No post last night. Pam's birthday is Monday so the eight of us went to Red Robin for dinner, and by the time we got home my brain was asleep. On a Friday night the place is so noisy that it was hard for me, sitting at one end of the end of the table, to hear what was being said at the other end. But I was impressed with the nuts and bolts of the place. Good food, came quickly for how busy they were, and our server did a good job.
Have you seen that TV ad for "Ageless Male," the testosterone supplement for old guys? The creator, Dr. Whatever-his-name, says he has two sons, both in their 20's and he's in better shape than both of them. My question: then why aren't they taking it?
Upper 70's here today, with just a hint of a breeze, but by Tuesday we will have plummeted all the way down to the low 60's. Brutal.
Has anyone else noticed an interesting trend among network financial reporters?
I got a lot done today, including on the trailer. The cabinet doors are sanded and stained, ready to have the edging applied (tomorrow afternoon?), and then three or four coats of varnish. And I installed the cabin floor and trim. Having the 12" vinyl tiles down makes the space look even ... cozier. Just two or three more sessions and the interior will be done with nothing left but making the galley hatch and installing the exterior skin.
In homiletics class we'd talk about sermons being bullets and not shotgun blasts. A message should have a single focus, a thesis or proposition (the technical term used in the field of preaching), and everything in the sermon should flow from and/or support that truth. Good preaching doesn't just bring together a lot of truths, toss them into the bucket and then dump them all out on Sunday morning (shotgun blast). It doesn't matter how biblical and timeless they are, they must support, amplify or in some other way establish that proposition.
That sometimes means leaving out some really good stuff that's in the morning's passage because it doesn't fit the proposition. I gotta do that tomorrow.
NT Greek has some powerful words that pack a lot more punch than English words. Ours is a wimpy language compared to Greek. One of those words-on-steroids is logizomai (that's the best you can do with English letters), a word that means to reckon, figure, consider. The logi part of the word gives us our word logic, and means deliberate, thoughtful consideration that takes into account all the relevant data. In 1st century secular literature its uses included doing math problems, which were "figured." Someone who has logizomai'd an issue has taken everything into account and come to a reasoned conclusion.
What I won't talk about tomorrow:
"I logizomai that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us." - Rom. 8:18
I'm not sure people do a lot of logizomai-ing these days. Most are in too big a hurry to take the necessary time. Sound bites, bumper stickers, and sloganeering. Get 'er done and move on to the next thing. Establish and resolve a crime or four medical issues in 60 minutes or less. Drive on the freeway with the radio on... and talk on the cell phone.
Logizomai takes sitting in a chair with a cup of coffee, or going for a walk. It requires reading and cogitating, maybe working the issue with a thoughtful friend.
We're in too big a hurry, moving too fast.
I reckon.
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