad, it was, no, it was a iPod that, yeah, iPod Touch, thank you. I couldn't think of the word, iPod Touch.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (45:16)
iPod Touch

Resa Crippen (45:21)
And actually it was before the iPod touch, it was just a regular iPod, so it had the little circle on it. And you could put music on it. Obviously you can't watch anything. But I would have different playlists depending on my mood that day. Before I went to class and even in college I had playlists for walking the class, a playlist for the gym, because I quickly realized.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (45:27)
Okay.

Resa Crippen (45:47)
that if I have certain songs that are of a certain tempo, it'll make me more motivated to like work out harder in the gym. I've had playlists help me fall asleep when I didn't, because there was a period of time where I didn't have my fan, whatever, I didn't have a fan. And normally I use that to fall asleep. So I had to make a playlist to substitute for that until I had gotten a new fan. But a playlist to me is very

Angeline Bishop Thomas (45:58)
Mm-hmm.

Resa Crippen (46:13)
powerful because it can definitely, it can change your mood depending on the type of songs that are basically on the playlist.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (46:21)
I like my playlist when it comes to walking my dog. My dog, Truo he's a Basenji. Those that don't know Basenji is an African Barkless dog. And it's a bit of a hassle taking a dog out to walk all the time. The first morning walk is pretty cool, you know, but it's the second or the third. That could be a bit of a labor, but dogs like to get out and walk. So, and a Basenji needs to always be on a leash because he will run, you know, and won't come back until,

I think it's time to eat and it's time to go back and you that your dog comes back alive, you know, because he likes to run and chase things that are faster than him, like cars, trucks, things that are a lot faster and bigger than him. They like to chase those things. So when it comes to walking, I'm the same way. I have to have like music or something because it actually makes something that would have been a drudgery, a cool thing to do. Same thing like a house cleaning. Like when you're cleaning a stove and you're

Half of your body's inside the oven or something, you know, with your gloves on and nothing beats like a nice, some music playing. You can get through house cleaning so much easier when there's music playing. You guys grew up, I used to always put Anita Baker on.

Resa Crippen (47:22)
Absolutely.

Literally, like, and that's, and it's funny too, because I know even on Spotify and other music platforms, we were able to make a playlist. There are people that will have a playlist titled like Saturday Cleaning Music. And depending on who made it, it'll have like Anita Baker. I just had one playing this past Saturday, and it playing in my house and it had, what was it? Not George Michael, the other one that sang with Patti LaBelle.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (47:53)
Michael McDonald.

Resa Crippen (47:55)
can't remember his name.

Yes, Franco McDonald. There was some music from him on there and I'm sitting there cleaning my house and it does make the time go by quicker.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (48:03)
Yeah. I mean, nothing beats, I mean, I remember growing up and we had a neighbor next door. My best friend, her name was Charlotte and her daughter and her sister was Dana. And their mother would always play her music. Like she, you remember the speakers with the big, they're like so tall, about four feet tall on the ground. And she would turn one towards the patio and one towards inside her house. The house smells like pine saw and she just be basing her music. You would hear Teddy Pendergrass, you hear Cherelle.

Resa Crippen (48:24)
you

Angeline Bishop Thomas (48:32)
You hear all the music, know, Lionel Richie, all of them, Stevie Wonder, and you knew people were cleaning their houses. Little people, we'd be outside playing, coming in and out, knowing you're not supposed to go in and out. But you would do that because why? Your mother's also mopping the floor and your mom's also, you know, beating the couch and, know, airing everything out, all the pillows. It was just, that's what Saturday was, you know, listening to a great playlist as you got through. So for Pastor Williams to be driving this car,

Resa Crippen (48:36)
you

Right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (49:02)
driving his daughter back to college on this mountainous road that has lot of hills, valleys, twists and turns to still his mind. He's like, let me get my playlist. Give him a little bit of peace in that chaos, right?

Resa Crippen (49:11)
And you know,

right, and that actually reminded me when I was at Rutgers and how like anyone that has been to Rutgers knows that sometimes like depending on depending on how your schedule is set up or what you're trying to do that day, I don't have time to wait for the buses. So if I depending on which campus I was on, I would just walk certain places to the point where I got the nickname Walker. But what helped me what helped me like not not like

Angeline Bishop Thomas (49:29)
Mm-hmm.

Resa Crippen (49:40)
not make those walks feel super long with my playlist because I just had it playing in the background.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (49:46)
And I grew up where in the 80s, when we first had the Walkmans and stuff, and when you look at the professional NBA players, they always used to have their headsets on going into the arenas to play. And to this day, they still do it. Everybody I know that's trying to keep their mind focused on the game and not listening to the crowds, because there could be people in the crowds that love you and there's people in the crowds that want to say things that are going to take you off your game, right?

Resa Crippen (49:51)
Mm-hmm.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (50:16)
they would play loud music in their ears, loud enough so they just could be alone with their own thoughts. And it would hype them up, it would encourage them, it would make them have peace. And I think that still goes on for lot of athletes. You'll see them, a lot of runners, a lot of people that are warming up, they have playlists going on in their head that help them, that keep them in the right mindset.

Resa Crippen (50:36)
Yeah, like was gonna say, cause I've been getting into a lot of like different female sports. So like wrestling, basketball, tennis. And the one thing that I've noticed is a lot of them have like these over the head headsets and they will play them before they like go out and do whatever their sport is just to like motivate them and focus them. Because it's like, like you said, it basically it centers them before their game starts.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (51:02)
And coaches prefer that for players that get anxiety or get fixated on something that was said to them. And when you're at the top of your craft or trying to get at the top of your craft and you're working really hard, words can mean a lot. Praise means a lot and so does criticism. And so if you get too much criticism, it can actually play a game in your head where you play it over and over again. It's just like when you tell a child,

You did really good on that paper. I'm so glad you redid it. You're such a brilliant writer. And then someone else comes along and says, you're not a good writer. You got lucky. Then the imposter syndrome starts again, right? So you have to really, that's why we care about this show so much about people's ear gates and eye gates. Like we talked about before, I'm not the kind of person that sees a certain kind of movie, but I'll watch a different kind of movie or I'll read a different kind of book.

Some people listen to certain kind of songs. They love them to me. That might not be my type my cup of tea of music But I know what music does lift me and does edify me and does make me feel good So it goes back to that and I like that pastor Williams was being very clear and encouraging Everyone including our podcast listeners to create your own playlist. He said literally metaphorically You have to have something to get you over life's mountains something that's gonna help you through the journey of life and I love that

This show has a playlist that you take a time each week, Resa, to find songs and put something out there as part of a collection that people can say, I'm not sure where to start as a new or rededicated believer in Christ. I know what I've been listening to for years, but what else is out there? And you show them there's more out there than just the Clark sisters. There's more out there than just CeCe and B.B. Winans. There's a lot of wonderful singers out there that have put together some

wonderful albums and if you find one or two you like you can go and look at their whole collection.

Resa Crippen (52:53)
And even to your point earlier about like protecting your ear gates like I know when I was in a in a depressive state couple years back like my playlist was so depressing like for example I was listening to Phyllis Hyman right and she is like a really good R &B singer Phyllis I don't know that she was in the 80s and a little bit in 90s but mostly the 80s

And she did have some upbeat disco songs, but she also had some very depressing songs like Old Friend and things of that nature. But it was like, but she sung those songs very, very well, but she also battled depression amongst other mental health issues. Yeah, I only knew that because during that time when I was going through my own stuff, someone had wrote a book on her.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (53:32)
Mmm, I didn't know that.

Resa Crippen (53:42)
and it basically it was compiled of interviews of her and interviews of her family and close friends and She did you know disclose that you know she battled depression and loneliness and that's why some of the songs that Some of some of the most heartbreaking songs that she did put out they were like I don't want to say they were they were real-life stories But they were cathartic to her because she was going through that and that's why she was able to say it so well and

But yeah, but I bring that, I bring that all to say, like the songs that I used to play that were very depressing, now that I'm in like a better head space, I can't listen to those songs because I'm not in that space anymore. And it actually brings me down.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (54:23)
It's very a

la, what's her name? Fantasia. That's the past. can't sing or be part of that kind of music anymore.

Resa Crippen (54:26)
Yeah, yeah.

Right, so it's like I can't even listen to it. Like I just had that happen to me today when I was at work and I had my playlist playing and this one depressing song. I was like nope, change it, because I don't want to hear that song right now.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (54:39)
When you say change,

do you take certain songs out of your playlist from the old playlist too now? Or you just skip them?

Resa Crippen (54:44)
You know what?

Right now I skipped them, but it has gotten to a point now where I'm about to just make a new playlist for myself of of of upbeat songs that I want to listen to during like my workday. I could because what was happening is some of the songs that I do like that are depressing are starting to creep into my other songs that are more like higher, higher vibration. So I need to just make

two separate playlists so I can play.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (55:13)
There's nothing wrong with letting the depressive ones go because you'll end up listening to them again whenever you want. ⁓ And I know for myself, being a child of the eighties, we believed in having many playlists. Like you had ones when you had the heartbreak and it was that tape you made when you listened to the radio, you got all the songs you wanted that dealt with heartbreak and you played it at nausea. when you went with, yeah, you played it at nausea when you had a breakup and then.

Resa Crippen (55:16)
Right.

Right.

Mm-hmm.

All cried out. ⁓

Angeline Bishop Thomas (55:39)
When you were back in another relationship, that little CD, that little cassette tape went to the back of your cassettes and you played the other ones. You know, bring back Toni Braxton. How many ways I love you, you know, come on, you know, I'm having a good mood again. but you know, now that you guys have it, that everything is stream streaming, you can make different playlists for different times in your life. And you can also say, I don't want this playlist anymore. There's no need for it.

Resa Crippen (55:42)
you

Right.

Right. ⁓

Yeah, like those those playlists like I don't have well, okay, so I had them on my iPhone But then I deleted some of the apps. So then those those playlists that I used to have are gone So now I'm starting again from scratch so So like my newer playlist because I obviously we have the playlist for this podcast But I do have one my personal one that I have to like go in and actually make subcategories so I can like, you know, keep it more organized. I'll definitely

Angeline Bishop Thomas (56:19)
okay.

Resa Crippen (56:34)
make that a point to do that because starting to irritate me a little bit with these songs that keep popping up at the worst opportune times.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (56:39)
Yeah, I made a

playlist too. It was like his and her love story, call it, and eighties, nineties, R &B love stories, something like that I call it. And I take it through a progression of a person's relationship. know, from the minute they meet in those kinds of songs all the way to, you know, where they're so in love. Then when they have heartbreak, when there's something that goes awry and, you know, he don't want nothing to do with her. She don't want nothing to do with him. And then...

Resa Crippen (56:43)
Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (57:07)
That whole baby come back thing happens where it's like, want my boo back all the way back to reunited. It feels so good. You know? So I kind of take it through the progression of a relationship, you know, based on the songs I grew up with. I love it. I mean, I wish I could find the clean versions of all songs. It's like one song I could not find the clean version of that's kind of messing up my playlist. And it's that song, that Chris Brown song. I can see it too.

Resa Crippen (57:21)
Right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (57:38)
He calls deuces, I think it's called. I like the long version of it because it has the angst that a man would feel if he was done wrong. know, some of the words, you know, T-I and then we're saying little seedy in there. ⁓ No, the long version he is. The rap version. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The long version where they really going off. Yeah, I told you on my playlist, though. I like that. I like that particular version.

Resa Crippen (57:40)
yeah, yeah, deuces, yeah. ⁓

Right.

I'm gonna pay TI's not in that song, but I know you talking about it. All the remixed.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (58:05)
I just don't like some of the words that's being used in it, but it really shows how mad he is that, you know, he's out here, he's chucking deuces to the young lady. And so we all say and do things when we're mad, like Pastor Quick says, and when you know better, you do better. And I like how Pastor Williams has said, it's okay to have a playlist, you know, hopefully yours is going to be more like his, whereas like songs that...

can uplift and edify you, but it can just be ones that mirror how you feel. Hopefully not, like you said, no playlist that deals with being depressed, because that'll keep you in the depression. None of the songs that make you want to do violence, like I bust the windows out your car, nothing like that should be going on in your life. Don't listen to music that's to help you get in jail.

Resa Crippen (58:50)
Yeah, Jasmine Sullivan. Yeah.

Right, right. And like getting back to your deuces thing. I didn't know. So apparently, yes, TI is on the remix, but the original has like Tyga and it has, what's his name? I forgot his name. Okay, so I didn't know that until it was up. was like, oh, he is on the remix and has like TI, Drake, and Rick Ross. I was like, oh.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (59:04)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah I have the remixed version on my playlist.

Yep, all of them were on it.

I really liked the song for what I was trying to do with the arc of the relationship because that's the storyteller in me putting together a story if you listen to it straight. But there's people that mix it all up. Now getting back to the sermon, Pastor Williams underscored the significance of connecting with our ancestors through song and finding strength in their resilience and remembering that the same God who sustained them is also sustaining us.

Resa Crippen (59:24)
Yeah.

Great.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (59:43)
He applied these reflections to modern struggles such as dealing with the political and cultural opposition, personal pain, and trials of our everyday life. Through adversity, his sermon acknowledged that the desperation of isolation is something that we need to be very mindful of. And he also reinforced the importance of having community, faith, and gratitude for all the struggles that we're surviving. Ultimately,

Pastor Williams wanted everyone to reflect on our journeys and celebrate our moments of deliverance from struggle. See that we can all have seasons of disorientation, but we need to trust that we are being guided by God through all life's mountains and valleys. It was a really good sermon, Resa I really enjoy it. And those that wish to listen to it, you can view Reverend Dr. Reginald W. William Jr.' sermon if it had not been

on the new Life Presbyterian Church YouTube channel. So please, when you get a moment, check it out. Now, let's go on to one of my favorite parts of the show. Resa, who's the devil today, today?

Dove of the Day (1:00:50)
It's time to celebrate an amazing person doing amazing things in this world. This is Dove of the Day.

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Resa Crippen (1:01:14)
So Dove of the Day is brought to you by Prayer Rolls. For this week's Dove of the Day, wanted to, because it is May, and I know we have some high school seniors that are getting ready for college and scholarships are obviously a very, very, very important thing nowadays, especially with everything that's happening with the Department of Education. I wanted to make Taco Bell shocking.

of the day only because I came across this article about one of their workers who ended up receiving like a $40,000 scholarship now Right. So apparently Taco Bell has a Scholarship called live moss Scholarship Again, I had no idea that like obviously Taco Bell isn't the only

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:01:51)
Wow, tell us about it.

Resa Crippen (1:02:07)
place that has a scholarship. McDonald's has one as well. Listen, give me some grace. I graduated in 2015 from college, so I haven't been looking at the scholarship programs. basically what happened was this young woman was working at Taco Bell. She decided to apply for a scholarship one year and they gave her $10,000. She kept reapplying for every year.

and they gave her another 10,000, another 10,000. And of course, by her last year of college, she ended up getting $40,000. And I wanted to recognize Taco Bell and honestly other institutions that are trying their best to help people that want to further their education by offering these scholarship programs. And you know,

I just want to make everyone aware who probably didn't know that possibly their local restaurant might have, or not restaurant, but local franchise might have a scholarship that they could apply for to help them as they further their educational career.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:03:01)
Mm-hmm.

Resa Crippen (1:03:17)
So.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:03:17)
Well,

I'm definitely looking forward to reading more about this young lady and how she just had the fortitude to remember every year to go in and ask for the scholarship again. think everything that's going on right now with our financial aid in the United States, the more organizations that are still willing to help a student fund their education, the better. So students, if you're out there looking for scholarships, don't give up. Parents need to look to tell everybody you know to keep your eyes out for different scholarships.

because every person that knows can help, right? Every time you get another application in, that's a possibility for you.

Resa Crippen (1:03:49)
Mm-hmm.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:03:54)
Well, thank you so much, Resa, for sharing your dove of the day. There are people out there doing good work. I think that's what I like the most about your segment. It reminds us when you hear all this news of depressing things happening, things being taken away, accidents that are happening. You can think about the heroes and those that are trying to do something good in the world.

Resa Crippen (1:04:11)
I I'm trying to bring some light into the darkness. know. know.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:04:14)
into the darkness, I know. And

we appreciate you for it. Now let's go on to the screening room.

The Screening Room (1:04:25)
It's time for that weekly movie review in the screening room.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:04:43)
On today's screening room, we have a film that is brought to you by Lionsgate Films. And I saw it on Peacock. Neither one of those entities are sponsors of our podcast, but we thought you might want to take a look. This movie came out in 2016. It's called The Choice. It's a story by Nicholas Sparks. It was directed by Ross Katz. It stars Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Tom Welling, and Tom Wilkinson and others. Now here's a brief synopsis of the film.

Travis Shaw is a ladies man who thinks a serious relationship could cramp his easy going lifestyle. Gabby Holland is a feisty medical student who's prepared to settle down with her long-term boyfriend. Now, fate brings the two together as Gabby moves next door to Travis, sparking an irresistible attraction that upends both of their lives. As their bonds grow, the unlikely couple

must decide how far they're willing to go to keep the the hope of love alive. The themes of this movie are love, loss, consequences of life's choices, complications in relationships, the impact of tragedy, adversity, family, and overcoming challenges. Resa, you saw this film with me. How did you like it?

Resa Crippen (1:06:03)
It made me cry.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:06:05)
I know,

me too. There's something about a Nicholas Sparks movie. Those that love rom-coms is definitely going to like this one.

Resa Crippen (1:06:11)
Yeah, I want to say this is probably like my third Nicholas Cage movie, no Nicholas Cage, Nicholas Sparks movie that I've watched and I've cried. And I'm just like, but it was such a good movie. Of course there was like one point within the movie that it got a little racy. So I was like,

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:06:16)
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Yeah, let me let

let those that are watching this movie we would I would the with the quickness recommendation should be like 14 14 and up should be watching this and If you watch it on a streaming service when they get to the kitchen after dinner in kitchen and he's walking towards her Get your remote ready to fast forward Because he's gonna plan a kiss on this young lady and it's gonna lead to other things and yeah, just fast-forward It goes pretty quick

And yeah. No one is completely naked in the film. Everything is covered by the same thing you would see covered by a bathing suit. But for those that have delicate eyes in the room, hopefully teenagers will watch this and we do not believe in sex outside of marriage, but there is an instance of that being alluded to in the film.

Resa Crippen (1:06:57)
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Yeah, so again, 14 and up. I would say 16 just because it's a little racy, but.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:07:20)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah, maybe. But the thing is, know what most high schools are doing right now and what most high schoolers are exposed to. So I would say if you're freshman in high school up watching this with your parents, just be ready to fast forward through that scene right there. Because I think the overall messages are a lot. And I'm not trying to say it like I believe a little debauchery sprinkled on my ⁓ good movie. ⁓ But it's it.

Resa Crippen (1:07:26)
Yeah, yeah, probably.

This is true.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:07:49)
I know personally, like I said, I watched something like Bridgerton, but I know when to fast forward so I can enjoy the story of Bridgerton without seeing any debauchery. Same thing here. When you see debauchery happen, like you fast forward through it. So I fast forward through it.

Resa Crippen (1:08:03)
Right, or it's

like the same way how you did Nicole and I, you can take this as a moment to have a conversation after the movies. We live for those moments. Yeah. ⁓

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:08:13)
Yeah, the importance of why you should not have sex outside of marriage. it's

important that they actually did not shy away from the repercussions of her doing that. They did not shy away from the repercussions of her having sex outside of marriage and what it did, how it imploded some parts of her life. Because people can be very cruel, but she told the truth. She stood in her truth of what happened. She didn't have to, but she did.

Resa Crippen (1:08:26)
will give.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:08:41)
And when you stand in truth, you gotta let the chips fall where they may. People are not gonna like what you did, you know?

Resa Crippen (1:08:41)
Right.

Right, because all I keep thinking about is when I was younger and Lifetime had this movie called She's Too Young. Again, for the parents that don't know about that, watch that with your kids and have a conversation. And it was funny because like after, obviously after we watched it and we had the conversation, I kid you not, a month later, I watched it in my health class and I started laughing. My teacher was like, what's so funny? And I was like, I saw this film with my mother. already know what happened.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:09:13)
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Resa Crippen (1:09:14)
My friends were like, really? yes. We had a full in-depth conversation about the consequences of these type of actions. It was the funniest thing.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:09:18)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

One thing I liked about the movie The Choice, it should be a date night movie. And I think they had planned it that way because it actually came out in 2016. It came out the very same time that Deadpool was number one in the box office, because it only made it to number eight. This movie only made it to number eight. And Kung Fu Panda was number two. So nobody was checking for this film. They was checking for Deadpool and the kids were checking for Kung Fu Panda, you know.

Resa Crippen (1:09:27)
Mm-hmm.

Well, yeah, I was going to

say I definitely want to go see Deadpool, hilarious. ⁓ I didn't even I've heard of Kung Fu Panda. I didn't even hear about this film until you brought it up to me. So was like, 2016.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:09:53)
Yeah.

Oh, Kung Fu Panda

fan. I'm sorry. It was Kung Fu Panda 3. was number two, number three. So the other Kung Fu Panda was already gone and the kids wanted more. So that summer, I think it was June of 2016 when this came out. Yeah, there were other things people were talking about in the box office more. So it could have been missed by a I missed it. I didn't know it was there. And if you choose to watch it, me and Resa really enjoyed it. But if you choose to watch it, you can find it on Peacock.

Resa Crippen (1:10:15)
wow.

Yeah, I'm listening.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:10:27)
You can find on YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and Fandango at home. We'll also have the trailer for it on www.withthequickness.com. It was good, I like the fact that it made me, the only thing that's bad about Nicholas Sparks movies is it always makes you look at the person you're with like, why can't you say the things that they're saying? You gotta remember, this guy's a writer. They're reading a good script, you know?

Resa Crippen (1:10:51)
Right, you know what,

I did think about that for like a slight second and I was just like, but then again, but see, even though yes, Nicholas Sparks is a writer, the old saying is true. If he really wants to do it, will. Like that's the thing.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:10:56)
Mm-hmm.

Do men talk like this? Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, but some people, you gotta admit, there's a certain kind of poetry to the guy that's professing his love to a young lady and desperately wanting her to see how much he loves her. In real life, he might not be as eloquent. He doesn't get multiple takes to get it just right. And the tear goes down her face just a certain way. It is what it is. Sometimes he's like, come on, girl, you know, I love you. ⁓

Resa Crippen (1:11:33)
Right, like

what I, what.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:11:34)
and calling your

phone for the fifth time and leaving the fifth message. And it's different in life than it is when it's cinematic, you know, film.

Resa Crippen (1:11:43)
Right, like what I was more so referring to was not so much the words that were waxing poetic, but at least his actions would constantly show that he loves you.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:11:49)
Mm-hmm. Gotcha.

Yeah, it was very good. I liked the humor that the guy had. I loved the banter between the two. It was realistic. He didn't always say things that she liked and she had no problem being fiery and telling him the things she liked and didn't like, but she was 100 % herself. And it reminded me how we always tell young women, don't put on who you think the person wants you to be. Be you. If that person is meant to be your person, you want them to see you, not see some version of who you think.

you know, whatever you like, you know, kind of person, you know, be like at, what's that movie? Coming to America. He's like, whatever you like. And what do you like to eat? Whatever you like to eat. Where do you want to go? Wherever you want to go. You don't want to put on a facade to be molding yourself to be what your supposed partner would want. You want to be a hundred percent authentically yourself and you hope they are themselves so that you can make an informed decision. You know?

Resa Crippen (1:12:26)
you

yeah, yeah.

Yeah, cuz

that's like the worst thing that's the worst thing that you can do for yourself because I once heard someone say like whatever you start like you have to keep that up so if you're like I don't know if you're like constantly done up all the time you got to keep that up because you started it out that way and that's what they expect but if you like you know 80 % of the time you're done up maybe 20 % you're not they're like Right

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:13:00)
Mm, yeah.

Yeah, you don't have no problem seeing you if you're real

skin and your real hair and ponytails or whatever. And they'd be like, okay. I know what she looks like dolled up. I know what she looks like when she's cleaning her kitchen. Yeah, yeah. Gotcha. I I like the fact too that when it comes to movies like this, rom-coms, it gives you a chance to sit back and realize how beautiful love can really be between two people. And that it tells a story. Like when you look at a family,

Resa Crippen (1:13:24)
Right, right.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:13:41)
And you look at grandpa and grandpa celebrating their 50th, 60th, whatever wedding anniversary and all the kids and family gather. And to remember one love story made the rest of this legacy of people that are here. It gives you a better respect. That's why I have a hard time for people that don't respect their elders. Or when you see a elderly gentleman walking his wife to the car or you get so, you know, or you're behind them in their car and you're honking your horn because they're not going fast enough. You don't understand.

These people live the life. They have a beautiful family. And you know, don't make their lives harder. I don't like when people make the elderly's lives harder because you don't know what they've been through and you don't know what beautiful stories that they are the anchor of, you know?

Resa Crippen (1:14:24)
Right, and I also feel like too when it comes to their love story. I used to think when I was younger and obviously naive, I used to think, oh the people that have been married for 30, 40, 50 years, everything was perfect. No, they've been through some stuff and they had to put God first to get through it because it was trying.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:14:44)
And that's why it's so hard at testimony meetings because when the older ones get up and tell their story, they take their time. You want to hear every bit of it. But at the same time, it's going to take up most of the time for everybody else, but they have the best stories. They've lived some life, Resa. They live some life.

Resa Crippen (1:14:59)
you

Yeah, I was gonna say like some of the best stories that that that I ever have heard have come from people that are elderly and they tell the best stories I've yet to meet someone from that community that has told a story. I was like No, they all told the stories

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:15:15)
Yeah,

yeah, the choice, I love it. It reminds us of that phrase I say to you all the time. You only have a couple of choices before ruining your life. It's true. mean, the choices you make can actually change the projection of what your life's gonna look like. And we learned that just watching the choices that both of them made, choosing either to be with each other in love or choosing other paths.

Resa Crippen (1:15:27)
Mm-hmm, you're altering your life.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:15:43)
And we saw what their life was like before they had each other in it. And then we see what it's like when they was together. And it was a lovely rom-com. I'm so sorry that Deadpool kind of blew him off the water where it didn't get more of a chance. But I'm hoping in the streaming that it'll get a new life and it'll become a pop culture. It became a pop culture hit. Most people are like, it's Valentine's Day. Let's watch that choice movie. I it becomes one of those things.

one of the movies that you would want to watch by Nicholas Sparks. Really well done. I enjoyed it.

Resa Crippen (1:16:12)
Well,

I feel like for Valentine's Day, everyone goes back to the notebook. That's like his most popular-

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:16:17)
I know,

but if they gave this a chance, This went up to number eight in the box office and then it dropped back off.

So stuff like that I worry about, but it was a good story. Very good story.

Resa Crippen (1:16:23)
Mm-hmm.

Yeah,

it was good. Me personally, because I just saw The Notebook, don't laugh at me. I just saw The Notebook this past year. Because I I purposely was avoiding that film because I was like, because Everybody kept talking about it, so I was like, I'm not watching it, I'm not watching it. I was being a little hater, but I finally watched it last year. So I get the hype. I don't know, like this movie is up there. Yeah.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:16:49)
Well, I get what you're saying. The notebook has a lot of hype and the two characters,

they had such good chemistry. So This one might be up there more like a couple of Julia Roberts, Rom Coms like up there with her stuff. But yeah, the notebook itself, it had a lot of passion between those two.

Resa Crippen (1:16:54)
because I'm like...

Right.

Yeah, and I cried multiple times. Multiple times. So... Yeah.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:17:09)
Yeah, yeah, there was like, yeah, there's a lot going on with the notebook. So,

but this one was good. This one was good. It made you cry, it made me cry. It'll make others cry. And I can see why they wanted it. It's a good date movie. If you watch it with your husband, don't watch it with your husband or your boyfriend or girlfriend if you're on bad terms. Cause it's gonna make you look at the other person like, why can't you be like him? Why can't you be like her? And all of that.

Resa Crippen (1:17:21)
I'm proud again.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:17:36)
If you if make sure everything's good between two of you if you want to do the date night movie So that you have good feelings between each other

Resa Crippen (1:17:40)
But I feel like that's

like with any rom-com, if you're like watching it, it's like, ⁓ why can't you be more like this person? It's like, here she go again.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:17:45)
Yeah, I guess you're right.

Yeah, the ones that watch JLo

and RomComs Why can't you be like JLo? See how she even when she's sad, she still looks pretty. It's like, really? Well, let JLo give me her makeup crew. I'll look beautiful when I cry too. You know? But like I said, you can see the movies for this week's screening room on www.withthequickness.com. So when you get a moment, please check it out. Now let's move on to the last segment of the show, Before the

Resa Crippen (1:17:53)
I'm just like for real, like we're doing this today. ⁓

Right.

The Bema Seat (1:18:18)
Come before the Bema Seat Come before the Bema Seat where life's journeys and stories meet

Every week a testimony of one who brings hope and victory with joy and reverence. We'll sing our praises to the King of Kings. The Bema Seat. Come before the Bema Seat.

Come before the Bema seat.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:19:08)
In today's Amanda Saucedo was hesitant to have a child and prayed to God to calm her anxiety. See, now when Amanda married Omar, they believed their blended family was totally complete. Each had children from previous marriages and with their kids nearing adulthood, the couple had agreed they didn't want to start over with sleepless nights and diapers. But God had other plans. See, during a trip to Massachusetts,

Amanda missed her monthly and began to wonder if she was pregnant. Now, although she was initially felt a little nervous about the whole idea, Omar was calm and he was even being supportive, which kind of gave her a little bit of peace. Even after discovering it was just a false alarm, the possibility of growing their family kind of stirred some new conversations between the couple. Were they really done having any children and had they made that decision a little too quickly?

Well, after prayerfully asking God for guidance, Amanda received an unexpected confirmation. While on her flight home, a mother carrying a toddler sat beside her. In the child's name, well, it was Rosie, the very name Omar had mentioned in a text earlier that morning. Amanda couldn't brush it off as a coincidence. It was a sign that she had prayed for. Less than a year later, their baby girl, Isabella,

Poppy Rose was born and filled their home with even more love. Amanda's story is a reminder that God's plan often exceeds our expectations, challenging us to trust his timing, even when it makes us take a leap of faith. What do you think about that story there, Resa? When you think you have everything all lined up the way you want to, all your T's crossed and your I's dotted, God gives you a curve ball, gives you something you didn't think you wanted.

Resa Crippen (1:21:04)
feel like this is a prime example of how God works in mysterious ways and he may not show up when you want him to exactly, but he does show up on time.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:21:13)
Yeah, I love the fact that they didn't know that they wanted another baby and that she's now adding so much joy to their life. Even though their kids are like, you know, older kids and going young adults, they get to have a little person between the two of them together and to share that joy. Nobody wants to be dealing with diapers a lot, but the diaper phase is not that long of a phase. You guys could get through it. So if you're listening out there, Amanda, you know, we're so, we're so happy for you. Congratulations on your baby girl.

Resa Crippen (1:21:41)
Yes, congrats. And I do feel like from all my friends that have had kids, not to be that person, but they do kind of say their favorite ones are the ones that were the surprise. Like, we didn't know. And then it came out of nowhere, and the kids bringing all this joy and chaos to that house.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:21:56)
You

Well, if you would like to share a story from your Christian experience, one that will inspire new and rededicated Christians, please visit www.withquickness.com and select the Bema Seat tab. There you can fill out our interview form so we can schedule a virtual interview with you. You can also email bemaseat at withquickness.com to begin our guest process. So, Resa, another episode down. I hope you had a great Cinco de Mayo yesterday.

Resa Crippen (1:22:26)
I absolutely did.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:22:28)
Yeah, me too. I really liked the Mexican food. My stomach was like, it ate some and I think I was full for most of the day. So I think I'm do a lighter day on today, you know. I think I'm gonna do a lot of salads in my future today.

Resa Crippen (1:22:37)
Yeah.

Absolutely. I, you know, I didn't work out yesterday because I knew I was going to be, you know, enjoying some good Mexican food. So today I will be resuming my workout plan and eating today.

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:22:51)
Definitely.

May's here. So for all the people that are graduating today or this week, next week, we wish the graduates congratulations, Class of 2025.

Resa Crippen (1:23:04)
Congratulations, you did it!

Angeline Bishop Thomas (1:23:06)
Right. Now we are so grateful that you tuned in today. Our prayer for you is that God reveals to you that he is real and able to meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Have a great week everybody.

Resa Crippen (1:23:22)
Have a good week everyone.

WTQ Outro (1:23:24)
I've been trying to forget But you won't let me Something in my brain wants you I've been hanging by myself Asking for help But nothing seems to work on you With everything crazy You still my source of peace You filter out the lows You give me what I need me feel like oh yeah You You never leave

You're the reason I'm going out with mind I just can't stop thinking about you You got me feeling some type of way You make me wanna stay in all the you You're the reason I can't get out of my head I just can't stop thinking about you