The word
I find that once a new word or meaning for a word pops into my vocabulary, I then start to hear it all the time. It is sort of like buying a new car and then you see those cars all over the streets.
People like new words and use them so much that they become buzz words. Lately, I have heard MANY people use the word ‘tracking’. They will say things like “are you tracking with me?” or “oh, I am tracking now.” This means I guess that you are ‘following along’. Is it just me or is that word now a buzz word? Maybe I am slow and it has always been a frequently used word. Can anyone clue me in on when this became a hip word? Do you use it to sound cool?
I have a friend that ALWAYS uses the word “impetus”. In every conversation (and I mean every single one), he will find a way to fit the word ‘impetus’ into a sentence. I have found myself eagerly anticipating the placement. I can feel it coming and I almost fit it in the sentence for him.
What say you?
+robin
School Board
How interesting! The San Marcos School Board has contacted me this week and wants to meet with local pastors for a luncheon to discuss how the churches can be more involved. So…it looks like I will be dining with the district superintendent and board.
The main things they want to discuss are the discipline problems and lack of parental involvement.
How ironic after yesterday’s post.
WHAT SHOULD I TELL THEM?
-robin
Large Scale Ambition
To me, one of the dangers of American culture is that ambition, success, and potential always seem inseparable from big numbers. Most people think that ambition must involve a bunch of whatever you are aspiring toward. For example, singers think they are legitimate when they “hit it big”. Writers want to sell a million books. The more you accumulate, conquer, sell, buy, deliver, or even eliminate the ‘better’ you are. Values in ambition, success, and potential are quantity based.
What if someone dropped out of high school, went to work at a fast food chain and totally followed God’s plan?
Our education system in America is institutionalized. At the turn of last century, we tried to crank kids out of school just like Henry Ford cranked cars out of his factory. Now, teachers are trying to get as many kids as possible to pass a test. Where are our priorities? Our systems need to support (and fund) the hiring of more teachers so they can spend time with less kids. In our neighborhood, the system just built a $12 million elementary school. Before the school was even open the PTA was organizing a ‘benefit’ and needed people to donate popcorn machines and snowcone machines so they could make money to support the PTA. That grieves me. We just spent $12 million on a building and we need a popcorn machine to raise a few hundred dollars for our PEOPLE? Where are our priorities?
Where is the value of small, high quality items? Small careers that mean a lot to God’s Kingdom? Investing in one person instead of 1000? Remember, Jesus ministered primarily to 12 men and a couple of women. This strategy was setting up a couple thousand years of the gospel message spreading like wildfire.
-robin
Friday is a my day to rest
Friday is basically my weekend and Saturday begins my next week.
So, this week I took an extra day and I went with some men from the church down to the coast for a little bay fishing. This is research to learn how Jesus and disciples spent some of their time! I will let you know how it goes!
-robin
Robin Steele 