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Hey there, Zach Reynolds,

this is Pastor Jim of Life House Church.

Actually I guess I should
say, Pastor Zach Reynolds.

I’m very pleased to let you know

that the board meeting just wrapped,

and they’ve loved your
messages on loving your neighbor.

We cannot wait to hear
the rest of the series.

You’ve been unanimously selected

for the pastor position, brother.

So say goodbye to
that boring West Coast.

Anyway, welcome to
the beautiful Midwest.

We’ll see you when
you get here, God bless.

Welcome home, Reynolds family.

We weren’t expecting
you till later tonight.

Pastor Zach.

Hey, it’s good to see you.

Good to see you.

Here are the keys.

I was just tidying up a bit.

If you have any issues,
just let me know.

Definitely.

You must be Amber.
- Hi.

Pastor Zach told us so many
wonderful things about you.

Oh, Pastor Zach.

We just love your book.

We gave a copy to
everyone in the church.

Your story, it’s so inspiring.

I heard you love to shop.

Have you been downtown yet?

No, we came right here.

Pastor Zach didn’t
wanna make any stops.

All business, I’m telling you.

What can I say?

Yours, too.

My husband practically
lives at the church,

but that doesn’t have to stop
us girls from having any fun.

Do you like shoes?

Um, love shoes.

Okay, girl, let me tell
you, you’re about to find

your new happy place because
Wooded Plains may be small,

but the shops here are amazing.

Isn’t it perfect?

Didn’t I tell you?

It’s a dream.

I mean, a beautiful home, peace, quiet,

a huge yard for Alex
to run around and play,

nothing could go wrong
in a place like this.

How about a tour?

Okay, now is that your house?

Oh, no, we live down this street here.

Oh, well, then who lives there?

A potential babysitter?

Probably not, but we do have plenty

of young eager
babysitters at the church.

I don’t remember anyone
coming or going when I was here.

I thought it was vacant.

Does he attend church?

No, he’s actually
one of the few people

in town who doesn’t.

Pastor James and I, we’ve
been over there several times,

but he won’t answer the door.

He’s a little strange,
but he’s harmless.

I’ll stop by and invite him.

I have a way with people.

Oh, well, I love your confidence.

Maybe you’ll be the one to
finally introduce him to God.

I hope so.

Wanna go inside?

Honey, there’s 14 jets in
our tub, eight for your feet.

It’s like a masseuse
made out of water.

Hey, what are we gonna do

about getting the
neighbor into a service?

Well, I think the first
thing you need to ask yourself

is why is it so important to you?

Well, it’s important to
me because I’m a pastor

and it’s a pastor’s job
to get people into church.

Oh, good, I was worried
it was a macho ego thing

to impress your boss.

No way, no, no, I’m just
being a good Christian neighbor

who likes a little job security.

Well, by all means,
get him saved, Pastor.

I want my grandbabies
visiting me in this house.

I got you a little
housewarming gift, Pastor.

Uh, I though you were shoe shopping.

I’ll be right back.

I’ll be right here.

Zach, what is that?

It’s nothing, it’s
nothing, just go get dressed.

Is that real?

Yes, of course, it’s real,
but you don’t need to worry,

it’s completely safe.

Obviously, it just fell out of a box.

When did you get that?

I got it when we lived in the city.

The South Side wasn’t
exactly the safest neighborhood

and it’s my job to
protect you and Alex.

Okay, we’re not in South Side anymore.

You’re a pastor, get rid of the gun.

I don’t know, we
are not country people.

I mean, what if we
get attacked by a goat.

A goat.
- Or a deer.

Or a squirrel or a dog.

Ha ha, get rid of the gun.

I will get rid of the gun

if you get rid of those sweatpants.

Deal.
- Deal.

Hello, anybody home?

I guess he’s not here, sweetie.

It’s okay, we’ll come back later.

Oh, well, hey there, neighbor.

My name is Amber, this is my son, Alex.

We just moved in next door.

Hi.

I hope you like chocolate chip.

As far as I know, everyone does,

so I thought they’d be a good choice.

Oh my goodness, do
you have a nut allergy?

I am so sorry, I should
have brought fruit.

No, no, I’ll take them.

Oh, great, I hope you like them.

Why did you do this?

Well, we just moved in next door

and thought it would
be a nice way to get out

and meet the neighbors.

Did your mommy make enough cookies

for everyone on the street?

Nope, just enough for you,

so you can come to our
church and not go to hell.

Cute kid.

Nothing like a gift with a
motive to start a friendship.

That’s not...

Alex, that’s not entirely true.

Of course, we would love
for you to come to church,

but we also just want to get
to know you, we’re neighbors.

So your husband’s the
new pastor over there.

Yes, he is.

I don’t go to church.

Pastors bring me down.

My husband will do
anything but bring you down.

God is good.

All the time.

Firing up 1,000 people for
Jesus, changing the world,

sitting in a hot tub with my hot wife.

Was I right about this place?

It’s perfect,
everything here is perfect.

I told you, I told you.

You said, "No, no, no,
we’re not living the city

"to move to the country."

And then you came here, and
it’s perfect and it’s amazing.

And I told you, and I preached a sermon

about how good change is this morning.

You should actually check it out.

You can download ’cause I
am officially on a podcast.

Careful there, Pastor Zach,
pride comes before the fall.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

This whole town is gonna know

that Pastor Zach and
his family have arrived!

Oh, be quiet.

And that’s my first
project right next door.

He’s not a project, he’s a person.

You get that, right?

You know what I mean.

Hey, neighbor, I’m Zach Reynolds.

Me and my family just moved next door.

I though I’d come over and say hello.

Have you lived in Wooded Plains long?

Yes.

Have you ever been to Life House?

No.

You should come by sometime.

It’s a great place.

I’m actually about
to start a sermon series

based on my book.

I don’t know if you’ve read it.

It was called "Cutting the Fat."

It’s about identifying the
things in life we need to change.

I think it’s really important.

Never been there.

Okay, well, if you ever wanna drop by,

the services are at 9:00 and 11:00,

and let me know if
you ever need anything.

You can send your wife back over

with some more cookies.

Yeah, she is an amazing chef.

That’s why I married her.

But it does make maintaining
this waistline a little harder.

But, yeah, I’ll tell
her you enjoyed them.

You’re gonna tell her
to send me more, right?

You said if I ever needed
anything to let you know.

Or was that an empty promise?

I’ll have her make another batch.

You have a blessed day.

Once a week, please.

On Thursdays would be nice.

And I would very much prefer for her

to bring them alone in the future.

Children make me uncomfortable.

I’ll see what I can do.

It was a pleasure getting to know you,

Pastor Zach Reynolds.

I look forward to getting to
know your family much better.

Hey, sweetie.

I saw you talking to the neighbor.

How’d it go?

Yeah, it was strange.

Hey, listen, I don’t
think it’s a good idea

for you or Alex to go over there
when I’m not around, okay?

What, why not?

He just seems a little off.

It’s probably nothing.

I just think it’s a good
idea to keep our distance

until we know him a little better.

Well, how am I supposed
to get to know him

any better if I keep my distance?

You know what I mean.

Okay, I love you,

but you sound a little
ridiculous right now.

I mean, is he strange, yes,

but he’s just lonely
and needs some friends,

and maybe that’s why God
brought us into his life.

I know, you’re
probably right, I just--

We are called to be a
light in this world, Pastor.

If we avoid everyone who makes
us a little uncomfortable,

what are we going to illuminate?

No, you’re right, we
will get to know him.

Let’s just go it
together initially, okay?

Okay, weirdo.

I love you.

Hey-- oh, and tell
Alex that he...

Oh my goodness, sweetie, are you okay?

Yeah, I’m fine.

Is it broken?

No, it’s just sprained, thank God.

What happened?

Well, the brakes went out on the car.

You almost hit a little kid.

Miraculously, everyone’s okay.

Oh, thank goodness.

Okay, well, come on,
let’s get you home.

Actually, I was gonna get a
ride back to church with Jim,

if that’s all right with you?

Hey, I tried, I know,

but this guy’s got
preaching on his heart,

and I don’t think an
injury’s gonna slow him down.

Okay, I want you to call me

if you feel any pain
or nauseous or dizzy,

and make sure he ices it,
and don’t get home too late.

Okay, I won’t, I promise.

I’ll have him home for dinner.

You better.
- I will, I will.

Oh, hey there, neighbor,
you startled me.

Oh, I’m sorry, I was just
coming over to return the plate.

Thanks for the cookies,
they were delicious.

I ate every one of them.

Oh, well, thank you, I’m
glad you enjoyed them.

Oh, I did, I even asked Pastor Zach

to tell you to bake me some more.

Did he tell you I said that?

He did not, but I would love to.

Oh, well, I guess Pastor
Zach is a busy guy.

That’s a beautiful hot tub.

I know, right?
- Yeah.

We are so blessed to be in this place.

God is good.

All the time, right?

Yeah.

You know, if you ever
wanna come hang out

or take a dip in the hot tub,
you’re more than welcome to.

I mean, God didn’t bless
us with this beautiful place

so we can keep it all to ourselves.

Wow, really?
- Absolutely.

Well, I guess it would be rude of me

to turn down your invitation.

I’ve got to say, I’ve
never had a neighbor

be so kind to me before.

You know what?

I was actually just about to head in.

Oh, really?

Well, that’s sad,

I was kinda hoping to run
a few questions by you.

About what?

About God.

I guess I could spare a few minutes.

Great.

So Pastor Zach asked me to
visit the church this Sunday,

and now I’m feeling all
this kind of turmoil inside.

Part of me knows that
Christians are rude

and they’re cliquey and
they’re judgmental people

who only want to make
me feel bad about myself.

But then again, you two
have been so gosh darn nice

that I’m almost tempted
to give it another shot,

to see if this church is different.

It really is.

You have to, just once.

I mean, everyone’s
just gonna love on you.

You’ve never met such
a great group of people.

All right, I’ll do it, for you.

But if anyone tells me
that I’m a horrible person

or that I’m going to hell,

I’m holding you personally responsible

for my crushed spirit.

Deal.

Deal.

You know, huh, it’s true what they say

about a Christian’s eyes.

And what’s that?

Well, they say that
when a person sees Jesus,

the eyes become all bright and sparkly.

Your eyes do that.

That’s nice.

You’re so beautiful.

That’s why I married her.

I thought you married her
because she could bake.

I married her for a lot of reasons.

I bet.

Your lovely young bride asked
me to join her in the hot tub.

I hope you don’t mind.

Why would I mind?

Exactly.

What happened to your hand?

I bumped it.

Hey, honey, it’s been a
long day, what’s for dinner?

Um, I thought I’d make some chili.

Does that sound good?

Mm, yummy.

The water’s great, pastor, come on in.

You know your way home.

Please don’t be angry.

Why do you think I’m angry?

I’m getting through to him.

He wants to believe,
sweetie, he’s just...

He’s nervous, he feels like Christians

are always judging him.

Well, maybe his actions
warrant the fear.

Obviously, nothing happened.

He just wanted to talk about God.

In the hot tub, while I’m at work?

That’s not okay, Amber.

Okay, come on, seriously?

What do you think happened?

I don’t know, but I
told you this morning

not to hang out with him,
and I come home to this?

What am I supposed to think?

Wait.

What?

Are you jealous?

No, no, I’m not jealous, I
just want you to listen to me.

No, I think you’re a little jealous.

Are you worried that I’m
into the creepy hermit type?

Well, you were into me
when I was a big fat guy,

but you’re married now.

No more pity crushes.

Pity crush?

That was no pity crush.

I fell in love with you
because I saw the man inside

underneath all of that.

I didn’t care what you looked like.

Well, they say that love
makes you blind as a bat.

Maybe I should be worried.

I wouldn’t be worried.

I’m blind as a bat and
faithful as a penguin.

You’re stuck with me, pastor.

Just don’t hang out with
him when I’m not home, okay?

Okay.

Oh, I’m so sorry, I
didn’t mean to startle you.

I’m baking zucchini bread.

I wanted to see if you
and Alex wanted to join me?

Oh, hi, Evie, sorry, I’m
just a little jumpy today.

I thought you were...

The boogeyman?

No, it’s silly, it’s
just Pastor Zach’s

a little uncomfortable
with the man next door

and asked that I not let him
come around when he’s at work.

Oh, that’s good advice
for any married woman.

But I hope he didn’t say
anything in front of the neighbor.

Oh, no, of course not.

It’s a non-issue, really.

Good, well, whatever it is,

I hope it doesn’t distract him

from being an extension of God’s love.

After all, that is our true calling.

Hey, neighbor.

How’s it going?

Glad you made it.

What’d you think of the service?

Interesting, a little showy perhaps.

So you really believe
that God can change people?

Absolutely, in fact, I think
God is the only one who can.

See, I have a problem with that.

If God has the power to change people,

then why doesn’t he just do it

instead of waiting around
for us to destroy each other?

Pastor Zach, I’m
so sorry to interrupt,

but I’ve got Dr. Riley on the phone,

and he has a terminally ill patient

that’s requesting a visit
from you this afternoon.

He’s not expected to make it

through the evening.
- Oh, no.

Would you be a dear
and be able to stop by?

Absolutely, yeah, I’ll be there.

You’re amazing.

Dr. Riley, he’ll be...

Who is she?

Oh, that’s Britney, my assistant.

I’m pretty sure I told you about her.

I don’t think you have.

Really, she’s great.

Hey, so we should set
up a meeting this week.

Yes, maybe we can meet at your house.

Maybe Amber can cook us dinner.

You’re an amazing cook, I bet.

I do know my way around the kitchen.

I bet.

You know, I think my office
might be more appropriate.

Let’s do it there.

Okay, well, it’s a very busy week.

I can meet on Tuesday.

Zach, hon, they’re losing him.

We need you now.

Okay, set it up, I will be there.

I swear, Mr. Popular, right?

It can be so hard to get him
to do what I want sometimes.

That’s reassuring.

Guess what day it is.

It’s a beautiful day.

It is a beautiful,
wonderful, amazing day.

I just got back from watching
someone slip into eternity

with full certainty of
where they are going.

It was amazing, it was
peaceful, it was intoxicating.

I love my job.

Congratulations.

What’s wrong?

Is it about dinner?

I’m sorry that I
missed dinner, but babe,

if someone’s dying,
I have to be there.

No, I get it, your job
is important, whatever.

Then what is it?

Tell me about Britney.

Britney?

She’s my assistant.

Is she why you took the job?

I took the job to save
souls, that’s it.

Why would you even go there?

I don’t know, maybe
because she’s blond

and hot and into you.

Babe, babe.

I love you, you’re
the only one for me.

You have my heart, you
have my soul forever.

Okay.

You don’t seem convinced.

Do you want me to fire her?

Yes.

Okay, babe, listen.

No, of course not.

I love you.

Of course you do, I’m amazing.

And the most humble pastor
in the history of Life House.

Do you know what, that might be true.

And speaking of
unparalleled amazingness,

guess who got our
neighbor to go to a meeting

at church next Tuesday night?

Not you.

Yeah, no, it was me.

Tuesday night?
- Yes.

Our anniversary?

We have dinner reservations,
I have a sitter lined up.

Hey, baby, I’m sorry, I
can’t back out on this.

It’s really important.

He may never come back again.

This might be my only
chance to reach him.

We can do it Wednesday.

No, I have Wednesday evening service.

Thursday, Thursday, I
will take you out Thursday

and we are gonna celebrate.
- Bible study.

Okay, listen, I don’t know
when we’re gonna do it, okay,

but I promise we will and
it’s gonna be amazing.

We’re gonna celebrate.

Yeah, maybe next year.

Oh, look at that, it is your book.

Yeah, that’s it.

It’s amazing how many lives

are being touched by those words.

I put my heart and my
soul in this project.

Yeah, I read it.

Really, what’d you think?

Eh, I didn’t like it.

It was too preachy for me.

Not that I’m saying
you’re a bad writer,

it’s just I don’t like bad books.

I did, however, find the parts

about you and Amber intriguing,

how she loved and supported you,

even though you were
fat and unappealing.

It’s so hard to find a
woman that cares so deeply

regardless of a man’s size.

Well, I had some other
things to offer, too.

Oh yeah, like what, rage?

Because you were a pretty
angry man back in the day

before Jesus magically transformed you

into a sweet and loving pastor.

Do you still wrestle with
it just once in a while?

You know what, I share
some pretty personal things

in the book, and I think
it’s important because-

Because, because anger,
anger is a tricky beast.

You know, you can suppress it,

you can cover it up, but
it never really goes away.

It just lies there dormant,

waiting for another reason to explode.

Yeah, well, mine’s gone.

God healed me, and I believe
he can do the same for you.

Who said I’m angry?

No one, but we’ve all got stuff.

Do you know what I
see when I look at you?

No, tell me.

I see someone who’s hurting,

someone’s who’s tried to the
right thing and came up short.

That’s what darkness does,
it blinds us to the truth

of who he really is and
how much he does love us,

even with our mistakes.

He’s a loving and forgiving God

and wants to be in
relationship with you.

Would you like to begin that journey?

So you met Amber in college.

Yeah, we were in a
theology class together,

and she was always asking
these deep profound questions

about God and life, and
I wanted to be with her.

I wanted to spend every
day and hour with her.

Hmm, so the real reason you married her

was for her spiritual depth.

The baking and the beauty
were just nice perks.

Pretty much.

Speaking of spiritual depth,

you asked an interesting
question yesterday at church.

Do you still love her that way?

What?

Do you still long to be with
her every second of the day?

Because some men when they
get married, they run off.

They build a life for themselves,

and they com-com-completely
forget the treasure

that they have at home.

You’re not one of those guys, are you?

We both have our responsibilities,

but don’t think for a second

that means I don’t love
her more every single day.

Well, that’s good to hear,

’cause a woman like Amber

deserves to be loved more
than anything in the world.

This guy’s a waste of
my time, I’m moving on.

I don’t think that’s
an option for a pastor.

He doesn’t wanna
talk about God, Amber.

He wants to talk about you.

You’re asking him to open
up about himself to you.

That’s a big deal, it takes time.

I’m
telling you--

I don’t know what your
problem is with this guy,

but it ends now.

You are a pastor.

You’re supposed to be one
person he can’t push away.

Loving people is your job now.

You know, maybe you need to spend

a little bit less time
writing your sermons,

and a little bit more
time listening to them.

Did you know you can do that now?

You’re on a podcast.

I’m headed out, I’ll see you later.

Bye.

Good morning, pastor.

Nice pjs.

Don’t you wear those to work?

Oh, I don’t work.

I’ve been unemployed for years.

It’s a tough market.

Fortunately for me, I came
into a little inheritance

when my Grandmamma passed away.

I’d give it all up
to have her back though.

She raised me from the
time I was seven years old.

Did I ever tell you that?

No, and it sounds like a
super interesting story,

but unfortunately,
I have to go, so--

That’s really sweet.

She sounds like a really special woman.

Oh, she was.

She was into God, too, like you.

She certainly would
have approved of you.

You too make such a perfect couple.

I’m sorry I made you miss
your anniversary dinner.

How did you know it was our anniversary?

She was really into gardening, too.

I remember planting flowers with her.

Those were happy times.

Hmm, well, I have to go, babe.

See you tonight.

I’d better get back to it.

You have a real gift for gardening.

Don’t move.

I have something for you.

Those are beautiful.

Yeah, they’re mums.

Mm.

My favorite kind of flower.

I think it would look
beautiful right next to yours.

Does Pastor Zach help you garden?

Oh, no, it’s not really his thing.

He’s so busy with work and everything.

Yeah, I understand.

My dad was the same way.

Gone all the time, late
nights at the office.

Of course, it turned out
he was having an affair

with his secretary.

But I’m sure Pastor
Zach is not like that.

You have nothing to worry about.

We should have seen it coming.

He showed us all the signs.

He just became very
mysterious and angry,

always accusing mom of having an affair.

Well, you know what they say,

if you’re hung up on the
idea of someone cheating,

it’s probably because you are.

The fact of the matter
is the board wants red,

so it’s out of my control.

Hey, can I call you back?

Hey, Amber?

Oh, hey.
- Hi.

You, me, anniversary dinner,
10 minutes, go get dressed.

Hello, Pastor Zach.

How do you like Amber’s garden?

You know what, I
didn’t even notice it.

It looks beautiful.

How do you like the mums?

They look great.

Thanks, we spent all afternoon
together working on them.

Well, it looks great.

Thanks.

So you two look fancy.

What’s the occasion?

You know, I think you already know.

Wow, really?

You mean, I can’t believe it.

I’ll get my tie,
just-- - Whoa, whoa.

It’s really weird that
you would think it’s okay

to invite yourself to
our anniversary dinner.

Besides, don’t you think
you’re a little under dressed?

Why don’t you plant some
begonias in your own yard?

Don’t wait up.

That’s what darkness does,

it blinds us to the
truth of who he really is.

How much he does love us
even when we make mistakes.

He’s a loving and forgiving God

and wants to be in a
relationship with you.

Would you like to recognize him?

What time is it?

6:30.

Why?

Good morning, Pastor Zach.

Did I wake you?

Oh, I’m sorry, I know you
were out till 1:37 this morning,

but you’re usually up by now.

That is really weird
that you know that, man.

Yeah, I wanted to
apologize for yesterday.

I hope I didn’t ruin
your anniversary dinner

by asking to come along.

Nope, don’t worry about it.

Just go back to bed, okay?

It’s just that yesterday was a...

It was a special day for me, too.

Really?
- Yeah.

It was the 10-year anniversary
of my Grandmamma’s passing.

Oh, I’m so sorry.

It’s okay, it’s
okay, there’s no way

that you two could have
known, and I feel bad,

and I wanna give you something.

Listen, we can’t
take anything from you.

Oh, no, please, I would
want you to have it.

Grandmamma would have
loved the two of you,

and she would want you to have this.

I wanna do this for her.

Will you be home this afternoon?

Well, we have church at seven, but yeah,

we should be home most of the afternoon.

Good, good, all right, I’ll
bring it over after lunch.

Congratulations on your anniversary.

That’s really special.

Okay, well, I’m a jerk face.

I’ll go make coffee, jerk face.

Hey, babe.

How’s it going?

Oh, I just...

Why did I ever start a sermon series

on loving your neighbor?

Do you really want me to answer that?

Yes.
- Maybe because you need it.

It’s show time.

Hey, neighbor.

Sorry it took so long,
it was pretty dusty.

I wanted to shine it up
before I brought it over.

I’ve been working on it all day.

Oh my goodness, it’s beautiful.

Yeah, yeah, it was Grandmamma’s.

Her and Pops, they
were married 62 years.

You two remind me of them.

Well, the hook is damaged,

so it’s kind of difficult to hang,

but I know how to do it.

It shouldn’t take me
more than a half hour.

What do you think, Pastor Zach?

It’s beautiful,

but we can’t take your
grandmother’s mirror.

Oh, yes, you can, I want you to have it.

It is amazing, but we are actually

just headed out the door.

Could you come back after nine sometime?

Well, it’s pretty heavy.

Why don’t you just leave it here,

and I’ll put it up
when I have some time?

Um, well, it’s difficult to hang.

You have to know exactly
what you’re doing

or it could fall and break.

Okay, quick kidding around, Zach.

We love the mirror, it’s beautiful.

Listen, we’re on our way out,

but would you be willing to hang
it for us while we’re gone?

Of course.

That’s perfect, some
on in, right, Zach?

Alex, time to go.

Knock ’em dead, Pastor Zach.

Lock up when you leave.

Will do.

Here it is.

Oh my goodness, it’s amazing.

Great, so he was in here.

Oh, would you stop it?

Look at this, is it not gorgeous?

It’s pretty.

DeBrand’s Fine Chocolates?
- Oh.

He’s not such a bad guy after all.

Amber, now you can enjoy the beauty

that the rest of us see in you.

Not super thrilled about the note.

No way, honey, it’s a skinny mirror.

I just lost 10 pounds, ha!

Oh, mm, mm-hmm, I
could get used to this.

Hey, good morning.
- Hi.

Good to see you again.

How did you enjoy your
neighbor’s message this morning?

I enjoyed it very much.

I like this series.

I think it’s important
to be a good neighbor.

And thank you for inviting me here.

You were right about these people.

It feels so good to be a
part of a church family.

Sure thing, buddy.

Hey, do you mind if I grab a
quick word with you real quick?

Sure.
- Be right back.

So, yeah, I wanted to talk
to you about the mirror.

First of all, thank you
so much, it’s beautiful.

I know it must have meant a lot to you.

Well, you and Amber
mean a lot to me, too.

Mostly Amber.

Yeah, that’s what I
wanted to talk to you about.

The note, what was that?

Oh, I’m sorry, was there a typo?

I’m a terrible speller.

Oh, I think you know what I mean.

It’s inappropriate
for you to be writing

flirty notes to a married woman, yeah?

Oh, I see, but it’s okay for you

to write flirty notes to a single woman.

What are you talking about?

I see the way she looks at you.

Clearly, your many late nights
have not been lonely ones.

Don’t even go there, bro.

Well, I can certainly understand

the attraction, she’s
very pretty, very, very.

All right, listen, you
might not even get this

coming from a jacked up family.

Oh, jacked up now, huh?
- But Amber and I are in love.

Are you?
- We’re in love in every way.

Really, really? - I
will fight anyone--

Oh, you wanna fight me?

Or anything that comes between, bf.

Well, don’t get so angry, Pastor Zach.

I know how violent you can become.

It’s not very neighborly.

Oh my goodness.
- Hi.

Thank you so much for
the mirror, we love it.

Oh, wow, really, thank you,
it feels so good to hear.

Get away from him, get away!

You’re done, you’re done!

Don’t touch my wife, don’t touch me,

don’t come to my house, and
don’t come back to church.

What is your problem?

I’m sorry, Pastor Zach,

I forgot that the house of
God is no place for sinners.

Are you okay?

The back of my head is kinda hurting.

I’m trying to protect you,
you have to understand that.

You’re the only one who
has a problem with him, Zach.

Maybe I shouldn’t be.

Doesn’t he ever give up?

Great, he probably
wants his mirror back.

Evie, where’s James?

He’s in his shop.

I bet he’d love some company.

Here you go.

So Zach has been very angry lately.

I mean, the man brings us a gift,

and the next day he
kicks him out of church.

Thank you.

He’s reminding me of
old Zach, and it scares me.

Why is he so upset?

He has this irrational fear

that there’s something
going on between us.

Is it irrational?

Yes, obviously, I mean, maybe the guy

has a little crush on me,

but I’m not attracted to him at all.

I just wanna be a good neighbor.

So you’re not enjoying how this crush

might be making Pastor
Zach a little jealous?

No!

I don’t know, maybe.

Zach is always a superstar.

I mean, everyone loves Pastor Zach,

which they should,
he’s an amazing man,

when he’s not acting
like a crazy person.

And where am I?

In his shadow, always, and
nobody even knows who I am.

That is not true.
- It feels true.

So I guess it was nice
to be noticed for once,

and I’ve never seen Zach jealous ever.

It made me feel wanted.

Amber, be careful about using jealousy

to gain the attention of your husband.

It only backfires.

Look, I get it, as
women it makes us feel

like our husbands are fighting for us,

but really it just pushes them away,

and sometimes into the arms of someone

who they might find more trustworthy.

Okay, why do I feel like I’m supposed

to be reading into that?

How well do you know Pastor
Zach’s assistant, Britney?

We recently found out that
he’s been sending her

little gifts and notes on occasion.

What kinds of gifts?

Flowers, chocolates.

We did have a conversation with her,

and she said it hadn’t
gone any further than that.

James is gonna have a talk with Zach.

What did the note say?

It’s not important.

Oh, but it is important.

Are we talking, thanks
for doing a great job,

or thanks for being so pretty?

Amber, guard your heart and your family.

You’re on the front lines

and you’re doing important
work for the kingdom,

and sometimes that puts
you in way of attack.

All this, it’s just a distraction.

Amber.

I just need my tablet.

Okay, um, okay.

It’s a beautiful bouquet.

Amber, I...

We have a son, Alex.

You know that.

He’s seven, he’ll
be eight in January.

Alex is a very sweet boy.

Yeah, like his daddy.

He needs his daddy,
and I need his daddy.

You’re beautiful.

There’s gonna be a
single man out there

who’s very lucky to be with you.

Please don’t ruin my marriage.

I won’t.

We never did anything.

He sent some gifts, but it
never went anywhere, I swear.

He’s actually not
flirty around me at all.

He’s all business.

It’s actually very confusing.
- Thank you.

Hi, Evie.

Yeah, we spoke briefly.

Sorry, yeah, I
shouldn’t have done that.

I just needed to know.

No, I understand, I
appreciate your friendship.

Alex, come on inside, time for lunch.

Alex!

What, oh, I’m sorry, I just...

I don’t see Alex.

He was just here.

Hey, how’s it going.

Here you go.
- Thank you so much.

Would you like cream or sugar with that?

Oh, no, I’m fine, thank you though.

Have a great day!
- You, too.

Hey there, young man.
- Hey.

Oh, hey, dude.
- Yeah.

Can you help me out?
- What can I do for you?

Cool, I gotta deliver these flowers

to some chick named Britney.

I was wondering if
you knew where she was.

I can take ’em.
- Great.

Thanks, bro.
- Yeah, you bet.

What can I do for you, boss?

Hey, man, so I totaled
my car a few days ago,

and it was dragged here.

I was wondering if I could
have a quick look at it.

Any particular reason?

Yeah, my brakes went out and
I guess in all the confusion

I didn’t really get a
chance to look and see if...

You think somebody
snipped ’em, don’t you?

Am I that obvious?

I get people in here every now and then

thinking someone’s
trying to knock ’em off,

but I gotta tell you,
brother, it doesn’t happen,

unless of course, you know,
you’re fooling around

with somebody’s wife.

This was a bad idea,
but thank you very much.

Dude, it’s cool,
it’s right out back.

If you wanna look at it,
we’ll go look at it.

All right, let’s do it.
- Are you cool with that?

All right, cool.
- Thanks, man.

Sprinkling Can, where we grow memories.

This is Katie, how may
I brighten your day?

Yeah, hey there, this is Pastor James

with Life House Church.

How are you doing?

Oh hi, Pastor James, how are you?

Good, good.

Hey, I have a favor to ask of you.

Yeah, absolutely, I’ll do what I can.

Yeah, we have a staff member, Britney,

who’s been getting some
deliveries from a coworker,

and we’re gonna need that to stop.

Could you please
refuse any future orders

from Zach Reynolds?

Wait, so there really
is a Zach Reynolds?

Yeah, yeah, he’s the guy
that’s been ordering the flowers?

Zach Reynolds, 1010 Pleasant Oak Street.

No, they’re being sent
from a Zach Reynolds,

but that is not the
name on the credit card,

and I don’t think that’s
even the right address here.

Let me take a look.

Yeah, it’s being sent from
1006 Pleasant Oak Street,

which is probably next door.

Do you want me to go ahead
and put a block on it?

Hello?

Yes, yeah, please, thank you.

Step one, locate the brake line.

Usually, it’ll be right up under here.

Oh, that’s different, okay.

What?

Hey, Evie.

Amber?

No, no, I haven’t seen her.

What’s wrong?

Well, it’s probably nothing,

but I was just talking to
Amber about 10 minutes ago,

and she said she couldn’t find Alex.

She said she’d call me
back when she found him,

but I still haven’t heard from her.

I just tried calling her
back and she didn’t answer.

Have you heard anything?

What, no!

Hey, boss, might you
have yourself an enemy?

No, why?

Well, I hate to be the
one to break it to you,

but this thing’s cut clean.

Evie, I gotta go.

Thank you for this.

You better stop messing around
with those married women.

There’s a lot of
crazy dudes out there.

Wow.

Alex, Alex!

Hello!

Hello, is anybody...

Alex?

Alex?

Alex?

Alex?

Alex?

I was hoping you’d come.

I’m looking for Alex.

Oh, I wish you hadn’t seen that.

But you won’t tell anyone, will you?

It will be our little secret.

I won’t.

Have you seen Alex?

Do you wanna watch?

I caught some great moments
of you and Pastor Zach.

You can learn a lot about someone

by watching them when
they don’t know it.

Pastor Zach speaks
very differently of me

when I’m not there.

I don’t think he likes me very much.

But not you.

You stand up for me.

Mm, I like that.

Alex!

14 minutes and 37 seconds.

Alex, we need to go home right now.

But mom, we’re watching a movie.

Can we stay, please?

It’s important to
always know where Alex is.

They say it takes as
little as six minutes

alone with a stranger
for a child to be abused.

Alex, come up the stairs now!

You know where I heard that?

The news.

You know how I know it’s true?

Because they were talking about me.

Isn’t that funny?

Alex, let’s go.

Just a minute.
- Now!

Six minutes away from my mother,

I was six years old at the time.

Six days away from my seventh birthday.

Six, six, six.

I always figured that’s
why they called it

the devil’s number.

I don’t like talking about it much,

but I feel so close to you,

like I can tell you anything,

and you’ll still love me.

Bye, Alex.

Come back soon.

I don’t want you to ever go
over to a stranger’s house

without me again, do you understand?

He’s not a stranger.

Don’t go to anyone’s
house without me.

Why?

Come here.

I want you to lock this door
and don’t open it for anyone,

including me, okay?

But why?

I love you.

Who is it?

Who’s there?

Hello?

Hi, Amber!

I’m sorry I startled you.

Please open the door, we need to talk.

My husband’s on his
way home from work.

He’ll be here any minute.

You need to go.

I just really need to talk to you.

You really need to go home now.

Mommy?

It’s okay, Alex!

I know you keep an
extra key in the kitchen,

so I made a copy while you were out.

I hope you don’t mind.

Please leave us alone.

Okay, but you know, Amber,
you don’t have to worry.

I would never hurt
you, I just wanna talk.

I don’t feel like
talking, please go now.

Okay, but we’re still friends, right?

I hope this doesn’t make
things awkward between us.

Sure, yes, of course.

Okay, okay, good, good.

I’ll leave, I’ll leave, okay.

Oh, I did, I brought you something.

It’s right...

Yes, I’d love to come in,

thank you.

Come on, come on.

Thanks for calling the Reynolds.

Please leave a message.

Amber, Amber,

please, if you’re there, pick up now.

Sorry, Pastor Zach, she’s unavailable.

Amber, I need you to pick
up the phone right now.

Okay, Amber, I’m gonna
be there in five minutes.

I’ll be right there.

Thanks for the tip.

Don’t wait up.

Hey, I gotta a crazy idea,

you wanna get married?

We can do it in the old city church

where Grandmamma and Pops got married.

They would like that very much.

You want to?

Yeah, me, too.

Amber, Alex, Amber!

Amber, Alex!

Daddy?
- Yes.

Oh, thank God, you’re okay.

Where is mommy?

He took her to the old church.

Who took her?

The man next door.

Okay, come on, come on, come on.

Alex, you had us a little worried.

Where’s Amber?

I’m going to pick her up right now.

If you could just watch
Alex-- - Yeah, sure.

That would just be great.

You know what, it’s
a little cold out here,

how about we go get
some hot chocolate, okay?

Isn’t this beautiful?

Come on, there’s more.

Grandmamma used to
bring me every Sunday.

This was my classroom.

I liked the stories of Jesus.

They said he loved me,

but his people didn’t.

They said I was strange,

everyone except for Miss
Hanson, my Sunday School teacher.

She was nice,

like you.

Then she got married, she moved away.

I didn’t wanna come back here anymore.

They used to chase me
down these hallways.

I can still...

I can still hear them laughing at me.

I don’t know why
they didn’t like me.

I guess I just didn’t fit in.

Oh yeah, imagine what people would think

if they saw me here with you.

They’d be so jealous!

Ready, you ready?

Come on, it’s okay, don’t worry.

It’s okay, it’s okay.

You don’t have to be scared.

Let her go!

Amber, are you okay, has he hurt you?

She doesn’t wanna be with you.

She doesn’t wanna be with you anymore

’cause she doesn’t like mean people.

We’re gonna be happy together.

We’re gonna have a happy life.

Go ahead, tell him.

Tell him.

You don’t wanna be with me?

Then nobody does.

You win, Pastor Zach.

You always win.

Go ahead, I’d do it if
the tables were turned.

There’s no witnesses.

No one will even know I’m gone.

I’m not gonna shoot you.

Oh, come on, drop the pastor act.

We both know who you really are.

No, you know who I was.

That’s not me anymore.

God changed me, he can change you, too.

You wanna change me so badly,

you don’t even know who I am.

Of course, I do.

Really?

What’s my name?

I don’t think you ever told me.

You never asked.

Nobody ever asks.

You didn’t care about me.

I wasn’t a person,
I was just a project,

just another notch on your pulpit.

I’m not perfect, you’re right,

but that doesn’t mean that
God doesn’t love you perfectly.

He knows your name and he loves you.

No, he doesn’t.

He does love you.

I know it doesn’t always feel
like he does, but it’s true.

No, he doesn’t.
- Zach.

It’s okay.

No, no, no.

He wants to be

in a relationship with you.

No, nobody does.

Run!

Hey, are we getting
married today or what?

Pastor Zach is out of the picture.

There’s nothing holding us back now.

What did you do to Zach?

What did you do to him?

Zach?

Zach?

Wake up, dear friend, come on, please.

Do you think God is mad at me?

No, come on, come on.

No, no, no, hey, come on, just breathe.

Keep breathing, come on, keep breathing.

Rob Thompson is gone.

This is where I’m
supposed to celebrate

or feel some sense of
relief, but I don’t.

I was right about him, but
he was right about me, too.

I didn’t care about him.

I thought I did, but
I didn’t, not really.

He was a project to me.

Everyone always has been to some degree.

Do I even know how to love
someone for real, like Jesus?

Or has my whole life been a show?

You can’t keep beating
yourself up forever over this.

Don’t go.

Let us love you and
Amber back to restoration.

No, I can’t.

How can I teach?

How can I tell them
to love their neighbors

after what I did?

What happened that
night was not your fault.

You didn’t have a choice, Zach.

No, but I made a lot of
choices that led up to that.

I didn’t love my neighbor.

I’m not a good person,
not good enough to preach.

Neither am I, none of
us are, you get that?

I mean, we’re all in
need of God’s grace.

I’m the pastor, I’m not
supposed to need his grace.

You’re not getting into
heaven without it, brother.

Take it easy, pastor.

Break time.

What’s up, brother?

My name’s Jonas.

Zach.

What you got there, Zach, baloney?

Man, I haven’t had a
baloney sandwich in years.

You know, I been watching you, brother.

You’re the hardest
working dude in this place,

but I never see you
smile or talk to anybody.

What’s your story?

I don’t really have one.

I doubt that, we all got a story.

You know what I see when I look at you?

No.

I see someone who’s hurting,

someone who’s tried to do
the right thing with their life,

but for some reason, you
just keep coming up short.

You know, maybe you’ve missed the mark

and now you feel hopeless and lost,

like God couldn’t
possibly love you anymore.

Yeah, I’ve felt that way, too.

But you know, God
doesn’t love like we do.

He doesn’t disown us,
he doesn’t cheat on us,

he doesn’t divorce
us when we let him down.

His love is greater than that.

No, you don’t know me.

You don’t know what I’ve done.

God couldn’t use me.

Zach, I’m looking at me
and I’m looking at you.

I bet my peanut butter
sandwich against your baloney

that I’ve done a lot worse,

and he uses me every day.

You don’t have to be perfect

to be loved by God and to serve him.

You just have to be
willing and obedient.

Why are you telling me this?

Because you’re my neighbor,

and God’s real big on his kids

reaching out to our neighbors.

You just got the call back brother.

The question is, what
are you gonna do about it?