Do you want to go
from sickness to health?
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Well, stay
tuned... to meet our guest
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who's going to tell
you just how to do it...
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My name is Yvonne
Lewis and you're watching
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Urban Report...
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Hello and welcome
to Urban Report...
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My guest today is Rico Hill
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Co-Director of the Beehive
and host of Dare to Dream's
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wellness program...
From Sickness to Health...
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Welcome to Urban
Report Rico... yeah...
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Hello Yvonne, thank you
so much for having me on...
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this is exciting... Oh,
I'm so excited to have you
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and I'm so excited for you
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to talk to us about...
From Sickness to Health...
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What a great program it is...
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and it's just so... jam packed
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with spiritual insights
and humor and all that...
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How did you come
up with that concept?
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Where did that
concept come from?
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Well the concept came
really out of, you know,
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we do lots of
health lectures and talks
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and what we find... is
that people really are afraid
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of health
talks... let's be honest...
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they always think... that he's
going to take away my cheese
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he's going to take away
the things that I like...
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so, when we
thought about how we wanted
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to present the health message,
we thought that it would be
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best to do it in a way that...
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that's humorous...
that brings some levity
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and some... just some
lightheartedness to it...
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to make it more palatable
so, we've tried to figure out
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ways... of how of to do that
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and we just sort of saw that
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when people are
laughing... it's easy for them
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to really be able to
receive and appreciate
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something that they
otherwise might reject...
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so that really
was the heart of it...
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And that's so true, you know,
you have to, I think, temper
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some of the very serious points
with a little bit of humor
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because then... they
say, "A spoonful of sugar
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helps the medicine go
down... " we don't want sugar...
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we want agave... but,
you know, it just helps
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to take the
information and process it
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a little bit better
when you have some humor
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Exactly... Before we
talk really about the
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Program... I'd love for
our viewers to know a bit
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more about you... and Jared...
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who is the "featured
sickness" aka "Blue Guy"
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in this... our new Program
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tell us a bit about
you... where did you come from,
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and how did you
get into hosting...
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into the business itself?
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Well, I have a
television background
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I... for ten years worked for
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MTV Nickelodeon
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doing kids'
programming and then after that
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I was at Turner
Broadcasting for about 2 years
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so I've had about 12-13 years
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of television experience...
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I was a television executive
so, I'm really not coming
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at this from a
health standpoint...
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so I was just telling you
where did the health portion
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of this come from? I
just became very passionate
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about health...
when years and years ago,
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my mother was very sick
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and taking many medications
and none of them were helping
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so I began to study and
study and study about health
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became very passionate
about it and helping her...
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and I just fell into it... and
I just really took hold of it
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and even... that was the thing
that led me into our Faith...
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you know, coming
into this Church...
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and so I studied my way
into becoming a vegetarian
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and then when I
came into the Church...
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I saw that people
ate the way that I ate...
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I was like, "I'm home...
this is home... " you know
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so, anyway, so my background
really is in television
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and I left it... to do ministry,
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and I never thought that I was
going to go back into television
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Isn't it funny how God
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will take you
away from something
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and then lead
you back into it...
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but not in the same
way... Absolutely...
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so now you're doing
Christian Programming versus
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programming for the world...
you gave me several nuggets
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here that I
would like to unpack...
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the first one... is...
your television background...
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because I think that it's
important for viewers to know
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that you come... to the table...
with so much experience...
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what all did you do for MTV and
Turner... what were you doing?
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Okay... at MTV Nickelodeon
I was a Creative Executive...
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so, I actually would
develop programs so I would take
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pitches for a program and then
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I also did current series...
and that is basically...
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taking a show from an
idea to... it actually being
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on television... so
I would hire writers...
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I would hire artists,
I would hire every aspect
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of the show... pretty
much like a Producer...
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but for the Network side...
in fact it was Production...
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so I was sort of a liaison...
between the creative community
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and the Network itself...
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so I had to find
the talent... for talent
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I had to, you know,
sort of shepherd the projects
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from soup to nuts... from A to Z
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and actually
present something that was
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going to be... a "hit"
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because, you know,
in secular television...
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it's got to be a
hit... It's got to be a hit...
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hits doesn't last very long...
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I was actually able to
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to get a few hits...
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hit programs
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while I was there and then
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I was recruited by
Turner Broadcasting
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moved to Atlanta, to
be a Vice President of
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Programming and
Acquisitions so it was about
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finding shows internationally
but also programming the Network
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and I'm going to be
very straight with you...
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I absolutely hated
this secular aspect of it
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because it was programming
more than just the channel
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it was, in all
honesty, programming minds...
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Yes, yes, yes...
that... is such an important
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point because
television is not just
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entertainment...
television shapes values
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television makes a difference
in people's hearts and minds
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in terms of their
values so just like...
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you have secular television
which has really been claimed
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for Satan... so we
have Christian television
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which... we're really trying to
reclaim television for Christ...
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so, that is such a
good point Brother Rico
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that, you know,
television is a medium
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for making a difference...
either for good... or for evil.
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Absolutely...
yep... So how did you...
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I know how you
now got into health...
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because your mom was ill,
and so you started studying
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and you developed
a passion for it...
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at what point... did you...
how did you find the Lord...
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in secular television
I just want to say this,
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when you're in the industry
it is such a seductive thing...
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that you can just get so
caught up... out there...
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that you don't even realize
that you are just drifting
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and drifting... and
drifting so how did you
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find Jesus...
how did that happen?
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Well, you know,
it was interesting...
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I used to write
with a very popular...
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I'm not going to say his name,
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but a very popular television
producer and screenwriter...
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we used to write
movies together...
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he was... he was...
oh, he is an Adventist
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Christian and he and I
used to write movies together
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and he would
share things with me...
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and sort of
introduced me to things...
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but then... I
began to write on my own
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and I was also... sort of...
believe it or not... Yvonne...
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I was actually out
there even acting...
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and I was, like,
two years on the road...
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doing some theater productions
and it was a national tour
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when I came out of it...
I said, I'm going to do it
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I'm going to write
my own thing I did it...
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to make the long story
short I premiered this thing
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in Los Angeles and it
seemed like the Lord was just
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going to bless it... and I
was getting all these accolades
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and then all...
everything broke loose...
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I'll just say
that... You can say "hell"
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because "hell" is in the
Bible, I know, but this is...
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this is a family program so...
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so anyway... everything
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just fell apart...
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and God was just
getting my attention...
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and then... I sort of...
I'm from Washington, D.C.
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and I went back
home and I just like...
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I had to figure
this thing out...
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how was it that
God would give me...
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what I thought
was a good idea...
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and then... it
just all fell apart...
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and... I'm cutting out a lot
of details to get to the point
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but it was there that
I began to seek Him out
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and study and say,
"Okay, Lord, you're going to
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show me why this didn't
work the way I thought it would"
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and that same particular guy
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who is a filmmaker...
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he said, "You know
what, if you read the Bible
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from cover to cover...
God will reveal to you...
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not only what happened
but also, He'll give you...
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all your money back...
because I lost a lot of money
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right... He made a
guarantee for God huh.
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Oh man! He told me that...
and I didn't know anything
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back then... and I'm
like, "All right, I'll accept
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your challenge"...
so I began to read the
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Bible from cover to cover...
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and I was so skeptical...
I didn't believe that...
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I'm like, "Awww that
doesn't make sense... "
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I still have the
Bible by-the-way...
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where all my little comments...
"Awww that doesn't make sense"
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"That's inconsistent... "
"How could that have happened"
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and before I knew it
Yvonne, I was saying...
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"Wow! God is awesome... " Yes...
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"Wow! look at
what God did there... "
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so before I knew
it... the Lord said,
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"Okay, You're ready" so
I started going to Church,
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Sunday Church...
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and I just didn't
feel very comfortable...
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I said there's greater
truth than this... I know it...
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because it see it in the
Bible, so someone... you know,
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oh! I had prayed to God... and
said, "Lord, what is the truth
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you must tell me the
truth... or I'm going to go
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back out into the world... "
and then... not 7 days went by,
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that someone called me and said,
"Have you heard of the Sabbath?"
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And I was like...
"Sort of" you know...
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and he said, "You got to
go to these meetings... "
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It was Net '96
Mark Finley preaching...
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I went to it... and
when they asked the question
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"Does anybody have any
questions in the audience...?"
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and I was like... "How do I
get baptized in this Church?"
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Oh! beautiful...
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That's my story...
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That's beautiful... you know...
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isn't it fascinating how
God closed those doors...
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shut them down when
everything broke loose
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and you could not...
you could not figure out
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which way to go...
it drew you to God...
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Oh yes... And it
drew you to start
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searching... and once
you started that search...
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you found Him...
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because when we search for Him
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with our whole hearts...
we'll find Him... right?
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The Bible guarantees it...
Yes, yes, yes... you found Him
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and then... you've been really,
really... sharing that light...
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because I know Pr. Marquis
Johns who is our host for
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The New
Journey... one of our hosts
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for The New Journey,
said that you were responsible
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for bringing him to the truth...
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so, how did... tell
us just a little bit
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about that... if you would...
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because that's an
interesting story too...
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That is... you know... the
way to connect those dots is
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it's probably a good
thing because, you know,
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I know he's on the Program...
and I just want to say that
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I'm absolutely proud of
him because I knew him when
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and here's the six
degrees of separation...
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because... the
thing that I wrote...
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I actually cast
him as the Lead...
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That program
that flopped? Yes...
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Oh wow! he was the Lead...
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he was a... at the time
he was a hip-hop artist...
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he was absolutely
talented and, you know,
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I was in the hip-hop
and R and B and so was he
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and we lived in the
same area and I said,
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"Man, you're a
star... I can see it"
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but little did I know
God had other plans for him,
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and God began to tell me...
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"He is not that...
he is a preacher... "
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and then... once I
came into the Church...
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I started studying with Marquis
and... well first with his wife,
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she was interested and
she sort of brought him along
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you know, kicking and screaming,
you know, his high-top sneakers
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and his braids... I mean...
you wouldn't even recognize
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the guy... but anyway... it
was six years that I would go
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to his house and
give him Bible Studies...
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and oftentimes... he
was... he had a recording deal
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and all that... and
sometimes I would show up
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and he would say, "Man... "
sometimes he'd call me at like
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I always like to get to
this part of the story...
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he would call me
sometimes at about midnight...
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2:00 in the morning...
because, you know, how people
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record in hip-hop...
people there in the studio
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late at night... and he'd say,
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"I want a Bible
Study man... can you come
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and give me a Bible Study...
" and I would drag myself
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out of bed... At 2:00
o'clock in the morning?
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Yes... I would... yes...
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Now, that some
dedication Brother...
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Dragged myself out of bed...
I would get my dry-erase board,
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my Bible... because
it was not just him...
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it was all of his
crew... about 5 or 6 of them...
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so I would go there...
and I'd get to the studio
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and I'd be waiting
out in the lobby and
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he'd say, "You know what, it's
not going to happen tonight. "
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and I would be so
mad... I would be so hot...
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and God would
say, "That's okay... "
00:14:12.62\00:14:15.20
he's my
preacher... keep going... "
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and I'd say, "No, I'm
done... I'm done with this... "
00:14:17.78\00:14:20.42
and God would
say, "Keep going... "
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so the Lord...
and I always say that
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I would say to him, "You know
Marquis... I'm not a prophet
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or a son of a
prophet... but God has said that
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you're going to be a
preacher" and eventually
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I baptized him and his
wife... What a blessing...
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Six years... Six
years... that shows...
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see for our viewers... that have
been working with some people
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and they just doesn't
seem to be moving forward
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hang in there... because the
Holy Spirit is working on them
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and look at
this... it took 6 years but
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Pr. Marquis Johns
is a pastor now...
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So, that's such a blessing...
Who was right... me or the Lord?
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Pardon me... Who was
right... me or the Lord?
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That's right... we
know that's a rhetorical
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question right... Yes...
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so, of course... what a
blessing that has been that you
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not only did you
learn what was true...
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you shared it with others...
and you can see the fruits
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of that... and we're
benefiting from that as well
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with him as a host... so
now... we're coming to you
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as a host of your
own program... now...
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From Sickness to Health...
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Where did that name come from?
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Well, you know... we
looked at a lot of names
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it kind of has a double
meaning, and we really wanted
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something that would
include what's the essence
00:15:39.67\00:15:42.42
of the Program but
also, sort of, speaks to
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the objective... of the Program,
and, what we find is that
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and talking with people
and doing health lectures
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we find that people are sick...
yeah... and they're sick and
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they don't know why they're
sick but the real reason...
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the underlying reasons
are because they accepted
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a belief system, a value
system, that accepted tradition
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they are even downright
myths and lies... you know...
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so, in essence...
what we want to do is
00:16:20.79\00:16:22.69
we want to take
people from myth to reality
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from lies to truth,
we want to take them
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from sickness to
health... Come on... come on...
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And see, for us, we
wanted to take a step further
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and say, let's have two sides...
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because a lot of
times on health programs...
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you just have someone who's
talking at you about health...
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and it sort of ignores
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what those lies and those
myths, and those traditions are
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but we want to sort
of embrace them first...
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and we do it... by the
personification of an individual
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my partner, Jared, who
is "Sickness the Blue Guy"
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and... so we're kind
of going from his ideas...
00:17:02.09\00:17:05.48
and his ideas are
exactly what your viewers
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are going to be saying...
"Well, I love my bacon... "
00:17:08.88\00:17:11.26
"Milk tastes good" you know,
00:17:11.29\00:17:13.68
"What's wrong
with grilled cheese?"
00:17:13.72\00:17:16.43
"I've been eating it
all my life," you know,
00:17:16.47\00:17:18.71
or, you know, sugar
"Hey, is sugar... diabetes...
00:17:18.74\00:17:22.18
it's been in my family
for years my momma had it,
00:17:22.21\00:17:25.62
her momma had it...
and it's only likely
00:17:25.66\00:17:28.30
that I would have it"
but see... that's false...
00:17:28.33\00:17:30.90
so, he's going to
espouse those things
00:17:30.93\00:17:34.53
he's going to exalt
those kinds of things
00:17:34.70\00:17:36.95
and then we're
going to tear it down...
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Oh, I love it... with
the truth... with the Bible
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and science and good research.
And that is so, so, rich...
00:17:42.13\00:17:46.54
because, it's not going
to just be... another health
00:17:46.58\00:17:50.57
program where you
need a neck-brace on
00:17:50.61\00:17:52.91
to keep you from having
whiplash because it's so boring
00:17:52.95\00:17:56.31
it's going to be something
that's really interesting
00:17:56.34\00:17:59.99
and it's a phenomenal
program, we have a picture
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of your partner,
Jared, as the "Blue Guy"
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and we want to show it...
now tell us about that picture
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All right... well... we
thought about this, you know,
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when you think about sickness,
there are a lot of ways
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to characterize
sickness... and we often say,
00:18:22.24\00:18:24.78
"Well, today I'm feeling
blue" so blue is sometimes
00:18:24.82\00:18:27.98
associated with being sick...
or just kind of down or sad
00:18:28.02\00:18:31.32
so we wanted him...
now he happens to be
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a Caucasian gentleman
my partner is a Caucasian
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and, you know, so, we said,
00:18:38.41\00:18:40.62
"We got to give
you some color man... "
00:18:40.66\00:18:41.85
And the color blue was perfect,
you know, and I was like...
00:18:41.88\00:18:49.82
okay, this could
be way out there...
00:18:49.85\00:18:52.44
but at the same time we
wanted him to really be the
00:18:52.48\00:18:56.12
manifestation of
what sickness is like...
00:18:56.15\00:18:59.97
so, I don't know if
you showed the pictures out
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but it's kind of wild... and...
but you know what's funny Yvonne
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What? We were on
Hollywood Boulevard
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doing "Man on the Street"
and he was just asking people
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the questions and
seeing how many people have
00:19:09.66\00:19:11.34
agreed with him and his "ideas"
00:19:11.38\00:19:13.88
"of health"...
and you know what?
00:19:13.92\00:19:16.53
it was as if... there
not even a beat skipped...
00:19:16.56\00:19:20.71
it was like... he fit in
so perfectly in Hollywood...
00:19:20.74\00:19:23.65
They were just
saying, "Oh, a blue guy...
00:19:23.69\00:19:25.98
that's normal... "
00:19:26.01\00:19:27.09
So nobody was really staring
00:19:27.13\00:19:31.82
at him or anything
because it's Hollywood, right?
00:19:31.85\00:19:34.05
It's Hollywood...
the thing that they were
00:19:34.09\00:19:36.72
reacting to more was
that they saw that we were
00:19:36.75\00:19:38.97
shooting a show...
they wanted to know
00:19:39.00\00:19:40.53
where could they find the show
and people that we interviewed
00:19:40.57\00:19:43.77
they were very excited about,
the concept of the Program
00:19:43.80\00:19:47.41
and so, yeah, it was
really interesting...
00:19:47.44\00:19:50.95
That is so
great... so what do you want
00:19:50.98\00:19:54.03
the take-away to be
with this program...
00:19:54.06\00:19:57.04
like... what are you
looking to achieve with it?
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Well, first and foremost, we
want to see people... healthy
00:19:59.75\00:20:03.98
especially
within our Communities
00:20:04.01\00:20:05.71
I think we have the
highest incidence of all the
00:20:05.74\00:20:09.32
life-style
diseases... number one...
00:20:09.36\00:20:12.46
diseases
affecting African-Americans
00:20:12.49\00:20:15.52
heart disease... you know,
00:20:15.56\00:20:17.06
there are more
and more heart attacks
00:20:17.09\00:20:18.67
and they are
happening younger and younger...
00:20:18.71\00:20:20.37
cancer... diabetes
is at epidemic levels
00:20:20.40\00:20:25.81
and people think it's
normal and what we want to do is
00:20:25.85\00:20:29.28
we want to... we're
going to... shift that paradigm
00:20:29.31\00:20:31.43
through educating,
educating, educating
00:20:31.47\00:20:34.10
and just showing people
that this is not a reality...
00:20:34.13\00:20:37.20
this is something
that has been sold
00:20:37.23\00:20:39.50
to the American public
and we have... you know...
00:20:39.53\00:20:43.70
we're not going
to... on this program...
00:20:43.74\00:20:45.94
you know, attack
the healthcare system
00:20:45.98\00:20:48.11
but it's really kind of
a "Sickness-Care System"
00:20:48.15\00:20:52.42
where it sort of coddles
00:20:52.45\00:20:54.53
and takes care of you
00:20:54.56\00:20:56.58
while you're in
sickness, so we want people
00:20:56.61\00:20:58.34
to have a shift... number one...
00:20:58.37\00:21:00.13
number two we want people to see
00:21:00.16\00:21:02.57
the harmony of
the physical health
00:21:02.61\00:21:05.23
and spiritual
health, there's a parallel...
00:21:05.26\00:21:07.77
you know, when we talk
about... we have an episode
00:21:07.80\00:21:11.62
that's called,
"Here comes the Sun"
00:21:11.65\00:21:14.75
and it's about getting
out and getting sunlight
00:21:14.79\00:21:17.77
right now... there are epidemic
00:21:17.81\00:21:20.66
levels of Vitamin D deficiency
00:21:20.70\00:21:23.20
amongst all people
00:21:23.24\00:21:25.73
including... and
almost especially...
00:21:25.76\00:21:27.64
African Americans
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.17
we don't get out in the
sun, we've been so unaware of it
00:21:29.20\00:21:32.98
Absolutely... I
think we don't realize
00:21:33.02\00:21:35.23
the importance of sunlight...
00:21:35.27\00:21:36.87
we don't realize that we need
it we don't think we need a tan
00:21:36.91\00:21:40.46
or whatever... and so we don't
have to get out in the sun...
00:21:40.49\00:21:42.66
No, we need to be in
the sun for the Vitamin D
00:21:42.69\00:21:45.82
that's how our
bodies process the Vitamin D
00:21:45.86\00:21:48.92
so we need to get the
sunlight for the Vitamin D...
00:21:48.95\00:21:51.94
Exactly... and we
want to communicate that...
00:21:51.98\00:21:55.11
well, so we want to... so
"Sickness" is going to take
00:21:55.15\00:22:00.23
the role of, "You know what?
you need to be afraid of the sun
00:22:00.27\00:22:03.22
it's bad... put on sunblock"
00:22:03.26\00:22:06.08
and you know, and then
we sort of... tear that down
00:22:06.11\00:22:08.63
and show that we don't
need to be afraid of the sun...
00:22:08.66\00:22:11.33
now we have to be respectful
have a healthy balance
00:22:11.36\00:22:13.99
for how we get out
there and get the sun
00:22:14.03\00:22:16.60
and at the right times...
judiciously and all that
00:22:16.63\00:22:20.01
but then... we
sort of take that from
00:22:20.04\00:22:22.74
the physical sun that actually
gives life to the planet
00:22:22.77\00:22:26.93
that warms us...
actually hits our skin
00:22:26.97\00:22:29.81
and converts
our good cholesterol
00:22:29.84\00:22:32.65
to Vitamin D which functions
00:22:32.68\00:22:34.08
more as a hormone
and gives us strong bones
00:22:34.11\00:22:36.49
and teeth and
good hair with that...
00:22:36.53\00:22:38.14
but at the same time, we
also need the "Son" because
00:22:38.17\00:22:42.81
Malachi 4:2 says, For
those who fear my name,
00:22:42.85\00:22:46.85
shall the Sun of Righteousness
arise with healing in his wings
00:22:46.88\00:22:50.43
Come on... It is
talking about Christ
00:22:50.46\00:22:53.11
so we need not be
afraid of that "Son" either...
00:22:53.15\00:22:55.91
but embrace Him
who warms our lives...
00:22:55.94\00:22:58.65
who brings us health and healing
and there's a beautiful parallel
00:22:58.69\00:23:02.91
so we want
people... to walk away saying,
00:23:02.94\00:23:04.35
"Wow, I never saw... just how
the Bible and spiritual health
00:23:04.39\00:23:08.95
is so connected with
our physical health... "
00:23:08.98\00:23:10.82
That's so
great... see we're not...
00:23:10.85\00:23:13.52
one of the great things
about this program... to me...
00:23:13.56\00:23:17.24
is that... it's
not unidimensional
00:23:17.27\00:23:19.06
so, you're going to
have the health information
00:23:19.09\00:23:22.27
you're going to
have health experts...
00:23:22.31\00:23:24.87
in fact... explain the
structure of the Program to us
00:23:24.91\00:23:28.14
Oh, sure... so each
Program really... so it's...
00:23:28.17\00:23:32.04
we launch in with
an intro which is...
00:23:32.08\00:23:36.65
every time it's
myself and "Sickness"
00:23:36.69\00:23:41.20
I represent health and
I represent the lay person
00:23:41.23\00:23:45.20
because I'm not a
health-care professional
00:23:45.23\00:23:47.80
but I want to be the
guy who's like everybody
00:23:47.83\00:23:50.33
who's out there wondering
how I can have better health...
00:23:50.36\00:23:52.59
I happen to have a
passion for health for myself
00:23:52.62\00:23:55.04
and for others so, I'm
going to represent that,
00:23:55.08\00:23:57.46
and he's going to
represent sickness...
00:23:57.49\00:23:58.61
and so we start the
Show off, the Program off
00:23:58.65\00:24:01.85
with him saying "You
know what... I love soda,
00:24:01.88\00:24:05.05
I drink plenty
of soda" and I say,
00:24:05.09\00:24:06.39
"Well, you need
water, it's better"
00:24:06.43\00:24:07.73
we show the dynamics...
and then... I basically say,
00:24:07.76\00:24:10.69
"Well, stick around and we're
going to see what's true... "
00:24:10.73\00:24:13.63
Right... and we go from there
00:24:13.66\00:24:16.51
to the studio
where I'm sitting down
00:24:16.54\00:24:17.87
with a health-care professional
who brings all the credibility
00:24:17.91\00:24:21.57
to all the things
that I am sharing...
00:24:21.60\00:24:23.09
and they'll bring in
00:24:23.12\00:24:24.88
their points and
they'll bring in their research
00:24:24.91\00:24:26.81
and get this Yvonne,
we bring in... video clips
00:24:26.85\00:24:31.19
you know, that are news
clips that really corroborate
00:24:31.22\00:24:34.64
what we're saying and it just...
00:24:34.67\00:24:36.74
at the end of the
day you're saying,
00:24:36.78\00:24:38.78
"Wow! that is so clear, I
have to make a choice... "
00:24:38.82\00:24:42.27
I have to make a decision...
so, while that's going on
00:24:42.30\00:24:45.91
we always want to
give the other side...
00:24:45.95\00:24:48.40
the "dark side" of sickness...
00:24:48.44\00:24:51.65
you know... a
chance to prove the point
00:24:51.68\00:24:54.32
so we send him to
do, "Man on the Street"
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.93
and he goes out and he asks
people, "Don't you love sugar?"
00:24:56.97\00:25:00.11
"Don't you love your
coffee?" "Don't you love... "
00:25:00.15\00:25:02.93
you know, we'll
ask all those questions
00:25:02.97\00:25:04.78
and they're like,
"Yes, I love it... "
00:25:04.81\00:25:06.56
"But why do you love it?"
and they don't know why...
00:25:06.59\00:25:08.30
"Is it good for you?"
they don't know why...
00:25:08.33\00:25:10.02
right... so then, he says,
"Well, it's clear down here
00:25:10.05\00:25:14.07
on the street...
they agree with me... "
00:25:14.10\00:25:16.07
back to you in the studio...
and then we take the things
00:25:16.10\00:25:19.78
that they say... we
line them up against
00:25:19.81\00:25:22.71
good, solid,
scientific research and say,
00:25:22.74\00:25:25.57
"Now, what's the truth
here?" and then, after that...
00:25:25.60\00:25:29.08
after we go through
the whole Program...
00:25:29.12\00:25:31.32
and myself with the doctor...
and going through these things,
00:25:31.36\00:25:34.07
we do an
outro... so we kind of...
00:25:34.10\00:25:35.90
come and summarize
the whole Program...
00:25:35.93\00:25:37.76
he's kind of like...
"Yeah... but I still believe
00:25:37.80\00:25:41.08
that my pork chops
are good for me... "
00:25:41.11\00:25:43.79
"I still love my
red meat" you know...
00:25:43.82\00:25:46.46
he'll say that and I'll say,
00:25:46.50\00:25:48.14
"Well, you've heard
it clear" and then...
00:25:48.17\00:25:49.54
I bring in the
Bible... and I sort of...
00:25:49.58\00:25:50.85
put it in a nice package
00:25:50.89\00:25:52.00
and then, we
sort of say, "Goodbye"
00:25:52.04\00:25:54.45
and then... as a nice
little tag during the credits...
00:25:54.49\00:25:57.42
he usually sort of
gets his comeuppance,
00:25:57.45\00:26:00.40
so, if he's been
pushing ice cream and milk...
00:26:00.44\00:26:04.64
and sugar and coffee...
00:26:04.68\00:26:06.88
we usually see him pretty sick
00:26:06.92\00:26:08.25
at the end of the Program...
00:26:08.28\00:26:09.54
This Program... I'm
just so thrilled with it...
00:26:09.57\00:26:16.43
I'm so excited for our
viewers to take a look at it...
00:26:16.46\00:26:19.64
and let us know which
ones they like the best
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and what they love about
it because I really think
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it's going to
make a strong impact
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both for health
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and for spirituality...
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and that's what
we're looking to do...
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Is there anything
else that you want to share
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before we end with our viewers
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about the Program
or what you're doing
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or any of that?
Well, I would just say
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that we are just
delighted to be working with
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Dare to Dream it has been...
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this is really
ordained... It is...
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it really is ordained because
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we had to have
conversations in the past...
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about different
programs we might be able to do
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and we sort of
went down this path
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and I don't know if
you know this or not...
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I was doing some
meetings down in the south...
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and I had mentioned that
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we were all about
getting into the cities...
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and sharing the health
message in the cities...
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and we can't do it fast
enough, and then someone raised
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their hand and said,
"Are you working with
00:27:18.48\00:27:19.68
Dare to Dream and
Dr. Yvonne Lewis?"
00:27:19.72\00:27:21.99
and I said, "You
know, I haven't so much even
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heard about the Program... "
00:27:24.78\00:27:26.65
and here I am now...
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Here you are... And
we're reaching the cities so
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Praise the Lord... you
see how God does things?
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You see how He
just ties up everything?
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Yes... God is so great...
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and I so
appreciate all that you do
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and all that you
have been doing...
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both for the
Dare to Dream Network
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as well as the cause of Christ.
Thank you for being with us...
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Thank you so much...
Thank you so much for having me,
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looking forward to
our time... Me too...
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Check your Dare to
Dream schedule for the
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days and times of this Program.
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Well, that's our
Program for today...
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Thanks for tuning
in... Tune in next time...
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It just wouldn't be
the same... without you...
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