The Church of the Souls Evolution, September 5, 2026

The Church of the Souls Evolution with The Reverend Blake Rubie A House Divided: Eviction, Selling the San Antonio Home, and a Prayer for a Fresh Start in Nevada On this Labor Day weekend broadcast, Reverend Blake Rubie sets aside spiritual teaching for a candid, solo account of a decade-long housing conflict with his stepdaughter and grandchildren, his plans to sell his San Antonio house and move to Nevada, and the winding life story that brought him there, closing with a prayer to the Creator he calls Father of all souls. Home Ownership Headaches and a Nevada Dream Reverend Blake Rubie opens the Labor Day weekend broadcast not with scripture but with real estate, telling listeners about the San Antonio house he has owned since 2010, bought new for one hundred forty two thousand dollars and now appraised by the Bexar County Appraisal District at roughly two hundred thirteen thousand, with about ninety five thousand left on a low VA mortgage under nine hundred dollars a month. He weighs the headaches of ownership, aging air conditioning, roof shingles that may need replacing soon, against the freedom of renting where a landlord handles repairs. He says he would like to be shut of the house and imagines moving to Nevada, perhaps to Mesquite near the California border, drawn by mountains, lower humidity, and a desert climate he believes will help the sleep apnea that affects him and millions of others. His wife, he says, would rather stay in San Antonio but would follow if he insisted. A Decade of Family Strain Begins The story turns to family history. Rubie recalls that his wife Jackie moved into the house in 2011, followed that November by her daughter Eva and three grandchildren, and that trouble started almost immediately: no chores, no bills paid, shoes left on, rudeness toward him. He says the breaking point came when Eva, angry that he raised his voice at her crying baby, told him she would knock him out. He filed a forcible detainer with the Bexar County Justice of the Peace, beginning an eviction process that stretched nearly a year through court, an appeal, and a writ of possession before a sheriff finally arrived. Eva and the children left for Maryland, crowding into a relative's one bedroom apartment, then for Delaware, where similar conflicts arose. When they had nowhere else to go, Jackie asked if they could return, and though Rubie suggested the homeless services agency Haven for Hope instead, he agreed to let them move back in. Renewed Conflict and a Second Eviction Rubie describes years of uneasy coexistence broken by occasional flare ups, including a moment last year when his teenage granddaughter Malia screamed that he would never be her grandfather and later told him she hoped he would die. He again filed a forcible detainer but cancelled it when travel plans for a family reunion and a trip to Japan got in the way. He details the household's finances: Eva, fifty six, has not held a job since the early two thousands aside from paid election work, while grandchildren Endia and Malik work part time at a grocery store and Amazon, and Rubie alone covers the mortgage, utilities, HOA dues, and most food. After a new falling out this year, in which Malia was rude to Jackie over a house he had declined to buy, Rubie hired a lawyer, and the eviction notice was posted only for Eva to tape it to his pillow instead of complying, prompting Jackie to beg for more time. Selling the House and Waiting on Goldie Rubie explains the plan taking shape around the dog, Goldie, an elderly pit bull terrier the family had planned to keep together until she passed before separating, until his daughter in Tokyo, Cathy, and her fiance David urged him to act sooner. Jackie negotiated an extra ninety days, pushing the move out deadline to November 30, though Rubie doubts they will leave on time and expects the case to return to court, then to a writ of possession, much as it did before. He describes the repairs the house will need before he can sell it to the home buying company Opendoor, including new carpet, painting, water damaged ceilings, and counters, estimating twenty to forty thousand dollars in cosmetic work once the family's belongings and years of clutter are cleared out. He plans to give his grandson Malik several thousand dollars toward a new place, keep the family's dog despite its barking, and finally retire somewhere quiet, ideally a fifty five plus community with a pool. A Life Lived Across Many Borders Turning to his own history, Rubie traces a well traveled life. He recalls trips from Ottawa, Canada down through the American and Mexican borders to Guadalajara, Mexico, where his family lived and where he finished high school after his father won a court case and bought him a car during a stop in San Antonio in 1972. He describes joining the army out of Las Vegas during the Falklands War, needing a waiver for a 1979 DUI, and serving nearly forty four years between active duty, contractor work, and civilian service. He calls his son, now thirty two and living in Burbank with Terri Snell, whom Rubie describes as an actress from the Home Alone films, the true blessing of his life, recounting that he donated a kidney to him in 1995 at Stanford's Children's Hospital and that his son received a second transplant in 2014 from a friend's mother in Ohio. Rubie says he has lived in twenty five places over his lifetime and is booked to visit his son again in December. Veganism, Compassion, and a Closing Prayer The episode closes on themes closer to the show's usual ground. Rubie describes being vegan for twenty seven years, sober from alcohol since 1988, and content letting his wife Jackie use hemp derived THC drinks or marijuana gummies for her health, while insisting he will never smoke or drink again himself. He mentions singing for the Wounded Warriors and in a choir, and calls hosting his radio show one of the best things he has done. Despite his frustration with his stepdaughter's family, he says he still buys his granddaughter ribeye steaks and would never refuse to help feed her. He ends with an extended spoken prayer addressed to what he calls the Creator of the universe, an omnipotent, omniscient being of light he compares to the aurora borealis, asking for protection, patience, and a peaceful move out of the house he shares with his wife, and reminding listeners that everyone is equally God's child before singing a closing refrain about love defeating hate.