Captian's Log Drabble: After the Flood 21 Dec 2020 This morning, as I was heading to a doctor's appointment, I came over a little rise and saw a huge rainbow. Its arc was so long that it appeared to…
Captian's Log Poem: Eight Princes and Eight Doors 20 Dec 2020 Eight princes and eight doors— a friend a friend ignores— A quest to find the light within ungodly night. That which hungers must be slain, yet the deed will leave…
Captian's Log Drabble: The Silent Sea 19 Dec 2020 The Silent Sea, so still, lies restless in my heart; that waveless depth, that darkened mirror, still stirs within my thoughts. The silent denizens about that quiet place have too…
Captian's Log Haiku: Remaining Here 18 Dec 2020 Man has left the earth, and I, the tired watcher, I watch man no more. See this old pillar carved out of an ancient stone holding up the sky. How…
Captian's Log Reflections on Reading Tozer for the First Time 17 Dec 2020 [The work under discussion is The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer.] I had two major impressions while reading Tozer: On the one hand, I generally agree with the…
Captian's Log Short: Known 16 Dec 2020 "There's nothing left to say, only goodbye," and with that, I walk away. I know what they're saying, I can hear them, but I'm not listening anymore. There's a strange…
Captian's Log The Day Is Gone 15 Dec 2020 After the day is gone, and the night's shadows caress the hills, I sit contemplatively in the quiet darkness. How sweet the dreams of sleep seem to me, yet I…
Captian's Log Essay on the Sabbath: A Narrow Road 14 Dec 2020 Please Read: A Narrow Road Excerpt: The Sabbath is hard to get right. I feel myself to be like Nicodemus talking to Jesus in the night: I don’t know what…
Captian's Log Reflection: Troubled Thoughts 13 Dec 2020 Please Read: Troubled Thoughts Excerpt: There is a tragic nature to Christianity that few non-Christians understand, and even among Christians, I do not always see an awareness of it: Though…
Captian's Log Rough Draft | Essay on the Sabbath 12 Dec 2020 On the seventh day, God rested, and those that die in the Lord are blessed, for they rest from their labors. From Genesis to Revelation, man has wrestled with the…