I love that someone has the courage and creativity to do something like this.Apparently I'm not the only one feeling OD'd on LeBron talk. He will reveal his decision on a 1-hour ESPN special tomorrow night, a plan a lot of sports pundits are calling over the top.
So I looked up hubris in the dictionary and it has a picture of LeBron James.
Our vacation starts one month from today. The plan was to start in Seattle, spending a couple of days with my folks, and on Friday begin our camping in state parks along the Oregon coast. Today I tried to make reservations in one of those parks and discovered there isn't an available camping site in any state park anywhere in northern Oregon. A very helpful park ranger told me that summer weekends fill up via on-line reservation nine months ahead of time.
Time to rework the plan.
After easy progress from week to week I feel like I've hit a wall with my cycling. Lately my long rides have left me sore and tired. It's OK to come back tired, but it shouldn't last throughout the day and into the next. I'm experimenting with hydration and eating to see if that's the problem. Today I ate my PB&J as I rode instead of waiting until my water refill stop. THAT was a learning experience!
Make sure you're breathing through your nose before you try to swallow food or you'll end up sending it down the wrong tube. Hacking up a chunk of PB&J while riding a bike...not so fun.
We live in a specialized culture. My GP (or is he my PCP?) sends me to a specialist for almost every significant diagnosis. My dentist has a specialist do root canals and extractions. I buy my tires at a tire store and get my oil changed at a quick lube. (Remember service stations?)
All of this leads to several unfortunate misconceptions. One is that a generalist can't be good at anything. He has sacrificed depth for breadth. The jack of all trades isn't much of a jack.
Another is that we dare not try to do things for ourselves; if there's a specialist doing the task it must be because it's too tricky for us.
(Note: the flip side of this is that those "specialists" can get a bit snobbish about their work.)
I probably shouldn't complain. If people figure out how simple it is to fix a toilet or replace a garbage disposal I'm out half my work. But I'd especially like to correct this errant notion with regard to Scripture. Yes, God gave the church pastors and teachers (Eph. 4:5) who should possess a level of expertise beyond the norm. Accordingly, Paul commanded Timothy to "preach the Word." In the first century only the pastor would normally have access to copies of Holy Writ. Today the pastor should (!) possess a working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew, or at least an ability to use the tools.
But the specialist mentality encourages Christians too often to conclude that only the senior pastor (or other pastoral staff member) can dig into Scripture and get to the real meaty matters of God's Word.
NOT SO!
And that misconception hurts everyone - the lay people and the pastor, too. The church, local and universal, is strengthened and enabled to the extent its people are knowledgeable in God's Word.
So I looked up hubris in the dictionary and it has a picture of LeBron James.
Our vacation starts one month from today. The plan was to start in Seattle, spending a couple of days with my folks, and on Friday begin our camping in state parks along the Oregon coast. Today I tried to make reservations in one of those parks and discovered there isn't an available camping site in any state park anywhere in northern Oregon. A very helpful park ranger told me that summer weekends fill up via on-line reservation nine months ahead of time.
Time to rework the plan.
After easy progress from week to week I feel like I've hit a wall with my cycling. Lately my long rides have left me sore and tired. It's OK to come back tired, but it shouldn't last throughout the day and into the next. I'm experimenting with hydration and eating to see if that's the problem. Today I ate my PB&J as I rode instead of waiting until my water refill stop. THAT was a learning experience!
Make sure you're breathing through your nose before you try to swallow food or you'll end up sending it down the wrong tube. Hacking up a chunk of PB&J while riding a bike...not so fun.
We live in a specialized culture. My GP (or is he my PCP?) sends me to a specialist for almost every significant diagnosis. My dentist has a specialist do root canals and extractions. I buy my tires at a tire store and get my oil changed at a quick lube. (Remember service stations?)
All of this leads to several unfortunate misconceptions. One is that a generalist can't be good at anything. He has sacrificed depth for breadth. The jack of all trades isn't much of a jack.
Another is that we dare not try to do things for ourselves; if there's a specialist doing the task it must be because it's too tricky for us.
(Note: the flip side of this is that those "specialists" can get a bit snobbish about their work.)
I probably shouldn't complain. If people figure out how simple it is to fix a toilet or replace a garbage disposal I'm out half my work. But I'd especially like to correct this errant notion with regard to Scripture. Yes, God gave the church pastors and teachers (Eph. 4:5) who should possess a level of expertise beyond the norm. Accordingly, Paul commanded Timothy to "preach the Word." In the first century only the pastor would normally have access to copies of Holy Writ. Today the pastor should (!) possess a working knowledge of Greek and Hebrew, or at least an ability to use the tools.
But the specialist mentality encourages Christians too often to conclude that only the senior pastor (or other pastoral staff member) can dig into Scripture and get to the real meaty matters of God's Word.
NOT SO!
And that misconception hurts everyone - the lay people and the pastor, too. The church, local and universal, is strengthened and enabled to the extent its people are knowledgeable in God's Word.
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I do wish WI could be in your revised vacation plans....
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