It's a great job and they have a lot of different tight ends that they used to block and 42. You see all the pro bowlers that they have on their team and they also have some great receivers on the outside that block as well. So their run game is dynamic and the heartbeat of that is definitely number eight. He makes it go, right if it's him pulling the ball or even being a distraction to him letting the ball go and then running out there, he's just a great player, great offense. We have no choice but to be underdogs at this point. We're going to go into a lot of hostile environments in his playoffs and this is the next step and both of them are going to be rocking. We kind of take that mentality, everyone in the role being role warriors, trying to go up there and stopping the run and also running the football well and playing great defense. So we understand that that's what's going to have to be going on the road up there again and trying to force and turn over. We can force and turn over, stop the run and be great and not really letting, giving up any big plays. I think it's going to be a huge for us as well. No big plays in the past game, no huge runs, I think we'll be just fine. You know what they can do defensively if you get behind. There's a lot of pressure on you guys to keep this one tight, isn't there? I mean, I think it's pressure on both sides. I think it's pressure on our, on our defense to, of course, facing a dynamic offense that they're facing. It's pressure on our offense to be able to run the football well and do what they have to do in the past game and stuff like that. But I mean, I also think it's pressure on them. They're in one seed, I would say we're coming in as one of the more hotter teams, I guess, coming out, getting a good win in the, in the, in the playoffs against the Patriots. So, I mean, it's pressure on both sides, but I think the main thing is, I mean, it's just football, the field, dynamic, the dimensions having changed.  You guys take some motivation that you just knocked out the defending Super Bowl champs and now you're 10 point dogs and nobody's given you any chance to go beat this team? I mean, the motivations are going to Super Bowl. I don't think we're going to take the motivations about going into an environment and being an underdog, because that's kind of what we already expected. I think the motivation is to go out there and try to go beat a great quarterback again, which is Lamar Jackson. We take a lot of pride in our defense, in our secondary room by playing great teams like this and doing what we have to do to go out there and get a win. And we'll feel good about that. Ryan said, Coach, that's how Brables showed you guys the cut-ups. So, some explosive plays to the whole team. Right. Was there a specific message to everybody with that? Uh, I mean, the guy's so dynamic. I think, honestly, the message is, is that at the end of the day, if you get this man some seams on the insides and stuff like that, this guy can beat or is the most dynamic player in the NFL. But if you can find a way that everybody's being disciplined, like you said, in their run gaps and in their scheme to make it, push this guy a ladder and push him to the sideline, I think he's less dynamic. He's still going to be a dynamic player. He's still, I'll run everybody towards the sideline. But if we can chase him down and make him run out of bounds, that's going to be our best case scenario.


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We're used to kind of making fun of this story, right? Martha's kind of the type A person, and, you know, busy, and Mary's kind of like the slacker. But contemplative. Obviously, there's more to it than this, right? It says, Martha was distracted with much serving. I know in the other texts it said burdened with much serving. In this translation, she was distracted with much serving. And it's so wonderful to be around people who are used to hearing like Bible stuff. Because I can say this, but not get a totally blank stare. Alright? So this verb is in the middle voice, which in the Greek language, it allows for a reading that's reflexive. So another way we could say this is that Martha was distracting herself with much serving.  And Jesus in a few verses, he's going to diagnose it. And then he's going to offer the prescription, the cure. But this distracting herself captures my imagination. How many of you have ever heard of the kind of state of life or state of being that a person can be in that's described as FOMO? F-O-M-O? Okay. With fear of a different generation, you would probably understand this. You may be afflicted by it and you don't even know. It's called fear of missing out. So that you've heard of, right? The fear of missing out. And we see that a lot, especially in the younger generation, but many parents suffer that too. It drives a lot of parents to get their children into all these different activities because of the fear of missing out. It's an existential fear. It's not just, you know, because it's about, like, especially for a parent, it's a real fear. I've got to get my kid into the right school. I've got to get him into the right university. They've got to get the right grades. They've got to have a good resume. And so the kids are pressured into all these things. Why? Because the parents are afraid that they'll miss out. It's an existential thing. A colleague of mine in Detroit, she works with me on Catechetics, and she would describe me how her daughter is. Every time she goes on Facebook, she gets depressed because she sees all her friends living these incredible lives, you know. They're out rock climbing or fishing or traveling or they've just got this amazing new job and they're just engaged in a start-up or they found this wonderful new restaurant and she's just bombarded with all these activities of all her friends and she feels like, I'm left out somehow. There's something existential going on with Martha. She's distracting herself from something deeper. And she expresses it a little more clearly when she says to Jesus, do you not care that my sister is not helping me? That's a distraction. But there's a question. Do you not? We're getting deeper into the symptom. Distracting herself is covering something up. It's covering up that existential need. Does my life have any meaning to it? Does nobody care? Am I valued for who I am and what I do? It's not that she's just working hard.  There's a cry of the heart. Unfortunately, she's addressing that cry of the heart to somebody who can understand it and somebody that can do something with it. So Jesus offers the diagnosis. Martha. Martha. It's interesting. In the Scripture, when Jesus or when God repeats a name, Abraham, Abraham, there's a challenge about to come. Something. Something is going to be, something new is going to enter your life. You are anxious and troubled about many things. You're anxious. You're lacking hope. You're lacking the peace that comes from hope. You're troubled. Trouble doesn't just mean you've got indigestion. Again, it's something bigger. The word comes from to throw into commotion, to start a riot. It's a huge upheaval going on in her life because she has no foundation. She hasn't found the one foundation. But Jesus identifies her need because it is a need. She needs to know that, yes, you are cared for. Yes, there is meaning to your life. Yes, you have a future that's secure. She needs that. And I just love Father Louis last night identifying that we all have needs and we know who to express those needs to. She hadn't quite gotten around to that, but Jesus takes the initiative. You have a need. And he said, there is one thing that is a need. She thinks there's many. That's why she's distracting herself because she can't focus on one thing. She's trying all these different things. Maybe this is going to satisfy me. Maybe this is going to bring me fulfillment. Maybe, you know, if I travel, I'll have a sense of the broader world. Maybe if I get the right job, there's going to be some meaning in my life. There's one need. The chosen the good portion which will not be taken away from her. Jesus is making a big reference here. The chosen portion. That word portion is connected to the word and inheritance. It's used in the Old Testament of the inheritances of Israel. Described in numbers. When God said, cast by lot in a portion the inheritances to the twelve tribes according to the lot. What's the lot? It's the lottery. What does it express? Express that God is choosing for each of the tribes this portion of the land that will not just be, you know, a piece of land, but it's God's tangible hope. God's tangible provision for his people because the land means, for one thing, sustenance. As soon as they began to eat from the fruit of the land, the manna ceased. What was manna? Manna was the provision in the wilderness. Now as God is giving them a tangible hope, the land. But it's also about meaning because the land is their work. They have meaningful work. They found in certain ways their vocation, how they express their care of the land is part of God's plan for them. And it's embedded in relationships. Something that our society is so sorely lacking. The inheritance secures our hope. Later on in the Scripture, well actually in the original apportioning of the land, there was one tribe that didn't get a portion. You guys all know what that one was? Thank you. It's wonderful to preach to folks like you. So, because I probably would have, you know, from a parish I might have heard like, oh, Samaritans. So, whatever. No judgment. Psalm 16 verse 5. The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup. You hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. It's the inheritance of the Levite. The Lord is the chosen portion. And that's what Jesus is saying to Martha. Martha, or to Martha about Mary. Mary's found the chosen portion. The portion that was chosen for her. When God apportioned the inheritances. God has apportioned for Martha the same hope, the same inheritance, the same portion. That lot that He's apportioned to each one of us who have come to faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus is our hope. Jesus is the one that answers the question, am I valued? He paid us the ultimate price for you. Are you valued? Yes. Infinitely valued. Beyond price, as your life had meaning. Your son, your daughter of the king. Yes, your life has meaning. What about my future? What's the future hold? Salvation, guarded in heaven for you. Jesus is the good portion. Jesus is the portion chosen for each and every individual. Each one that is distracting Him or herself with countless numbers of activities is still not finding meaning. Where will I find a place where I'm known, where I'm loved, where I'm connected? Jesus community, the church. We have the great opportunity to touch our tangible hope. Jesus in the Eucharist. Jesus, our provision, our sustenance, our meaning, and our hope. Just leave behind distraction. Give up anxiety and embrace the tangible hope that is Jesus. If you too might find meaning, hope, and secure knowledge that you are infinitely valued by that same Jesus.


Yes, I am droning and biking. Don't do this at home, kids. One of the most frequent questions I get from you is how do I drone while pedaling my bike? Let's unlock all the secrets that actually aren't secrets. It's more like lots of practice and smashing a handful of drones. Let's start with some history on my droning. I got my first drone in late 2016 when the Mavic Pro was first released. Until that point, drones were just too big to pack on a bike. But the Mavic Pro was a game changer because it was small. My first trip was a drone was in Nepal and it was there when I realized that this amazing tool would really enhance my storytelling. Now don't get me wrong, I was terrified to fly my drone at first. I really didn't want to crash my $1,000 camera, but I got used to it quickly. They make them pretty dummy proof with all the crash avoided sensors and they're surprisingly easy to learn. It's kind of like playing a video game. You've got your controller and you just move around the sky with your joystick up, down, left and right. It's pretty simple. And unless you physically hit something, they don't just fall out of the sky, even in severe wind. Here's some footage of my drone getting knocked around in high winds. It's panic inducing the first couple of times, but it's kind of like when you're in an airplane bouncing through turbulence. The pilot just moves towards smoother air and everything settles down. Well, it's the same with drones. Just make sure you have enough battery to fly it back to you. Oh! Sketchy! Did you make it buddy? You did it! All that being said, I have crashed a lot of drones, but it's always been my fault. I push the limits all the time to get beautiful shots and sometimes I pay the price. Here's a pro tip if you're looking to buy a drone. Get DJI care. It's less than a hundred bucks and this insurance will replace up to two broken drones for the first year. But they won't replace lost drones. So even if you smash it to smithereens, make sure you go out and retrieve it so that you can send it in. Did you see my drone land? No. You didn't hear it land over here? Ah!  Feels like it was somewhere. There it is. All stuck in the tree. Come back, come back buddy. All right, before we get into this, I'd recommend not jumping straight into drone biking if you've never flown a drone before. Get the basics down first when you have two feet on the ground. The beautiful thing about drones is, I can show you things that I couldn't really show you before. What? I love the ability to show vast landscapes on my bike trips and this is why I learned the incredibly random skill of drone biking. Most creators don't need to learn how to do this but if you're a bike riding YouTuber, you might wanna get good at it. Depending on the trip, I either use the Mavic Air 2 or the Mavic Mini. The Air is my all time favorite drone ever. This thing flies really smoothly and the picture quality is great but it's kinda big and tough to fit on a bike if you're really loaded down. The Mini is tiny and easy to pack but it's a bit harder to fly and the quality isn't as good. Either way though, you can't go wrong. I mean, just 10 years ago, you would have had to hire a helicopter to get these types of shots and it would have cost tens of thousands of dollars. I almost always fly in manual mode. Everybody thinks that I'm using active track but I don't like the follow feature because it only works if the drone is close to you.  Now there are some cases where follow mode is handy like when you want orbiting shots that are too hard to control while pedaling but if you do this, make sure you're in a wide open area with no obstacles like trees or buildings. The best place to pedal in drone is on flat roads with no traffic. You don't wanna worry your mamas, safety first. You'll notice in all of my footage that it looks like I only ride on flat roads but that's not the case. Take the Great Divide for example, that route has tons of uphill and downhill but in reality, I only pull out the drone on the flat sections. You really wanna minimize all the dangers because honestly, you're not able to maneuver your bike very well. Why? Well it's a bit of a circus act to do this. You hold the controller with one hand while your other hand is on the handlebar. That sounds sketchy but as long as you pedal slowly and you're on smooth ground, it can be done. And hey, it's always fun to learn a new party trick. Another reason to be on flat ground is so that you're not bouncing around while trying to get steady cinematic shots. I use my fingers very delicately to control the sticks and any bump on the bike translates into a bump in the footage. I always hit record right when I turn the drone on and leave it recording for the entire time the drone is in the air. This way you know that you're capturing everything. I've made the mistake a few times of waiting until I get the drone situated before I hit record only to forget to hit record and miss the shot and have to do it all over again. I set the camera at 24 frames a second and either 2.7 or 4K. So here we go. Once you launch the drone and get it to where you want it you start pedaling slowly. For me, I have my left hand on the handlebar, right hand on the controller. I sometimes rest my forearm on the handlebar to control the bike easier. If you zoom into any of my shots you'll see how I'm doing it. My thumb does most of the work as I gently push the controller forward or backward. You wanna make very subtle movements. I like to get at least 20 steady seconds for each angle above, behind, forward, and from either side. This makes it seem like you have an entire camera crew out there and the final edit is a lot more dynamic. And even more advanced maneuver is panning up and down while pedaling. Remember, smooth ground is key here because any jolt of the camera looks bad and you'll have to start over again. My favorite angle is looking straight down from high above. This looks especially cool and dense forest. It gives a unique view like you're riding through a coral reef. If you're on a long tour with limited access to power you'll have to conserve batteries. I always travel with three batteries total and depending on your drone each battery gives you about 15 to 30 minutes of power. So in other words, get your drone up and down as fast as possible. I know it's tempting to take off far away and explore the landscape but that uses a lot of juice and your riding partners might get annoyed with the delays. Yeah, can I have a hug? Yeah, give me a hug buddy. A bonus to the Mavic Mini is that their batteries can be charged with the USB cable to a power block but most drone batteries need to be plugged into a wall. Here's a very important thing to remember. Don't use huge capacity SD cards. They sound great because they hold a ton of footage but if you've got two weeks of amazing drone shots on that card and you accidentally fly your drone over a cliff and can't retrieve it you've just lost all your precious footage and crying will ensue. I knew I was pushing my luck but I wanted to get a beautiful drone shot of this area you see, flew it over the edge the wind kind of caught it and then it freaked out and it just wouldn't fly home, it wouldn't fly home. So now the drone is forever resting out there in Castle Valley.  The smaller cards like 32 or 64 gigabytes will force you to change them out more often and what do I do with all those cards? I store them in a waterproof pelican case.  These things are very delicate and if you rattle them too much, things stop working. I've had a few gimbals get wonky after rough rides and they're tough to fix. This drone gets wrapped up in my long pants and put inside the frame bag next to the tortillas. Did you know that tortillas are great shock absorbers? Well, now you know. This is also a great spot because it provides easy access to quickly get it out for those moments when you don't have much time to act. The real key to successfully documenting your rides with a drone is to simply put in the effort. That goes for any of the cameras you're carrying actually. There will be times when you don't want to stop for a host of reasons. Maybe you're tired or maybe you just want to get to camp early but if you don't record it, your audience will never see the magic. That's about all I can think of right now. If you have more questions, write them below and I will get back to you. I hope this video was helpful in some way and I wish all you drone bikers the best of luck out there. This may be one of the most important things I tell you. Don't be afraid. The more practice, the more confidence you'll have. And that goes for just about anything. There's your life hack lesson of the day. I will link below some of my favorite drone videos and please like and subscribe and share this video with all your friends. And as always, get out there.


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