{"id":289210,"date":"2018-07-30T08:40:24","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=289210"},"modified":"2018-07-30T08:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:40:24","slug":"monday-must-read-the-story-of-the-killer-and-his-deacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2018\/07\/monday-must-read-the-story-of-the-killer-and-his-deacon\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday must-read: The story of the killer and his deacon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><\/p>\nCheck out the video above and read the full account from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2018\/07\/30\/killer-and-his-deacon-inside-unusual-friendship-one-man-says-saved-his-life\/806657001\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cincinnati.com:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>We\u2019re upstairs in his office, where three pictures of a young man in gray prison clothes are taped to his computer. They sit closer to him than the pictures of his grandchildren.<\/p>\nAt 63 years old, Larry Day doesn\u2019t have many friends. He makes a lot of them, but then they die. He\u2019s often there as the machine is turned off for the last time.<\/p>\nAs a church deacon, his job could best be explained as religious hospice.<\/p>\nI was here because of a sermon Larry had given. It was about a relationship.<\/p>\nMore than that, it was about finding hope in the darkest of places.<\/p>\nWe talk for an hour before a call interrupts us, and Larry puts it on speaker phone. It\u2019s the man from the photos.<\/p>\nThis call is originating from an Ohio correctional facility and may be recorded or monitored.<\/p>\nThe automated greeting is robotic and female, but not pleasant like Siri. Larry has gotten to know this voice well.<\/p>\nWhen he starts, it sounds like he is speaking to a child.<\/p>\nLarry\u2019s voice is never intimidating, even though he used to be a high school principal, and it\u2019s always high-pitched. Even then, it seems to go up an octave higher when speaking to Josh.<\/p>\nJoshua Estes is a 27-year-old from Eaton, Ohio. A man who was baptized in jail.<\/p>\nHe\u2019s the product of a broken home, a father who never sees his son and is Larry\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\nJosh is also a convicted killer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2018\/07\/30\/killer-and-his-deacon-inside-unusual-friendship-one-man-says-saved-his-life\/806657001\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read it all.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out the video above and read the full account from Cincinnati.com: We\u2019re upstairs in his office, where three pictures of a young man in gray prison clothes are taped to his computer. They sit closer to him than the pictures of his grandchildren. At 63 years old, Larry Day doesn\u2019t have many friends. 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