October 17, 2022

EP. 341 — From Slinging Bibles to Slinging Knives

What’s easier to sell: God or knives? A father of 2 speaks to Geth about going from pastor life to selling knives out of a van. He explains why some ministers end up leaving and moving into sales. He also opens up about adultery in the church, getting into therapy, trying weed, and how his marriage improved after switching careers.

Transcript

Chris [00:00:04] Hello to everybody out there who’s ready to move on. It’s a Beautiful/ Anonymous. One hour. One phone call. No names. No holds barred. Hi, everybody. Chris Gethard here. Welcome to Beautiful/ Anonymous. Thanks to everyone who came out in Athens, in Atlanta, let alone Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago. Good month of getting out on the road, meeting people. Gonna end things strong this month at Fest down in Gainesville, Halloween weekend. Maybe I’ll see some of your punk rockers there. Who knows? Heads up before we even start this episode. There’s some slight conversation about suicide, suicidal ideation. So be ready for that. You might want to skip it if that’s, you know, something that you’re dealing with, something that’s hard to hear right now. Wanted to give you a warning about that. This call… It makes sense because it’s someone who’s had a crisis of faith, a crisis of of life in a way. It’s a caller who w

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