Captian's Log The Father’s Redemption 6 May 201728 May 2017 In some popular media fatherhood is depicted as less than masculine; a father is displayed as an ineffective backup mother, auxiliary, in the way, and vestigial. However, the last four or…
Captian's Log The Mercy of God 4 May 2017 This picture is cutesy of Blogthechurch. Sodom and Gomorrah is a common allusion from the book of Genesis used in our culture. It is part of a wonderful theme found throughout…
Captian's Log Lost and Found 3 May 2017 To Endure is a short story I started writing in high school. It has gone through many revisions, but there was a time when I gave up on it. I…
Captian's Log Quintessence of Dust? 2 May 2017 What is a sunset? Is it only the refraction of a star's light, or is it something more? Is beauty real or only a pattern of electrical impulses sparking in…
Captian's Log Fencing: Life Lessons 1 May 201729 May 2017 There are many lifelong and deep lessons to be learned from the martial arts, and my one year of fencing holds some of the richest memories in this regard; these are…
Captian's Log Carry On Wayward Blogger 30 Apr 2017 One of my all-time favorite songs is Carry On Wayward Son, by Kansas. I love the lyrics, the sound, and the passion. If I could sing I would sing this song.…
Captian's Log Sleepy Hollow, Then and Now 29 Apr 20172 May 2017 I recently familiarized myself with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving. While reading this classic I kept in mind a comedic Disney short of the same title, one I had watched…
Captian's Log The Budding of Reason 28 Apr 201728 Sep 2017 I am asked, as a Christian, "What the heck do [I] mean by faith?" Often the question is a way of setting up the assertion that religion is predicated on…
Captian's Log Equus Africanus Asinus 27 Apr 201716 Jun 2017 Equus Africanus Asinus or, The Pestilent Passenger I saw an ass on the train today. I have seen dogs and cats before but never an ass. The other zoological riders…