Okay, so welcome back. I'm glad everything is, you know, functioning fine. Let's pray and get started for this morning's class Heavenly Father, we thank you for this time Lord and Father we pray that you'll continue to teach us continue to strengthen us and equip us in your ways Father Lord we ask for the presence of your Holy Spirit to take over and Lord we we pray that each one of us will hear the voice of the Holy Spirit Lord we commit ourselves Into your hands in Jesus name. We pray amen So in the last class we were talking about the right foundation for prayer and We said that you know, we must have the right attitude Which is what is more important rather than the right words which we may use in prayer And you know, we we looked at several Key things that we must ensure in our Right foundation of prayer. I'll read it out for us quickly so that we can you know continue from there. So these right Truths in our prayer life is to understand the nature of God to Have intimacy with God to understand the redemptive heart of God The promises of God are to be able to partner with the Holy Spirit Recognize our position in Christ and a life of surrender. So these are the keys that we Were looking at and we do not complete All the keys we had finished key five where we said that we need to partner with the Holy Spirit And I remember sharing with us that the Holy Spirit will give us the strength We need to intercede and to pray or sometimes we depend on our own Capacity we depend on our own ability our willpower to stay in prayer and That is not sufficient, isn't it? But the Holy Spirit can aid us or help us in Continuing prayer so prayer can be different kinds of prayer And especially when it comes to intercession when we are praying for others when we are praying for the lost Or we are waiting upon the Lord for the fulfillment of certain promises, which have been spoken over our lives Our natural tendency would be to just give up However, we have the help of the Holy Spirit and we saw how he is the spirit of supplication and the spirit of grace We also saw that one can pray in the Holy Spirit Okay in the Holy Spirit is to pray in an unknown language Which is praying in tongues and this kind of a prayer is also when you look at Romans chapter 8 It says the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses So there are times that you know, we don't know how to pray We don't know how to pray in the will of God. We don't have the Words to express the things which are on our hearts But in these moments the Holy Spirit helps us in our weaknesses Okay, so that's how the Holy Spirit and praying in the language that the Holy Spirit gives us You know helps us now We have an entire chapter to do with praying in the Holy Spirit You know, what does it mean how to pray all of that? So I won't go into, you know examples but we can pick up the examples when we go to that particular chapter and Moving on to the next point here point six is our position in Christ And I think I have stated a couple of examples when I was talking about Understanding the nature of God as the right foundation for prayer When we know that God is our father when we know that you know He has already made a covenant with us. A covenant is an unbreakable promise So his covenant of protection his covenant of healing his covenant of provision So we are recipients of that covenant.  So when it comes to prayer If we have the wrong foundation it's like a Protest isn't it? So we think we can pray if we pray hard enough if we pray loud enough You know, if we pray long enough God has to relent in Hindi they say Bhu Khartal, right?  We are now born again. We are in Christ Jesus and When we ask things which are in the blessing of the cross He already wants to give it to us So God is never surprised when I say God I want you to lead me Yeah, I want you to help me fulfill my purpose for my life No, God will not be upset with such prayers Because we understand our position in Christ Jesus and we recognize that As a child of God This is something God has already given to me. So I'm taking it But when I have the wrong understanding of my position in Christ Jesus That's where, you know, the begging comes in where we say, please God, please please, please, you know If we do that may be God will be like oh poor child. Let me have some mercy. Let me show some grace I'll give you what you want because you're so desperate Okay, so we don't have to do that when we know who we are So it's very important for us to develop. I said earlier the image The image of God when I say image, I don't mean a picture. I mean in my head Who do I think God is? God is gracious. God is merciful. God is almighty.  So I can use all of these Uh Maybe in my revelation, that's how I've understood God. God is a provider. God is a healer So if someone comes to me Who's unwell, I won't take a second to wonder. Is it God's will to heal immediately? I'll pray for them for their healing because I know that in God's nature Who's he? He's a healer. It's very simple. So when we know his nature and we know who we are Prayer comes very differently From our mouths. So that's why our position in Christ needs to be understood We don't have to beg God for what he's already promised. In fact, God is pleased You remember when the centurion came to Jesus and he said only say a word Was Jesus impressed? He was very impressed because The centurion was a Gentile and even though he was outside of the covenant He understood the meaning of covenant and authority And he told Jesus just say a word my servant will be healed So Jesus was very impressed by that prayer and he went ahead and healed the servant and the same is true for the um a syrophoenician lady who came to Jesus and who wanted Her child to be healed her child was being oppressed by demons And when she came what did Jesus tell her the the children's bread It cannot be given to the dogs Now just imagine if Jesus tells us that we go to him and we say okay Jesus I want you to do this and he tells us the children's bread cannot be given to the dogs We will be so offended if we I took the bus I took the flight I came all the way to ask Jesus for help and he is Telling me first of all that he can't do it second. He's calling me a dog What will you think it will be so upset? but she understood who he is and Strange because even she was not part of the covenant, but she had the revelation of what the covenant meant So she was you know, also not a jewess but She said lord even the dogs eat the crumbs She just knew some of these laws and you know spiritual laws and uh, all of that and what happened Jesus immediately Said oh, I haven't found this kind of faith anywhere Okay, now i'm going to heal your child even though she was outside the covenant She received it not because she said please please please god. Please i'm desperate Desperation is good, but knowing our position So she was not even in christ and she received how much more we who are in christ jesus So when we know our position Uh, yes, there will be times when we really want god to do something but we will pray from Our understanding of who we are and not you know like uh begging god As if we are trying to change his mind Okay, so does it make sense? Are you able to understand what i'm saying? So knowing our position is very important. Uh, similarly for our online students here I hope uh, you know, you're able to get the point Then if there are any questions, please feel free to um, drop it here in the chat from time to time I'll be looking at it. So I'll make sure I answer your questions. Okay coming back to the seventh p Um, as far as the right foundation is concerned in prayer is a life of surrender Now one can Go by all the laws and the principles Uh and expect god to respond and expect all of these to work out. Okay however We have to recognize that god also has an expectation towards us If we are not living a life of surrender Okay, if we are just living a life for our own sake and using the principles of god's word, you know for our own um Whatever our own benefits. We are being self-willed We want all the good from god's word, but we want to apply it for the kind of life that we want That's not going to work out for a powerful and intimate and an effective prayer life because what happens you start praying Outside the will of god eventually So surrender is very important. What is surrender anyone? What do you think surrender is? What is surrender? Dependence, okay depending on god. That's right depending on god any other understanding of the word surrender Okay, give everything commit everything to god. Okay, that's that's right. Yes any other understanding of surrender yes Okay, so let go of our desires and you know our Goals and all that that's right. Okay, so we have an answer here Giving ourselves fully that's right, so Surrender is all of what you all said is beginning with Dependence dependence on god So if i'm living my life for my own sake, there's no need to pray because I can do it and you know, it's as per what I want, but when I have Dependence on god, that's when I will invite him into every situation Even if it seems easy even if I feel like hey, I've done this so many times And I I can make it happen another time Yet and I'm depending on god. I'll say you know god. I surrender I need you to work in my life So when we see the example of the lord jesus He said in in the word that without the father I cannot do anything I can do nothing without the father in the same way in john chapter 15 Where we are invited to depend on god In verse five. He says without me you can do Nothing So we can do nothing No without god and which is why we have to Submit everything to god depend completely on god as far as Things in our life are concerned. So uh god expects that surrender without giving everything over to him No, we want him to come and do You know things for us. It won't work a classic example will be You know when god said in the case of like sol and david God said this that he looks for obedience and not sacrifice When sol was you know trying to offer sacrifices to the lord, that's not what god wants He wants our obedience. He wants us to completely give of ourselves to him and You know that is his expectation So when we surrender in such a way We also have the privilege of Conscience, you know, which supports us. Let's say that I've given you know my life to christ And then from then on I choose to live a life of surrender So when I'm walking in god's ways and I'm praying according to god's will Do you think I'll have confidence in prayer? Yes or no I'll have great confidence in prayer because I have given everything to god Otherwise, what happens, you know, they're I don't know if you have experienced it initially like when People are believers. They have one foot in the church and one foot in the world and at those in those moments Somewhere our our own conscience will be condemning us even though we're asking for the right things We're praying for the right things. We feel that sense of You know, like a tug in our spirit where We are aware. Hey, you shouldn't be doing those other things You have not completely surrendered your surrendered your life to god and you know, you want god to do all this So when our conscience is not at a place of rest When our conscience is condemning us In those times we cannot have confidence in our prayer So that is why A surrendered life a righteous life is very important Okay, otherwise I can go by the book meaning whatever the bible says, okay I will do what the bible says, but my own life There are things which I have not dealt with and those things my conscience will not leave me But it will keep reminding me. Hey This is not according to god's word. This is not according to god's word then It's it's a very dangerous place to live our lives where we are Living for god also and we are willing to do other things to please ourselves as well So that shouldn't be the case. We have to come to a place of complete surrender complete commitment And the bible says in one john chapter 3 versus 21 and 22. This is there in your notes and I will read it out Beloved if our heart does not condemn us We have confidence toward god and whatever we ask we receive from him Because we keep his commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight Okay, so it's important for us to have a righteous life So having looked at all these keys Which form the foundation of the right Kind of a prayer life. I want to ask you. Is there anything else you feel we should add to this Right foundation for prayer Just have a look at that list and see if Any more can be added same for the online students if you want to Suggest any other keys All right So if there aren't any new ones I think it's good that we spend time on the ones which are given and try and build on that So we can move on to the next chapter here, which is about the lord jesus. So something about You know studying the life of jesus because When you study the life of jesus you recognize that he is our pattern our model Of every good thing So when we talk about kindness, we would say hey look at the life of jesus when you talk about compassion We'll say look at the life of jesus when you talk about love look at the life of jesus similarly when you talk about prayer He again becomes our model and our example uh and If there was one person who needed to be excused from a life of prayer It would be jesus because uh, he was the son of god. So he walked with the sonship glory. So, uh Signs wonders miracles all of that In that sense, uh was a testing his life already Okay, so what does it need to pray? When you're walking so powerfully, what is the need to pray? He could have avoided prayer. He could have just said something and it would have happened So why was jesus praying? One question to you. Why was jesus praying? Why do you think jesus was praying? Correct, correct. So he was being submissive to the father. Okay, so that is a good answer. Uh any other Inputs here Okay, so there's a question here on chat. It's already been answered. Thank you jashin for that And krisha to have A relationship with the father. Okay. So submission is one and have a sub have a relationship is another one So prayer we've seen earlier.  So he would set aside time to pray So let's observe. There are The scriptures listed in our notes here and each one suggests the kind of time That jesus set aside. So in mark 135 we see that In the morning having risen a long while before daylight Some of us have not even seen that part of the the day or the dawn But having risen a long while before daylight He went out and departed to a solitary place and there he prayed. So There is a discipline As far as his prayer is concerned, he would wake up early in the morning Go to a quiet place and spend time with the father. That is the example of jesus Okay, so that's how he spent time in the mornings. Now, let's see samu This is after ministry after ministry. What happens mark six was 45 to 46 Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side To bet said up while he sent the multitude away and when he had sent them away He departed to the mountain to pray So it's very interesting Just now jesus has had a nice meeting a crusade if you want to call it After the crusade, what would we prefer to do? You know, if we have done the ministry We have led worship is so tired.  I can relax now But what did jesus do jesus sent everybody away and made Time for prayer Okay, so that really shows us the kind of Prayer life he had it delighted him It was something he was looking forward to you know, when you're exhausted You look forward to what you really like, you know, maybe Some time at home to rest maybe something you like to eat But look at jesus He was delighting in the presence of the father So he makes time he sends everybody away He departed to the mountain to pray very intentional So he had planned it up. You could say mornings. He's already spending time with the father again after Accomplishing his work He's making time to pray and spend time with the father. Let's continue You know, you have all all of this recorded in the different gospels. So luke luke records in uh chapter five was 15 and 16 However, the report went around concerning him all the more and great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him Of their infirmities So he himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed so seems like Jesus had many places. He went to the mountain to pray. He went to the wilderness to pray. So he had Chalked out the you know quiet places around and luke records that even though Crowds of people were coming or we could say ministry is going on so well for jesus What is his priority? He goes to the wilderness and he prays Okay, so it's not just about Uh What we are seeing No happening in our lives Okay, by that I mean, you know, sometimes we we make the statement God works in spite Of our weaknesses, you know, we might see that ministry is happening well Things are going on well. Why should I pray? God is faithful And he gives us the ministry of his holy spirit. His word is powerful. So, you know All of that happens when we speak to people his word ministers to people but When we look at the life of jesus he Even though everything was going on well, he knew that it is important to spend time with the father So it's not so much about ministry alone. You understand what I'm saying But to build that relationship to build that strength in the presence of the father So he would spend time and sometimes you know, even when we don't Pray or when we are disobedient god is still faithful a lot of things can happen But our spiritual life is not Measured by What we do what we accomplish You know, even in terms of ministry and I think for us who are Wanting to serve the lord. It's a key for us to understand So don't go by everything is going well. I don't have to pray It don't go by that instead always Put an emphasis on your own Spiritual walk with the lord whether things are going well whether things are not going well I have to spend time with prayer in prayer Okay, because it's about my relationship with god. It's not so much about I want my ministry to go well So, you know, I'm spending one hour. I'm spending five hours For ministry, that's not the equation. Okay when we are walking with the lord Just as an outcome, you will see that god is working through whatever you do So it should come as an outcome. It should come as an overflow Rather than, you know, just focusing on those matters and as you look at the life of jesus, that's very clear Even when lots of people were coming he could have thought How about, you know, I do one more crusade because Multitudes have come or lots of people have come and I can do big things for god But still what does he do? He sets time aside He leaves all of them. He goes and he spends time with the father So it really shows us the importance that jesus placed on prayer Okay, and he Enjoyed prayer. He looked forward to prayer prayer was important to him and and we can evaluate in our own lives Whether prayer is like that for us or, you know, if prayer is very tiring and No stressful. Okay. So let's follow along here. We have the next verse Luke 6 and verse 12 It says now it came to pass in those days that he went out to the mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to god So look at that each person like max gospel Luke's gospel they're recording different Instances of prayer morning. He prayed prayed on the mountain Went to the wilderness and prayed and now what is he doing?  Okay, and if he made so much time Whose ministry I mean if everybody's ministry is important, but as you You know talk about the son of god. We would think oh, wow Jesus your ministry is something extraordinary He gave time for the ministry, but he also gave time for prayer, right? So it's not one or the other So these are all examples that you see in his life now john six And 15 the gospel of john. Let's see what he's saying he's saying therefore when jesus perceived that they were about To come and take him by force to make him king He departed again to the mountain By himself alone. So notice once again, you know, jesus was not interested you know in like fame and the worldly achievements People wanted to make him king But that was not of interest So this happens to us when we walk with the lord and we are surrendered to him the things of god become more interesting Than the things of the world So we see all of this in the life of jesus now. What was the result of this? What do you think was the result of such a prayerful life any observations? from your You know study of jesus's life What was the result in jesus's life so much prayer went in so Yeah, complete obedience to the father. That's right anything else Okay, so krisha here she says anointing So there was more anointing on his life Okay, there's no prayer that went unanswered. So, um 100 success right as far as his prayer life is concerned That's true. Yeah, uh, any anything else that you observe? Okay, um Prabhu says successful nina says the most effective ministry In jashin jesus was able to fulfill his purpose or not. Yes right, so All this was possible only because of The way jesus surrendered himself In prayer So just think with me Whenever jesus stepped out Multitudes followed him when multitudes follow. Do you think we'll be able to predict what? You know What requests they have? It's very hard because they might come to us with a request for healing They might come to us with a request for Deliverance they might come to us with a request for a miracle Anything is possible And when people came to jesus, do you ever see him praying long prayers? Or does he ever say, okay, I will give you appointment. Give me three days. I will fast and pray I will come back to you and then I will pray with you We never see things like that in the life of jesus. So in public what happens We only read he says be healed.  Okay, you you pour fill the jars with water He never really seems to be at that moment Quickly go. Okay. Where is a quiet place? I need to go and pray. No because He's been in a relationship with the father so much That when the needs come his way Sometimes he doesn't even pray Sometimes you hear him say father you hear my prayers Or I he gave thanks to the father and he broke the bread But in moments Right. So in in public in like everyday life as it unfolds You generally don't see him Going away into long prayers But having prayed so much In personal prayer He comes out and does the work of god and it takes seconds It takes moments. It takes minutes as opposed to you know hours and days so something very Like interesting from jesus's life. So as believers We can also spend personal time in prayer now Would people know about it? Like the other day, you know, when we were having our supernatural hour, I remember, uh, um What was it? Someone was sharing and they said that uh, sometimes prayer seems boring. Okay. I don't use that word in a Careless way, but I mean to say that for our flesh It is a tough task to pray But just consider the life of jesus. He put in so much time in prayer That his regular time was very effective Okay, uh, and therefore Personal prayer life to build it up the way jesus had built up his personal prayer life is crucial For every believer now will people know? Will people applaud me and maybe you know, sometimes Some people who pray a lot don't even share it We would never know. Oh, how much prayer is brother, uh, john, you know, putting into his Uh, how much of time does he put into prayer? We don't know How much time is sister susie putting in prayer? We don't know right so when A ministry like prayer or you know personal time in prayer is not seen by people It's very difficult for our flesh because it's easier to stand here and preach What happens people might appreciate or you know stand here and sing people will appreciate but when it comes to prayer Nobody may notice it But when we study the life of jesus there The understanding we get is it has much value It's not so much to get the applause of man But to really walk powerfully In our life, we need to have a strong Personal prayer life and it's worth the struggle right when it comes to gaining that interest in prayer Setting time aside fighting for that time in prayer. It really you know makes complete sense So, uh, that's the manner in which you know, we we see jesus give importance to prayer Okay, um I'm looking at some of the comments here Okay, so krisha says I have restrictions at home It gets very difficult for me to pray for long hours as my parents aren't Uh christians what to do in such a situation? Okay, we will come to personal prayer time and how to Build a strong personal prayer time. But as of now what I would say is we'll have to carve out time krisha. So that Um, how to carve out time for yourself is your call because you're the best person who can Assess, you know all the tasks and the priority of those tasks And based on that you decide, you know, what is it that I can give up or what is it that I can reduce And how can I make more time for prayer? Okay, so in instances where, um Making time there's a lot of work and making time for prayer is difficult This is my personal, um Opinion I feel like maybe early hours in the morning are very helpful. Um, and for some people maybe Once everyone completes their daily task In the night it is possible to spend time in prayer and I'm reminded of the example of susanna wesley Okay, so some of you will know susanna wesley the mother of John wesley who is One of those main persons as far as the methodist movement is concerned So susanna wesley was a very busy mother So, you know, she had children and she had to take care of the children But she was also a very prayerful mother Okay, who had an impact on the lives of her sons She was so busy that you know how she would make time for prayer The wasn't even time to go Separately and sit there because she has to take care of the children She would just put a scarf on her head and that was her prayer closet So the kids will be playing.  So I think When we talk about busyness It's it's a reality But each one of us have to work out in our own personal lives How we are going to carve out that time for prayer So it's your call you decide what you can, um, you know, eliminate or reduce to make that time Okay, I hope that helps krisha any follow-up question to that Okay, sure. Thank you All right. So in this manner, uh, you know, jesus Prayed, uh, as we look at john 11 John 11 which is given in our notes here versus 41 to 42 It's The time when jesus Um crazed before the tomb of lazarus Okay, so as I told us when we encounter a very difficult scenario We feel oh, I should pray more but not so in the case of jesus. How did he? Um minister in this situation. No, he just said father. I thank you that you have heard me I thank you that you have heard me lazarus come forth Finished the dead man came back to life. So, uh, when we have a powerful prayer life Things happen in the natural Okay, and that is the example that jesus gave us I I like to Look at it as the iceberg Okay, uh, I know that we've not seen an iceberg mostly, you know this part of um the Yeah, where we live But you are aware of what an iceberg is. Okay, so an iceberg is that you see, um frozen ice on top of The the water surface and you think that that is how much the ice is but when you look underneath you have A really huge mass of ice, you know sitting there and so for ships and for Sailors they instruct them to be very careful as you're moving towards the iceberg. So when it comes to our prayer lives This is how it should be though. We pray somewhat in public Our personal prayer life should be like that mass underwater that nobody will Maybe you'll never talk about it. Nobody will ever come to know but we have to develop that kind of a prayer life That's when you know, you can walk in power the way jesus walked. He called Uh Dead man to come forth and he came forth. Okay, so here in our next section. We also See that jesus never Experienced failure in prayer. Why do you think? Why didn't jesus experience Any failure in prayer? Yes, how did he get there? Yes, he developed a strong relationship with god and that's how when He knew what god wanted. He prayed that and That's what he got every time. Okay, great. So he had a strong relationship with god He had the knowledge of his will. What else? How did he Have such a successful. Yeah Good. Yes. So he believed So his heart had come to a place of belief in god. That's right. That's great. Anything else that you see He prayed with authority. Yes, great. Yeah What else? He never had failure in prayer. Why didn't jesus have failure in prayer? because Okay, okay. So again, he prayed in the will of god He prayed in the will of god. He prayed in faith. So everything happened. Correct. Good. Yes. Anything, vimal? By faith. Okay, great. So most of the answers here are will of god faith So and that is the reason why uh, jesus never Experienced failure. Was there any time when jesus prayed outside the will of god? Yes God and om gets him. Yes. So it was a very difficult time in You know jesus's life Where he did not want to experience separation from the father and the pain Uh, but even that prayer that he says, okay, father, if it's possible take this cup away from me What does he say in the end? But not my will but yours be done So even when he feels That something else should happen. He still surrendered submitted to the will of the father and You know god did that god did his will and he had to go up to the cross So, uh, this is how the prayer life of jesus was very surrendered to the father and nina here says that He always did things that pleased the father and In john's gospel. He says, I know you always hear me. Okay, so he was that connected to the father and viku says Because he knew who god is Okay, wonderful. Thank you so much everyone for your answers We will take a short break now and we'll come back to continue with the rest of the portions So just want to request the online students to please stay on the call Just go on mute and uh, you can turn off your cameras. We'll see you in 10 minutes. Thank you


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So, Gavin, welcome back to the airwaves of Highland as we talk League of Ireland's soccer once again and obviously we're going to start with Fun Harps. They are on the road along for town on Saturday night. No better way to go down as far as Bishop Gate off the back of a victory. What did you make of that one against Slago last week? It was very much a badly needed one by the Harps boys, Gavin. It was a huge one. I think going under the game, Waterford had played earlier in the day and had beat Bowes 1-0. So, I'd say there was a lot of pressure on Harps to get a result down there which is never easy down in Slago. I watched the game on Watch LoA and I thought Harps done very well. I thought part of the last 15-20 minutes there were more than a match for Slago. Obviously, Mark McGinty made an absolute wonder save at the end of the game to save the points. But overall, I think Harps could be justified in saying they deserved to get the victory. Could you see that one coming over the last couple of weeks, Gavin? No, certainly not. They were on a bit of a rut. They were struggling to score goals, giving us silly goals. Once you're in that sort of run of form, it's very difficult to see positivity, very difficult to see an extra result. I suppose, especially a way to slide over third in the table and going quite well, you wouldn't be pan-picking that as a game where you're going to go and get three points. Yeah, and it's amazing the way the pendulum can swing, Gavin.  And the whole mindset has changed now this week as we head to Bishopsgate to play Longford. It has, I have no doubt, to be a step in the step of the players and going on the great fixture to back that up, to get an all three points away to Longford would be huge. And I think Fanhurst will go down there justifiably favourites for the game. And if they do, and all results go away, they'll bounce back out of the bottom two, which would be huge, like, logically for the run on. Yeah, it's what kind of game you expect. And even though Longford are bottom of the table, they have just won one all year, there are a lot of draws there, eight. And so there is, and they have been unlocking games, Gavin, as well. And if you weigh them up the matches, particularly they played against the league leaders and defending champions, Shamrock Rovers, it's not going to be a case of you're going to Longford thinking it's going to be an easy three points. No, there's no such thing. And you hear Ollie every week talking about it. There's no such thing as an easy three points that you are. And every single game or tight, they're fine lines, fine margins, a lot of games, you will see that the team that scores gets the first goal, goes on and gets a victory. Certainly don't lose many games. You know, so you could go down there and Longford could go one up and maybe hang on or whatever, like, but I do expect Harps to go and go for the game and try and take the three points because if not, then maybe we're running games and Waterford might pick up a couple, we're back to square one after, and we're losing momentum from the slag game. So it's a huge weekend for Harps and one, I think they will get the three points in. Mark Coyle has been solid in the middle. He's not about this week. Is there ample replacements for him? Maybe not like for like. I suppose Ryan Connelly is there. He came on the other night. Probably doesn't look fully fit. Ryan Rene, who I'd like to see get a few games, get a few starts, possibly might come in for Mark, as I say, hopefully he does. But there's nothing really else like Mark in terms of the energy and the work rate and the ball one on the ballad is that he brings to the team and it has done all year. So he will be a miss, but I'm sure it's an opportunity for somebody else. It's at the same time. Listen, there's 12 points between these two teams at the bottom of the table, which is a big gap. A lot of people now would see Harps has been the firm favourites to go into that playoff spot. But don't rule them out just yet, Gavin. We know that Oli Horgan is very good at pulling rabbits out of the hat. So is an all surprise. Look, Waterford have turned things around massively. If you look four or five weeks ago, Longford and Waterford were dead and buried and it was just, no, they were gone. So they've pulled three or four results and polished them right up above Harps. They've signed a few players that seem to be decent. Again, they could turn around. Harps could go on a run of three or four games and then Waterford, dead and buried again or they could drag. I don't think they will drag on that back on there, but you just never know. So I would safely say it is a two-horse race between Waterford and Thun Harps for the playoff position, but I wouldn't rule Harps out. As for Waterford, they're playing on Friday night against Patricks Athletic. Is that a tie they're capable of winning on Dublin? A few months ago, definitely not at the minute. Yeah, there's no reason why they can't. They're on a great run of form. Probably a form table. They're probably as good as they are. They've four ones and they're defeating their last five. So that's top of the table material. So there's no reason why not, but obviously Patricks are going well and they're going for the league. So it'll be a tough, tough ask for Waterford, but they won't rule it out. The transformation of Derry City has been very impressive under Rory Higgins to say the least. They played stunning football, I think it's the best way to describe it last week, and they're one against Rother, their best performance of the season. It's amazing how League of Ireland football can turn around so quickly over a short period of time because Derry were in the bottom two, bottom three at one stage, and now they find themselves in a hunt for a European place. Yeah, it does show the fine lines and the fine margins, like with much of the same squad that Declan Devine had, Rory Higgins inherited. And like if like if a switch overnight, they just look like they're playing with for freedom. They'll play with a lot more energy, a lot more charisma, and they look like they really are enjoying going to play matches. And as a credit, they were Rory Higgins and the staff that has come in and given them that optimism, given them that way of playing. And I heard an interview with Rory during the week and I alluded to that, that they're buying Andy what he's doing and they're understanding and believing in it, and you can see that in the results. Yeah, a few months back we were, I was convinced that Van Harve would finish above Derry this season, you know, and the turnaround has been nothing short of brilliant. Yeah, and they're not shy away from Dundalk on Sunday either, that's for sure. They won't both Dundalk play in today in Europe as well and depend on results. Like Dundalk's eyes are firmly focused on Europe at the minute because of their league position, because of the way things are going for the season. So if Dundalk, if everyone goes right, they probably won't be playing a false draft on Sunday. So again, there's no reason to rule out a Derry victory there. Yeah, Bohemian's also in European action this week. Slager Rovers will be hoping Bose have a European hangover as well come Sunday. But Slager were aside that haven't found their form in the last month or so that they did it in the early part of the season. But they get something out of Dublin, it'll be a big bus for Liam Buckley, say. Again, it's one of them things, both Bose and Europe that Slager will be hoping to get a result. But since the mid-season break, Slager seem to come back with a foot off the gas. Maybe a few things aren't going their way. They've been unlucky, but you know, they were the form team before the break. They looked like real title contenders, but at the minute they've dropped well off the pace and you can see them sort of fighting for Europe or on the table at this point. Yeah, and just one other fixture at the weekend as well. Defending champion, Shamrock Rovers, who have a game in hand at the top, leading by three are going to Drojda and you expect Rovers to make the short trip home back to Dublin and back to Talla with the full points out of that one because Drojda are one of those sides was up at the other end, the top end of the table at the start of the season and now they've dropped down a handful of places that they have given. Yeah, and probably expected with the squad depth and stuff coming up from the first division, but they had a brilliant start to the season. Shamrock Rovers, we all expect to push on now in the latter half of the season with the squad, with the depth they have. I watched the game in the Brandywell over the one a few weeks ago, a great game of football in the 4-2, but at half time in the second half, they were bringing on players at Gretchen Tau and Aaron Green and players like that. That's the depth and the level of players that they have, so you'd expect Shamrock Rovers to go there and push on them on the three points. Just finally, Gavin, before we let you go, we'll talk also to Senior League. Cup's going to start now at the end of the month. How's the training going for you guys? Has there been much disruption or are you happy where you're at at the moment? Look, there has been disruption. There's no truth about it. With Colwood, we had a we had a good run up to the FA Cup game and then we played a summer cup in there, which we won, which was good preparation as well. But since that, it's sort of depth because it's very difficult to get families at the minute, very difficult to get players out. But it's two weeks till we start, so we're still confident that we'll do well and we'll be prepared and ready, but it's not being ideal. It's not ideal, but at the same time, it's not ideal for other clubs as well. Do you think that you have good enough prep done where you were involved in that FA senior cup and you were involved in the competition in that or Kenny? Maybe that you were prepping for an FA senior cup. Does that give you a wee bit of a head of front of the other teams that I'm trying to say? I hope so. Time will tell. Again, it is the same for everybody. There's nobody. Everybody's struggling. The junior league started this week, so that rules out. Friendlies out for the next couple of weeks. The junior teams, the leagues in the north have started, so it was difficult to get friendly there. So it is the same for everybody. But again, it's not ideal. We're looking forward to getting back on the pitch and play competitive football. It's been a long time without it. The boys will be ready and we'll be chomping at the bat once we are starting. Lesson gap. It's always good to talk to you. Thanks for joining us.


What's up, Mopar Fam? So we just made it over here, my buddy's shop, and uh, sorry about the dogs barking over here, but we're going to check out some 6-4 Himmys on some uh, big trucks over here that actually has had a bunch of failures that he's worked on. That's his personal truck, and that truck is tuned by Jay and has a Jay Green Cam in it, and uh, hell yeah, here we go, we about to check them out. So he has had a rash of these things come in lately to his shop, and it is crazy. A lot of people's been asking me questions about how the 6-4 Himmys have been holding up in the 25 and the 3,500 trucks. Well, we're going to find out. You know, there's not too many issues with them, but there's definitely some problems. So all right guys, so what we have here is a 2016 Ram 3,500 with the 6-4 Himmi. This is a landscape truck, and this particular guy owns very many of these 6-4 Himmys in the 2,500 trucks and the 3,500 trucks.  Well, guess what? They have the same problems as the 5,7 and all the other Himmys. A lot of these things are new. A lot of people haven't put a lot of mileage on them yet, but this is his fifth or sixth truck within the last two months, okay? And that's pretty bad. They're coming in back to back. So this particular truck has 132,000 miles on it, and some of the other ones that he has had seems to range between 100 to 140,000 miles is when he's seeing the 6-4. Lifters and cam fail, just like the other Himmys, like the 5,7. So this one here, let's show you the lifters. This one, just like many of the other Himmys, failed the number 5 lifter. Try to zoom in on it here, so I don't know if you can see, there you go. So you can see according, compared to the other two on the left and the right, it has locked up that middle lifter, which was number 5 cylinder, and the lifter bearing locked up, seized up, and it started beating the cam and flattened out. As you can see per this one and the left one are intact and good. None of the other lifters failed. It was just the one lifter, and that's usually what happens when you have a cam lifter failure. You get one lifter, locks up, and then it beats the cam. So here's the cam shaft, and all the lobes look good, except for the one obviously that had the failed lifter, which is this one right here, I'm pointing that, and you can see the razor edges compared to the other lobes, and it has ground it down pretty bad. And you can tell that it aided up pretty bad. So there you go, this one right here is the one that failed, well not the cam shaft's fault, but the lifter's fault. But anyway, lifter locked up and it ate this lobe down, and it has cut it down and grooved it pretty bad. That's what they're supposed to look like right here, not like this one. So what happened is this truck experienced a low power symptom and got a misfire code and started ticking and tapping, and that was the dilly, the lifter and cam failure just like all the other himmies. So there you go. I hope that answers a few questions I've been getting, you know, with my cam shaft failure on frostbite, a lot of people has asked me that owns the 6-4 himmies was wondering if they would have or have the same problems or symptoms as some of the 5-7s with the lifter and cam issue. And I really didn't have any answers for them. As a 6-4 that came out in the bigger trucks, relatively new, you know, a lot of people hasn't piled a bunch of mileage on them or anything yet, and there hasn't been a lot of video footage of them with particular failures yet. Anyway, like I said, this truck is one of many that my buddies already had to put a cam and lifters in. This is like, like I said, a fifth or sixth truck now within about a month or two that has had the same exact failure on this particular guy's vehicles. Now, the install repair process is pretty much identical to doing a 5-7 himmy. It's pretty straightforward. It'd be the same process.  Yes, you know, the parts can add up lifter, a set of lifters are going to cost you 500 bucks. A stock camshaft is going to be, give or take where you get it, you might find one between three to 500 bucks if you go back factory.  So it does get a little expensive.  We'll actually ask my buddy that in a minute, exactly what the parts cost is to go back factory. This truck's going back completely stock. It's going to go back with factory MDS lifters and everything, stock cam, everything. So I'm going to ask him what it takes, money-wise in parts and what he typically charges. If you're in Georgia and you have a problem with a cam lifter failure, he will hook you up. He is much, much cheaper than going to a dealership or an actual, you know, repair shop down the street. He's very good. He knows exactly what he's doing. He's done many of these on the Hemmys and he will hook you up. What's up guys? Quick little break here to try out something new, super clean, hooked us up with some degreaser for the shop and for frostbite. And we're currently working on my buddy's truck over here.  And that's fine. It's a truck, right? So we're going to try it out on his truck because he's got some really dirty wheels and this is the new aerosol cleaner degreaser. So we're going to spray it right on the wheel and then we're going to hit it with a pressure washer and see if this wheel will come clean without us physically having to scrub it by hand. So here we go. Let's see what happens here. I like the way it sprays out. That's cool. Foam's up pretty good. I have to say I like the way that it sprays out. It sprays out really good. It coats everything pretty good and I can see all the grease and grime is breaking down already. So I have a feeling this wheel is going to come pretty clean. We're going to grab the pressure washer and see what happens considering how dirty that tire and wheel was. It looks almost like new. Spray it on super quick and works really fast. Spray it on, grab the pressure washer, the hose and blast it off and you got a clean tire and wheel. This stuff would be great, man, for people that's going off-roading, going hunting, hitting the trails and your wheels are always dirty. Spray it on, rinse it off, you're good to go. But as you've seen, very dirty tire and wheel looks pretty dang clean right now. All right. So after talking to my buddy, he said to go back factory parts, okay? This is going to be factory cam, MDS lifters. While he's in here, he does new solenoids and since the heads are coming off, he puts in new valve seals and springs, basically cleaning up the heads and making them good to go since they're already off. Now in factory parts, if you do what he does, you're going to be close to two grand in just the parts to fix this failure. Labor wise, most dealerships will quote you close to $25 to $3,000, if not a little more in labor to fix this issue. He's normally charging people around $1,500 to do this.  It's sad that this happened so many times on the Hemmys, but it's not the end of the world. It can be fixed and it can be done.  But that's what's going on with somebody's six fours when they're getting over 100,000 miles, it seems like they are having the lifter failures just like the five sevens. So for those that's been asking, if they had the issues, well, here's your answer. He's done five or six of them within the last month or two, and they are starting to roll in here left and right. So yes, they are having the problem unfortunately. Other than that, guys, hope the video helps you out. I don't want to scare you guys. You know, I love the Hemmy. There you go. Hemmy sweatshirt on, and I'll have nothing but a Hemmy. Just trying to let you guys be aware of what's going on, what to expect if you get into a Dodge Ram or a Hemmy. Very reliable vehicles, but this is one problem that they have just like the LS world. The LS vehicles, they have the same problem with lifters and cams. They're going out like crazy, and it's just part of what's being built today. So one day they'll resolve it, hopefully. But as always, stay safe out there, guys. Don't forget, hit that subscribe button, and we'll see you guys on the next one. Peace.


Colgate dental cream to clean your breath while you clean your teeth and help stop tooth decay and Luster cream shampoo for soft glamorous caressable hair bring you our miss brook starring Eve Arden Once again for another comedy episode of our miss brooks written by Al Lewis Well old friends like old songs are said to be mellow with age Our miss brooks who teaches English at Madison High School feels that this is a very definitely true Especially when it comes to our beloved principal Osgood Conklin Although mr. Conklin isn't exactly old or actually a friend. He does remind me of an old song Sweetest little fellow. Everybody knows don't know what to call him, but he's mighty lacking in something What it is formed the topic of our conversation last Friday morning when my landlady and I sat down to a particularly early breakfast Here's your coffee Connie. Thanks, mrs. Davis. I can't understand your constant friction with mr. Conklin He isn't naturally mean is he I should say not he's had to practice for years Oh, it isn't all his fault. I think a lot of his bad temper is due to his high blood pressure Yes, it is. When did he get his high blood pressure Connie five years ago this coming February? I see tell me Connie. When did you join the faculty at Madison five years ago? This coming February That is a coincidence isn't it it could be but I'm sure mr. Conklin doesn't think so. You're so right, mrs.  That's why he's made me school safety supervisor It's his ironic way of getting even getting even for what oh Few little incidents that occurred last week. What kind of incident well like last Wednesday after school I happened to be leaving the building just as mr. Conklin started down the steps And I noticed a pencil lying right in his path naturally. I didn't want him to slip on it Did you pick it up? Oh, there wasn't time for that all I could do was jump forward and nudge him aside Well, that certainly couldn't have made him angry. I nudged him down the whole flight of stairs My goodness Connie was he badly hurt? Oh, he wasn't hurt at all just a few lacerations here and there His glasses were as good as new after some minor repairs minor repairs to new lenses Anyway, now you know why mr. Conklin declared this to be safety week at Madison Well, I think it's a splendid idea if everyone took proper precautions accidents couldn't happen Except to mr. Conklin now if you'll excuse me I better get ready Walter Dentons picking me up early today so I can check things before mr. Conklin's inspection tour All right, dear. Oh before you go. Would you like another egg or some more toast? No, thanks, miss Davis If I'm going to travel in Walter's car, I've got to watch my weight the last time I rode up front with him The back wheels didn't touch the ground once Your car is running very smoothly today Walter, what'd you do to it? Well on account of this being safety week I decided to give it a thorough overhauling miss Brooks So last night I took off the drive shaft dismantled the transmission and removed the rear end You know something it goes better without him I put them all back miss Brooks, but I fixed everything up first can't be too careful with the car nowadays, you know I like your attitude Walter In fact, you are hereby granted permission to help me with the safety campaign at school today Oh, I'll be glad to miss Brooks Of course when I first heard about it I thought it was just another arbitrary political move made by old marble head mr. Conklin You know to get himself in good with a board of education But his daughter Harriet convinced me that it was for all our goods All our goods Yes, ma'am. She sure is a sensible girl and pretty too. Yeah, she is pretty And Harriet's a good student as well. I know but most important of all she's got sensational taste taste She's been going steady with me for over a year Yes, she is pretty I'm taking her to the football rally tonight. We're having it out on the campus. You'll be there. Won't you miss Brooks safety supervisor? I guess it's part of my job.  Walter a carefully supervised bonfire may be all right, but the giant firecracker is definitely out But why miss Brooks stretch knows how to handle fireworks. Gosh, you should have seen him last 4th of july I did see him last 4th of july. He passed me on a skyrocket Look, walter. I know stretch is a dear pal of yours and a great football player, but he's not very bright Well, I'll admit. He's no albert einfeld, but If we're very careful miss Brooks, no, I'm sorry walter mr. Conklin's going to be at that rally and I don't want anyone to get hurt especially mr. Conklin I've had a couple of unfortunate encounters with our principal already this week. I know you have you've done a wonderful job on him so far I was there when you helped him down the steps Wednesday after school Boy, he sure was mad your presence didn't help matters any walter Oh, gosh, all I did was hand him back his glasses and say I was sorry That isn't quite all you did walter you handed him his glasses and you said you were sorry and then you giggled right in his face Well, I couldn't help it miss brooks in times of great emotional stress. I always giggle Uh, well, here's the dear old school miss brooks They're pretty crowded. I thought we'd find a parking space easy this early There's one there walter right in front of that car that just pulled up to the curb You think I can squeeze in there miss brooks?  You've got about a foot. I'm a pretty bad whack.  Don't strain yourself miss brooks It's my car. You've partially destroyed mr. Conklin Terribly sorry mr. Conklin, but I'm sure there wasn't any great damage our rear bumper took most of the strain Your rear bumper took most of the glass out of my headlights too I'll get those fixed up for you in a chippy mr. Conklin. I'll just run over to the repair shop and up Leave it to me mr. Conklin. I'll see that it's all taken care of Oh, your front door is still open. Yes. Yes. I know It does that whenever I'm hurled to the sidewalk I'll close it at once. Oh, let me do it for you, mr. Conklin It's not safe to have our car door swinging open, you know, I'll get it Seems to be stuck Miss brooks Did it ever occur to you that there might be a reason why my car door won't close a reason what reason It's simply that my arm is still in it Oh, I'm sure we'll be able to your arm. Oh, is it hurt mr. Conklin? I'm becoming inured to pain But now that you've started your day in an ideal manner for a safety supervisor I suggest that we continue on into school. Of course, sir. Just one thing.  Oh anything mr. Conklin. What is it? Will you give me a five minute head start into the building? Well, we've still got a few minutes before class waller come into my room and we'll map out the rest of the day's safety measures There are quite a few things that must be fixed around school. Oh, just a minute miss brooks There's stretch snodgrass over by the drinking fountain. Maybe he can give us a hand. He's very good at repair work. Hi, you stretch Hello waller. Morning, miss brooks. Good morning stretch. How would you like to help us out today? This is safety week, you know and mr. Conklin's going on an inspection tour this afternoon Yeah, I know harry was telling me about it. I think it's a swell idea and it's for all our goods There must be another way to say that Stretch all I want you to do is wait a second. What's that you're carrying? Well, this is a giant firecracker miss brooks. I was going to use it for the rally tonight But I just got it all wet when I took a drink Got a match waller. Oh sure stretch here Stretch you're not going to light that monster in school. Oh, of course not miss brooks. I'm just trying to dry the fuse Oh, there we are. Uh, just hold the match here for a little while and then I need a switch.  No stretch. You might hurt some of the kids out there Here give it to me. I'll throw it into the supply room. There won't be anybody in there this early In she goes Thank goodness we got rid of that thing without hurting anyone Look miss brooks the doorknob. It's turning but who could possibly have been in there Who else? Gosh, mr. Conklin, what does it do to your tie?  Conklin? We didn't get a very good look at him You weren't burned were you? No, no, but a large box of inkwells fell on my right foot You better go downstairs to the infirmary Mr. Conklin We'll help you here. Give me your hand mr. Conklin. You'll get it later I'll try to limp over to the freight elevator and go down to the first aid room. Oh, this is painful Boy, it's a good thing our school has an elevator. That's one thing about good ol' Madison boy It's a pretty darn modern kind of a school that has a self-operating brand new elevator if that boy doesn't stop babbling I'll break my remaining foot on him Now help me into this elevator miss brooks. Yes, sir here.  Conklin. Thanks. That's funny the light seems to be I'm splendid miss brooks But where's the elevator just don't get nervous mr. Conklin. That's right, sir I'll go get a rope and we'll have you up in nothing flat Gee, I know he doesn't like me very much But I can't help feeling sorry for mr. Conklin first his car's wrecked then he gets slightly bombed and now He's at the bottom of an elevator shaft miss brooks. 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Jensen to repair the safety gate as soon as possible I resumed my hobby teaching Just before lunch period however, I decided I'd better see how my deputy safety supervisors were making out I found harry at conklin and walter dentin at the downed stairway near the elevator Hi miss brooks wall is just trying to fix this handrail. It's been pretty loose all week Good for you walter. How are you doing with it? Pretty good miss brooks. I'm trying to get this section off so I can repair it. Well, keep up the good work kids I'm going in check with mr. Jensen about that elevator Come in Hi, mr. Jensen. No miss brooks.  Then I said come in you did so and as you entered my office You said hi mr. Jensen. I in turn rejected this description as spurious Oh, I'm sorry. Mr. Jensen. I am not a bit high miss brooks And such an allegation during school hours might well mean the beginning of the infamy as custodian in this establishment Oh, I forgot how literal minded you are mr. Jensen. It won't happen again. Now. Let's get down to cases There you go again There's alcoholism in your family somewhere Now look mr. Jensen look where I mean listen, then why don't you say listen? It's not such a terribly difficult word for an english teacher. Now is it? Of course not Now just relax And tell me simply what you want of me. There's a good girl. Where's a good girl? Great now i'm doing it. Mr. Jensen all I want to know is how soon you're going to fix the elevator The elevator isn't broken miss brook. It's just the latch on the street door level I've sent out for the small part it needs and when that comes i'll take care of the matter Good. Will you let me know when it's fixed? I won't have to miss brooks I shall merely remove the out-of-order sign and then we'll all know won't we? I suppose we will mr. Jensen You shouldn't worry about the elevator miss brooks. I'm a natural born handyman. I have six children, you know I know. How are they mr. Jensen? Oh fine. Thanks just for the dickens. Oh read a lot do they? No, but Say you got me that dime didn't you?  Oh, of course not mr. Jensen. I just you know just between you and me I like nothing better after working hours than to stop in at some cozy bar and grill and have myself five or six jiggers of television Well skull miss brooks um briago mr. Jensen I don't like to curtail a teacher's lunch period like this miss brooks But I'll explain the reason in a moment first how are things in the safety campaign progressing Fine mr. Conklin the elevator will be attended to very shortly and everyone is pitching in to help put safety week over in a big way Good and mr. Conklin May I say that in spite of some of the unfortunate incidents of the day you look very well indeed? I do. Yes, sir. Your bandages are extremely neat Thank you They do a nice job downstairs in the infirmary But about our necessity for speeding things up I just received a call from the board of education miss brooks And they're sending a new inspector over today to observe the result of our safety plan today But when mr. Conklin anytime now he's a mr. Blanchard very good friend of mr. Stone the head of the board I'm going to make a last-minute tour before he comes of course, but first miss brooks I'd like you to look at this electric fan electric fan in october It's a safety model if this sample meets with blanchard's approval We may put these in every room during the warm weather here. I'll start it Now go ahead miss brooks.  Well, thanks just the same mr. Conklin But I prefer the old-fashioned manicure where the fingers stay attached to the hand Well, these are rubber blades softest tissue paper watch I'll put my finger in in Out in out See nothing happens to it at all. It's a wonderful idea Well, we'd better get going now. I'd like to inspect the fire extinguishing apparatus. Yes, sir I'll open it. I'll open it Hi daddy miss brooks wall and I've been going over the wiring in the building You know for loose connections and stuff. Yeah, it wouldn't do for anything to go wrong. The last day of safety week Would it mr. Conklin, huh? I Couldn't think of a more auspicious time to leave my office If mr. Blanchard is coming over I'd better tidy up the place a bit daddy I brought some glass wax for the window. It'll just take us a few minutes. You come along with me, mr. Conklin We'll check the fire apparatus very well Now you check the lamp connections walter and I'll dust off daddy's death. Okay, Harriet I better take this fan off it so that you can use Oh gosh, I dropped it. I hope it didn't break. We'll snap it on. Okay Gosh, nothing happens. It's busted. All right Oh, what does your dad need a fan for in this kind of weather anyway? It must be as high blood pressure walter But don't worry about it. We'll just put this rubber one away and get the one he's gotten his closet It's an old-fashioned one with steel blades, but it's better than nothing Oh, sure. Now. What's the difference as long as there's something cooling off old marble head Your daddy The nozzle of this fire extinguisher doesn't seem to be hanging just right. What do you think miss brooks? Well, I'm not really an expert nozzle hanger, mr. Conklin Maybe I can straighten it out a bit be careful with it, miss brooks when tilted at a certain angle these things can be treacherous Oh, I'll be very careful, sir. Just take it like this You certainly were careful, miss brooks Not a drop missed me Take my hanky, mr. Conklin. Here. I'll put this thing backward Put that thing down. Yes, sir Oh, it cut right through to my instep Now I've got to go down to the infirmary again. Oh, what can I say to you, mr. Conklin? There's nothing you can say to me now miss brooks, but I'll have a few things to say to you when I come back upstairs I'm afraid you'll have to walk down, mr. Conklin. The out-of-order sign is still on the elevator Maybe if I help you you've helped me enough for one day. Thank you. Now go away If I take it easy, I think I can negotiate these stairs I wish I had my glasses on Oh, well, I'll just take a firm grip on the handrail. Oh about that handrail, mr. Conklin I got the handrail for the staircase with me just in time stretch throw it down to mr.  What quick harry if you take your father into the infirmary and I'll go back and stall Mr. Blanchard along. Is there anything I can do miss brooks? Yes walters stay away from mr. Conklin until we have danger week Is someone going to help me down the rest of these steps or not? I'll be right there daddy straighten things out up here way a fella sure harry it Gosh this fire extinguisher is a mess, but we better hang an out-of-order sign on it So mr. Jensen fixes it up before the safety inspection. You're right walter wait a minute Here's one right by the elevator Out-of-order. I'll just borrow this for a while So you see mr. Blanchard as safety supervisor for madison high I've worked very closely with our principal in other words miss brooks. You've been at mr. Conklin's side constantly Oh, yes, indeed. I've been at his side on his feet in his hair That is to say we've worked hand in hand all through the week fine I've never met mr. Conklin, but my friends on the board tell me he's always leaned toward safety in the school Right again, mr. Blanchard. Mr. Conklin leaned a long way today He's even thinking of putting in safety first fans See like this one on his desk. I'll just turn it on for you Now put your finger in here, mr. Blanchard But miss brooks. Oh, go ahead. You only live once It's rubber.  However, if you insist, I'll insert my cane among the blades. Here we are I can't say I like my introduction to madison high miss brooks if this is your idea of a joke Oh, no, sir. It's no joke. Somebody must have switched fans on me Well, I think perhaps I'd better meet mr. Conklin and ouch One of those flying splinters larger than my thumb. Let's see. Oh, come on, mr. Blanchard We'd better go down to the infirmary the infirmary, but it's just a sliver. I can please sir follow me That's one thing we insist on at madison prompt care must be taken of the slightest accident But mr. Conklin, I've got to see him and this is a shortcut Yes, mr. Blanchard in this institution We believe in safeguarding the health and well-being of every man woman and beast a child Where are we going miss brooks? Well, fortunately, we won't have to walk down to the first aid room I see the out-of-order sign has been removed from the elevator Elevator, what if it's only one floor down? We oh, I wouldn't think of it mr. Blanchard The stairs are not safe without the handrail here. I'll open the door for you After you sir. Thank you, but the light seems to be ah It's brooks, but I understand mr. Blanchard has arrived. Tell me has he been here very long? No, sir. He just landed He wanted to see the infirmary So I thought I'd take him down and the out-of-order sign is off the elevator as you can see so it was only natural for me Stop babbling miss brooks. I've got to meet this gentleman if he's in the elevator. That's where I Mr. Blanchard mr. Conklin mr. Conklin mr. 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Blanchard awarded Madison High a safety penance with a picture of a skull and crossbones on it I left the scene of the crime and hurried home that night I phoned mr. Conklin to see if he felt any better And just as I hung up my landlady mrs. Davis came into the room Was that mr. Boynton conny no mrs. Davis he's still away at that biologist convention, but he'll be back next week I just had the most peculiar conversation with mr. Conklin. What did he say? He just recited a little rhyme to me It's one I haven't heard since I was a kid a rhyme Which one conny he just said sticks and stones can break my bones and you didn't do a bad job either Next week turn into another our miss brooks show brought to you by luster cream Shampoo for soft glamorous teresible hair and cold gate dental cream to clean your breath while you clean your teeth And help stop tooth decay our miss brooks starring eve arden is produced by larry burns directed by al lewis with music by wilbur hatch Mr. Conklin is played by gale gordon others in tonight's cast where jane morgan dick crena gloria mcmillan lennard smith bob jellison and ed begley Here's good shaving news Three men out of every four can get more comfortable actually smoother shaves with palm olive brushless shaving cream This is not just a claim. 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Trust is the way forward. Yep, I said, trust is the way to get out of the multiple messes we're in. No, I'm not blind. In fact, I live in Portland in the northwest corner of the United States. Today, as you might have heard, Portland is apparently a hornet's nest of anarchists bent on destroying the city, then lighting fire to the rest of the country. Except it's not. Despite Oregon's complicated history of white suprematism, Portland today is a haven for people who would like more trust between neighbors, more social justice, and a planet that's still hospitable for human life in a hundred years. Maybe even a planet that would welcome human life. My wife and I live less than two kilometers from the epicenter of the recent protests, and I can report that the rest of Portland is as it ever was, other than closed businesses because of the pandemic. If there is a meltdown here in Portland, it'll be because there is a much broader calamity when the US is stumbling toward right now. Let's examine that calamity in progress. Anan Giridharadas is also speaking here at Unfinished. I agree with him a lot, so I'd like to weave my thoughts around his. Per a recent tweet of his, we are living through five hot crises. A global pandemic which precipitated cascading economic crises that aren't done cascading, protests for social justice triggered mid-pandemic by unaddressed racism, existential threats to democracy fueled by a president who appears to want our norms and institutions shattered, all making us unable to deal with existential threats from the planetary crisis that we created. And the US will shortly hold a pivotal election, which has massive implications for democracy here and worldwide. You kind of have to pause and marvel. I wouldn't want to be a scriptwriter for House of Cards or a new horror thriller right now because in so many ways real life has become stranger than fiction. We've all fallen inside the ultimate reality TV show. Now, you can look at all of these crises as proof that trust is permanently broken or even as signs of a coming apocalypse, or you can flip your perspective around and look at the crises as opportunities to rescue and repair trust and fix the underlying problems now very painfully visible once and for all. Clearly, that's the side I'm on. I first saw the underbelly of trust almost three decades ago when I read great critiques of the compulsory educational system, reflected on my experiences in it, and realized how little it trusts kids. With compulsory education, kids' time is programmed. They need hall passes and permission slips to go anywhere. Their reading is restricted. They can't even fidget much. Curious about math during French class? Troublemaker. They can trouble for being kids, which is honestly just so sad. All of this mistrust creates scarcities and dysfunctions that we later try to fix. We want young adults to have initiative, curiosity, and a sense of agency, all things they're born with, but school structures do a great job of stamping those out. In other words, we kill the very qualities we want them to have. Mistrust is very destructive. And when we turn to politics, the stakes are higher than usual now. Political solutions that rebuild trust won't come from the usual basket of tactics, tax cuts or hikes, more pay for workers and teachers, reinstating broken treaties, jobs programs. As Anand puts it in the rest of that tweet I mentioned, milk toast, and I had to look it up, in the 1920s cartoon character Caspar Milk Toast was the icon of timidity. Milk toast won't feed America's hunger. Our problems run much deeper. Fixing the problems would be much easier if we could govern together. Unfortunately, except maybe for New Zealand, governing is in crisis. See existential threats to democracy, the fourth crisis I mentioned earlier. These are hot topics in America right now, but the US is not special in this regard. We are just one of many countries that have swung sharply to the far right over the past decade, including the Philippines, Brazil, Turkey, Poland, India, and Hungary. Others are now tipping toward authoritarian populism, the flavor of populism that's on the rise because Occupy was also populist, an illiberal democracy where people still vote, there is a judiciary and a press, but they are all captive to the rulers. It's all a facade. This bodes poorly for peace and collaboration. Those sharp turns toward populism in the far right were possible because the social contract has been broken all around the world for some time. You may remember the Occupy movement, the Arab Spring, Tiananmen, or the US Tea Party. More recent movements include school strikes for climate led by Greta Thunberg, extinction rebellion in the UK, the umbrella movement in Hong Kong, never again for gun control after those school shootings in the US, Me Too, and Black Lives Matter. These are all protests to fix the social contract. Citizens around the world have been trying hard to rid themselves of corruption and inequality and intolerance and fix their systems with very limited success.  One of the far right's tools is the intentional undermining of trust, not just trust in science, government, and journalism, which are all under siege, also trust in one another, more specifically in the other. Othering makes it very hard to agree on anything. I call this stage of our path through history meltdown, and we've already gone from lockdown to meltdown, and there's more. In 2016, the BBC documentarian Adam Curtis convinced me that we are already in a non-linear war. A war in which disinformation and confusion can win more territory than bombs and bullets. He describes non-linear warfare in his documentary Hyper-Normalization. I highly recommend watching it. If you're worried about the trustworthiness of every tweet and Facebook post you share, as well as the news stories you read, you're experiencing non-linear warfare right now. Yet our situation resists repair, as Anand has described in Winners Take All and Elsewhere, earnest people who appear to be trying to fix these problems often unintentionally perpetuate them. The system is rigged to perpetuate itself. Appearing to help is itself a business model and a virtuous lifestyle. Corporations, meanwhile, are mostly stuck or frozen in the middle of the road trying to avoid politics, but discovering that capitalism is political, very political. Many companies are struggling with the notion that profit maximization, GDP growth, and free markets might actually be hurting humanity. A few companies are out ahead of this wave, but on opposite sides. Some are decarbonizing, taking stands on social justice and improving equity. Others were instrumental in causing our current messes through predatory practices, regulatory capture, successful lobbying for deregulation, and surveillance capitalism. Another book I recommend by Shoshana Zuboff. I'm really struck by the timing of this unfinished conference. We're in a fluid, liminal, in-between state. We and the world are so unfinished. Things could tip either way, more toward apocalypse or more toward utopia. I'm a realist. Neither extreme will happen in its pure form, but the directional difference is huge. And because I believe trust is the way forward, I also believe trust is the lever that can move us toward utopia. So what does trust look like going forward? When I first started down this path 25 years ago, I didn't think that my greatest insights about trust would come from Quaker meeting, or unschooling, or Wikipedia, or barely structured events, or workplace democracy, or microfinance, or dozens of other seemingly disconnected domains. But they did. The foundational insight all these domains offered was, assume good intent. This is a common rule of thumb in the open source community. It just means start from trust. If you get a message that looks strange or offensive, give it the benefit of the doubt. If it is indeed intentionally offensive, then figure out why. Inquire within. Change the setting. In normal times that would mean inviting them to a cup of coffee so you can talk. Maybe now it means taking your Zoom call outside. Assume good intent does not mean trust blindly or naively. There are definitely bad actors in the world. The problem is that assuming everyone is a bad actor is a self-fulfilling prophecy. You end up with many worse interactions than assuming good intent. Assume good intent from trust is starting from strength, not weakness. For example, there's a big difference between being defenseless and being undefended. When you're defenseless, you're simply vulnerable. When you drop your defenses intentionally, it's an opening gesture of trust, but you're still safe. Okay, so after assuming good intent, then what? Next comes listen deeply. Deep listening means sitting down to talk. I'd love it if the anti-fascists on the far left and the boogaloo boys of the alt-right would sit together to talk. More likely, some democratic socialists and evangelical pastors can share stories over a beer. Two of my inspirations on bridging the cultural divide are Darrell Davis and Dia Khan.  Given to him by Klan members, he helped retire out, meaning he helped them voluntarily quit the KKK by listening to them with respect. His simple questions still echoes in my head. How can you hate me if you don't even know me? Dia Khan is a Pakistani human rights activist and documentarian. She has interviewed white supremacists and neo-Nazis in their homes, clubhouses, and shooting ranges. In her 2017 documentary, White Right, you can see the moments where her interviewees realize how vulnerable she is on their turf. You can also see as they begin to build friendships out of these interactions. But it's not just people and organizations like the KKK that we need to listen deeply to. It's your neighbor with the long signs you don't like. It's the relative you avoid talking to at family get-togethers. We've been in an epidemic of not listening, amplified by social media and partisan politics. Free speech has been weaponized. The tolerant are being intolerant. We need to find a way to listen deeply to one another again. Listening is hard. Screwing it up has consequences. As Anand says in his letter to all who have lost in this era, I heard you, but I did not listen. We must not just hear, we must listen deeply. Building trust through deep listening requires vulnerability, which takes courage. Here we can draw on the work of Brene Brown, the Houston psychologist, who has helped us realize that vulnerability is an asset, not a liability. To quote Anand again, democracy is not a supermarket. But we've done exactly that. We've replaced citizenship, which involves responsibility and cooperation, with a consumer mass market experience you can pop in and out of. Instead, Anand says, democracy is a farm where you reap what you sow. My own trip to trust began back in the 1990s when I realized I was allergic to the word consumer. Later, after much pondering, I realized that we had quietly consumerized almost all aspects of human life. This goes far beyond consumer goods like breakfast cereals or cars. We've consumerized education, health care, entertainment, and yes, even elections and governance. Why do political candidates ask for contributions all the time? Where does that money go? Most of it goes to media, to advertising. In that setting, you're a consumer of government, not a citizen. By the way, we did that. We consumerized governance long before Trump won his first nomination. I'll point here again to Adam Curtis and another documentary he did back in 2002. It's called The Century of the Self. It's an amazing analysis of how psychology was applied in the middle of the last century first in business to make us buy more stuff than in politics to sway our votes. Watch it and you'll never think of politics or the word consumer in the same way again. So back to our key question today. Trust is the way forward? Really? This trust path sounds difficult. It takes time and patience and it's not guaranteed. It can be risky. To misquote the playwright Oscar Wilde, the trouble with real governance is that it takes too many evenings. But honestly, the other paths forward suck. Let's talk through some of them. Path one is what I'll call continue along the status quo. This is where we're headed, if we do nothing. And I'm convinced it's not pretty. As we fight for power across the cultural and political divides, our ability to make smart decisions breaks in the process. At the same time that economies collapse and the systems that sustain life on the planet collapse too. Even wealthy people shouldn't want that outcome. Path two, everything's fine. The new optimists like Hans Rosling, Stephen Pinker, Johann Nordberg and even Bill Gates, yes, mostly white men, point to favorable trends in poverty, nutrition and diseases. We're so much better off now, aren't we? Not so fast. Just look around. Yes, we have higher life expectancies and better access to technology, but how helpful will those be if we can no longer inhabit many parts of the Earth or our food supply breaks? Path three, science will fix this. Techno utopians are convinced that just as technology got us into these messes, so too it can get us out. One theorist would have a sprinkle iron filings into the oceans to be eaten by plankton to catalyze carbon absorption. Their experiments didn't prove that effect. Another theory says we'll reflect more sunlight from the Earth by spraying aerosols in the atmosphere, slowing the pace of warming. And for years, many have said that we'll get to retire in comfort as robots do all the work and grow all the food. Maybe some of these things will work, but will they be accessible to most of the world's 8.8 billion people? Unlikely. And we're falling further behind our climate goals every day while at the same time we're seeing ever more technologies that spy on us, entertain us to death, or just try to make us forget the mess we're in.  We must get off this rock. Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and many others are convinced that we have to colonize other planets. Some believe it is human destiny. Others, more cynically, see that we're busy destroying this planet so we'd better build a backup system to assure mankind's survival. The cynical me thinks I've read enough great sci-fi to realize you don't want to be on the first thousand spaceships sent to colonize other rocks, especially if we don't fix trust first. The simpler human me thinks, shouldn't we give fixing our planet our best effort? Which, of course, brings me back to trust, the theme of this year's Unfinished. Allow me to pitch some of the benefits of trust. Trust is cheaper than control. Pretend you'd like to buy a new home entertainment system. Who among your friends would you ask for advice? Your tech-savvy friend Christina, right? You trust her judgment? How much would that advice cost? Now compare that to the marketing and advertising budgets of the major home entertainment vendors. Trust is cheaper, right? Trust also builds community. Collaboration builds relationships. Solving something together brings you closer. Not always, of course, but more often than not. And my favorite effect, because it's unexpected, is that trust releases the genius that's in the room already. When we make everyone stay in their own lane, when we get trapped and often end up miserable, making sure that Sue in design stays within her job description cuts away the possibility that she's amazing at logistics or financial planning, or that design could improve those functions. Trusting people more deeply, whether they're children, employees, constituents, or clients, lets people find their own way to the place where they can add the most value. Drawing on these ideas, I've created a process called design from trust that can help us reverse the mistrust that has been baked into most of our systems and institutions. So many things need this kind of redesign. A fantastic starting point would be politics and governance. But remember, our improvements have to happen while we're in a nonlinear war with parties taking active measures to destroy discourse and keep us on the present course. And our major communication platforms, both social media and traditional media, are all driven by algorithms that pay off when our attention is spun in the wrong directions. So we have our work cut out for us. And as you head into the rest of Unfinished, let me leave you with one question. If trust is the way forward, what's the next step you can take on that path?