In this episode Roger shares how each peak and valley strengthened his faith and helped him see how God works all things together for good. His book, a heartfelt compilation of stories and prose, encourages readers to embrace God’s divine plan and find purpose in every circumstance.

Raised in a small farm and ranch community in western Oklahoma, Roger grew up in a close-knit church environment that shaped his early faith — but also limited his understanding of God’s true character. His hunger for truth led him through seasons of both love and loss, pushing him to seek a deeper, more authentic relationship with God.

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Hi everybody, and welcome to the Power of

Authority Spotlight, where we shine the

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light on amazing people and stories and.

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And movements of people sharing their

story to make an impact in the world.

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And our guest today is somebody I'm

so excited for you to get to know.

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His name is Roger Fight, and he was

raised in a small farm and ranch

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community in Western Oklahoma.

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And during his years, he grew up in

a sheltered church environment that

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discouraged the pursuit of any other

teachings concerning the character of God.

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His hunger for truth took him through

many peaks and valleys of life as

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he experienced the blessings of

love and the heartache of loss.

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But his quest to know and learn led him

to embrace God's sovereignty greater

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with each turn of the path he walked.

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The writings of the book that he's

written, which we will be talking

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about today, misplaced cowboy writings.

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The writings of this book are a small

compilation of his stories and prose.

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Hopefully they're gonna inspire

you to embrace God's wonderful

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sovereignty and understand that

he works out the circumstances of

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their lives for their ultimate good.

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And I just couldn't be more

excited to bring you onto

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the show, Roger, so welcome.

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Thank you very much and

my pleasure to be here.

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Well, I remember when we first met

over the phone, uh, in fact, this is

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the first time you and I are actually

seeing each other over a Zoom because

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we've both admitted we don't love Zoom.

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But um, yeah.

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That's right.

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That's right.

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But we've had so many wonderful,

wonderful phone conversations, and

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I remember the first time us talking

and you sharing a couple stories that

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you had just been putting together,

and not sure yet if, if it, if it.

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Was enough or could be enough for a book.

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And I remember falling in love

with some of your stories and, and

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encouraged you to, to pursue it,

which I know you had already thought

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about, but I'm just so glad you did.

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And, um, but I'm, I'm so glad

our, our pass crossed, you

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know, over a, over a year ago.

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Great.

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Well, uh, I just, uh, I just hope that,

uh, as you said, writings of this book.

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Or something that will inspire somebody.

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Uh, I just, I come to the conclusion, uh,

prayed about it, and I, I figured if, if

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I could affect one person for the good,

for God's kingdom, then it's worth it.

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It absolutely is.

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And, and I do, we will jump into the

book in just a minute and some of the

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stories, but I would love for you to just

share, share your background, you know,

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what, what, where you, um, you know, what

you did throughout your career, where

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you come from, and anything about your

background that you'd just love to share.

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Well, uh, where do I start?

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I think you, uh, you kind of said it

a, a moment ago when you said that I

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was raised in a small farm and ranch

community out in western Oklahoma.

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And the, the community, uh, it was a

good community, but it, it, it, uh,

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the, uh, the spiritual background

there didn't promote a lot of.

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Looking forward.

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I mean, it was, uh, kind

of isolated, if you will.

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And, uh, that never sat well

with me, even as a young man.

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And so I ventured out and, uh, it was

a farming farm and ranch community.

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And I just, that's one of the reasons

I call myself a misplaced cowboy

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because through the years I have had.

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A little bit of farm and ranch

operations and few old cows,

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and that's where I feel at home.

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But, uh, anyway, I, I, uh, went

to university and got a, an

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accounting and economics degree.

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Uh, and I do a social science

degree in there because I thought

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I was gonna go into law school.

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Well, uh, you know, to, to, to

not belabor that I decided I

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had enough school schooling.

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And, uh, uh, besides that, I

wasn't sure that the, uh, integrity

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of a lawyer would suit me.

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No, I'm kidding.

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Bad joke here.

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You know why a snake

won't buy an attorney?

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Right.

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Professional courtesy.

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Anyway, bad jokes.

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My, my boys, I raised two sons and they

used to call me the king of corny jokes.

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But, uh, anyway, let's, let's go on.

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We digress.

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Yeah.

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Uh, but, uh, anyway, I got that and

I worked in oil and gas, uh, for.

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About 20 years, and I was always

in building and in construction.

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And, uh, we sold our company.

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And so I went full-time into, into

the construction mode and I built

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pretty much exclusively custom homes.

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Uh, I don't do a lot of speculative

or anything like that, but,

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uh, that's kind of been my path

from a business standpoint.

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Uh, raised, had two boys,

uh, uh, raised two sons.

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I have one that's I think.

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See he is 40 and 1 43.

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One lives here in this area in Oklahoma.

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He works for Integris Hospital Group.

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Uh, my oldest or my youngest son is a

digital animator and director for Pixar.

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And uh, uh, then my daughter

was killed in a car wreck.

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So, uh, you know, I had

a lot of things kind of.

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Uh, go around in my life.

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I, about 30 years ago, 32 years

ago, I got involved with a

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friend of mine and, uh, went on a

mission project in South America.

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And, uh, God really got a hold of

my heart there and, and, uh, and

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uh, is something that, uh, I knew

that I wanted to be involved in.

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And I kind of.

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Uh, pledged to him that

I wanted to do something.

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So I put together an organization to take,

to do a lot of volunteer missions and,

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uh, I, I put together an organization

called Building for Christ Limited.

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And, uh, what we did there wasn't,

I best I could tell there was

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only one organization similar

to it in Florida at the time.

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And so, uh, put that together and.

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We took groups from all

over the United States.

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Uh, different churches had had,

uh, funds that they wanted to

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share to build a church or build

a Christian school or something.

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Uh, and other churches didn't have

the funds, but they had the people.

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So I put those together and it worked

very well, and we, I've been privileged

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to be able to help, uh, build.

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I believe somewhere around 40 Christian

schools and churches in South America,

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Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, et cetera.

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And, uh, the, you know, and, and working

on four years ago, I lost my wife.

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And, uh, I've always written a little bit.

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Uh, talking about why I wrote

the book, I've always written

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a little bit and I enjoyed it.

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And I, and I, and I really like

to write in a prose type setting.

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And, uh, uh, some of the stories in

the book are, uh, are, are just stories

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of things that I've experienced in

South America or other, and then some

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are just, uh, uh, just a little, just

short, I don't know what you call it.

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Narratives, prose, uh, of different

subjects and, uh, hopefully

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in imparted a little wisdom.

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I know cowboys aren't supposed to have any

of that for Gump and I are first cousins.

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But, uh, that's kind of brings you

up to where, why I wrote the book.

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Uh, uh, I wasn't going to write

anything but a, uh, my sister has

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a, has a son and the 23rd of this

month, he has been inaugurated as

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a college president in Florida.

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And I'm, uh, flying down there to, uh,

he asked me to come to the inauguration.

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So, um, Lynn and I are flying down

to the inauguration, into the ball

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afterwards, and then we're gonna

spend a few days in Charleston.

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But, uh, uh, he stayed with me a couple

of years ago and read some of my, my

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stories and writings, and he has a, he is

a, he has a doctor in the literature and

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he said, Roger, you got to publish this.

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And I says, I says,

Gentry, come get, get back.

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This is just me.

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He says, no, people here need to hear it.

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So that is why he put me over

the edge to try to, to write it.

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And that's shortly

thereafter I contacted you.

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And, uh, here we are.

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And I love the timing of it because

you're gonna go down to that inauguration

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and you're gonna bring your books.

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I hope.

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And you know, I'm not

gonna promote him there.

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That's his, that's his daddy.

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That's his show.

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It is.

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But at least you have to give him one

so that he has Yeah, he already has one.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Well, to know that what that he and

inspired you and Well, I love your

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story and what I really enjoy about

it is the thread, and I could hear it

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just throughout your life, the thread

of faith and the importance of that.

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That seems to be such a.

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A big part of your, your story.

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Yeah.

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And, and I do love that you

share that openly in your book.

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And let, let's talk about some

of the stories because which,

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which ones are your favorite?

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And give us a little overview.

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Well, before we say that, I

appreciate what you said, but I

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want to add one, one thing to that.

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And that is the fact that

yes, it's about faith.

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But everything I wrote and everything

I do, and every time I can be a

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witness, if possible, I, I want it

to always point to God's sovereignty.

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That is the theme of the book.

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Mm-hmm.

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Does that make sense?

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Yes, absolutely.

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I love it.

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Alright.

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You asked me, you asked

me what is my favorite?

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Yes.

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What's your favorite story?

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I don't know.

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Uh, I like to share the things that, uh,

God allowed me to see in my mi in the

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mission work that I did in South America.

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Uh, I, I love to share that.

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Uh, you know, let me tell you, when I

wrote this book, uh, I didn't sit down

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and just write it over a period of time.

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This, these were things that I wrote.

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Uh, as I was inspired to ride, I

might have, I, I may have had a large

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project going on in another part of

the state and I might be driving on

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the interstate and my mind would just,

I think too much and my mind would

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grab a thought and I would be inspired

and I'd pull up the side of the road

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and write one right there, uh, or.

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I might get up of the morning

and first thing I do, Nicole,

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not Nicole, I'm sorry, Michelle.

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Um, Nicole's on my team and she's great.

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So, well, both of you guys are great.

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But anyway, uh, I stumbled to the

coffee pot and get, make my coffee

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and if it is cool weather, I go to the

fireplace and sit there and drink it.

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Well.

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I may have done that.

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And I think there's a number of times I

sat there and as I reflected, uh, prayed

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a little bit and reflected, I just sat

there and wrote a story or a narrative.

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That's, that's when I did it.

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It wasn't a matter.

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'cause I have a friend that

wrote a book and he said, I just

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took two weeks and wrote it.

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I said, no, that's not me.

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Me either.

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Me either.

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I actually, uh, it doesn't take me

long to write a book, but I do have

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to have that inspiration and Yes.

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And I don't feel the need

to have to write every day.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I feel it.

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Yeah.

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But, uh, uh, but those,

those things were, uh.

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I don't know.

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I, I, I think, uh, there's a section

in my book and it's called Loss.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, and uh, I really kinda enjoyed

sharing those things with people

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in the hopes that many people lose.

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Lose loved ones through life.

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And I was hope, I hoped that

some of that could help someone.

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Yeah.

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So I enjoyed writing about that.

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Not that loss was fun because

it's, uh, uh, there's section

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in there about love again.

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That was fun to write also.

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Yeah.

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But, uh, and, and that's my line, but,

um, I just hope that whatever I wrote.

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Somebody, because I, I, I will

tell you, I've had so many comments

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about the book and it seems like

almost everyone that comments has a

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different writing that they enjoyed.

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Okay.

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And I like that.

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I like that because you're

meeting people where they are and

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everybody's in a different place.

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Some might still be in the grief

journey or some are beyond it, you know?

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Yeah.

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In the next chapter, like, yeah.

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Yeah.

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So, um, I, I, I just, I feel like

they're very, they're, they're, you

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do take us through some of the things

that you've experienced, but they

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are still so hopeful and so, um.

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That's the best word I'm thinking of.

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They're just, they provide so much hope.

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I just, I like that.

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I like that hope.

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That's, if I didn't think that, if I

thought I was just doing it for myself,

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I probably wouldn't have written it.

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I know, I know.

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Well, and, uh, what is, so, and, and

I know we talked about this before we

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even pushed the record button, whether

or not there's another book, but what

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is, what is your next, what is on the

horizon now that this book is out and

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we wanna make sure we get it still in

front of as many people as possible?

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What is Well.

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You mean next chapter

gonna be another book?

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Is that what you're asking?

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Uh, maybe I have been asked to do that.

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And, uh, uh, we'll see, uh,

uh, we'll see how it goes.

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And, uh, I'm very busy with my, I'm, I

build custom homes as, uh, we discussed.

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And, uh, uh, I'm bit, I'm, so I'm

supposed to be retired, Michelle.

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But I'm just not smart enough to

figure out how to do that, you know?

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But, uh, anyway, I'm still working

and I've got some projects for, for

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some time, and, uh, so I'll be busy

with that and I'm still, and I'm, uh,

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getting back into some mission work.

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So I'm doing some of that and, uh.

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I have a new wife that's probably

gonna keep me pretty busy, so I hope

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she'll let me have a little time by

the fireplace to write something.

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Well, I think you're just getting

started, so whatever that future

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is, if it's another book or not,

just keep writing your stories and

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sharing your stories and, and just

being the inspiration that you are.

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And you are a misplaced cowboy,

but you're writing well, that's as

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I shared in my book a time or two.

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Uh.

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I like pretty much all things Western.

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I I, I'm a, I'm a dreamer.

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Yeah.

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You're from Oklahoma.

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I believe it.

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I see it.

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And you know what, we're gonna, I,

I just, I love that about you, so.

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Well, thank you so much.

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If people wanna get their hands on

the book or if they wanna get ahold of

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you, what's the best way to do that?

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Well, it's, uh, it's,

it's on sale@amazon.com.

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It's only, uh, you can purchase

it at, uh, barnes and noble.com.

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Uh, united kingdom.com.

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Um.

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Or, uh, I believe walmart.com

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has it also.

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I'm not sure.

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Or, you know, plenty of online retailers

are carrying it, that's for sure.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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But you said you asked the question.

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Uh, now would they get ahold of me?

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I guess?

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Uh, I, I don't have my contact on the

book, but, um, um, I guess I could

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share my email with you if you'd like.

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Well, I tell you what, I tell you

what, we can put it in the show

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notes, but more than anything, we

want just folks to read the book.

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So definitely go to the

easiest is probably Amazon.

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Go to Amazon and buy the book again.

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It's called, uh, mis

misplaced Cowboys writings.

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Uh, that's hard for you to say.

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It's, it's like, shouldn't be

a tongue twister, but for some

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reason it's been a tongue twister

every time I've said it today.

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Um, and it's Roger Fi FITE.

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So I hope everyone listening grabs their

copy and I would suggest you grab two to

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share it with a friend because the stories

really are inspiring, inspirational, um.

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Hopeful, and I think we all need

a little bit of hope these days.

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Well, I, I do too.

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Uh, I, I have, uh, my own style.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, and, uh, that's, I've had, not

to digress, but I've had numerous

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comments about people enjoying my

style because I try to convey a

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thought, a message, a story with this,

with fewer words than some would.

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And, uh, I, I want

everything to be meaningful.

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Yes.

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And beautifully written.

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So thank you, Roger.

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Thank you so much for being on the

show and, uh, can't wait to hear what's

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gonna come next, but go enjoy your

time with your beautiful new bride.

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And uh, again, just thank you for

so much for being on the show.

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Thank you, Michelle.

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I enjoyed it.

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Awesome.

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All right everyone.

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Well, that is it for the

Power of Authority Spotlight.

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book, uh, by Roger Fi, FITE,

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misplaced cowboys writings.

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It's definitely one you won't regret

getting and share it with a friend.

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