Captian's Log Man 27 Mar 2020 I left in the night. It may have been cowardice. Would a braver man have announced his intention? Maybe, but I doubt he would have left. I left, and I…
Captian's Log Babel 2.0 26 Mar 2020 It’s been about eight days since I began my “social distancing” in earnest. I never knew how great a conversationalist I was, but I have been talking with myself quite…
Captian's Log The Eucharist 24 Mar 202024 Mar 2020 Is Christ Present Uniquely? I don’t know how to answer this question. Jesus clearly says during the last supper that this is His body, but it seems fair to interpret…
Captian's Log Hate 23 Mar 2020 “This seems a strange place to meet,” he said. He had forgone his customarily bright regalia. No capes, no tassels, just a suit, like a businessman would wear. Even the…
Captian's Log Thoughts on the Classical Arguments for God 22 Mar 2020 Ontological I have a love hate relationship with this argument. As it is most commonly quoted, it appears like something Lewis Carroll would write, some meaningless, circular nonsense straight from…
Top Ten Books Agonson’s Top Ten: The Princess Bride 21 Mar 2020 It has entered my mind to formulate a list of books which have been meaningful to me, both in the pleasure they offer and also in the effect they had.…
Captian's Log Reflections on the Atonement 20 Mar 202020 Mar 2020 Moral Influence I contrarily like and dislike this theory. On the one hand, it brings out a deep truth about God’s love for us, a recognition and knowledge of that…
Captian's Log Long Live the King 19 Mar 2020 The King’s breaths came in shallow, desperate pants. His hair, once the rival of any lion’s mane, was now thin and wispy. The eyes which had stared down tyrants and…
Captian's Log Second Gear 18 Mar 2020 Okay . . . this whole social distancing thing isn’t really working out for me. Let’s just call it off. I’m done with it. Anyone else? Let’s just put the…