Captian's Log Reason for Joy 21 Nov 2017 So, I tried to explain Thanksgiving to two international students today. I strove, I hope with success, to remove all politics from the conversation. They made a comment that they…
Captian's Log The Mask of Religion 30 Sep 2017 I asked myself, this afternoon, what was more important, whether the outward actions of a body or the inner resolutions of a heart evinced the goodness of a person. Specifically,…
Captian's Log A Friend 3 Sep 20173 Sep 2017 Well, a good friend of mine has left the ranks of bachelorhood and joined the enemy. But, as far as enemies go, I guess she’s okay. Joking aside, I was…
Captian's Log Just Sleeping 28 Aug 201728 Aug 2017 Saint Paul talks about dying daily, and yet every day I find I would rather wallow in self-pity. This whole immortality thing he’s talking about in Corinthians sounds great, but…
Captian's Log The Hero Dies, A Poem 14 Jul 2017 Please read: The Hero Dies Started writing a haiku, but there were too many seven syllable lines. So, I got a little creative.
Captian's Log Jesus Totally Destroys the Tempter 28 Jun 201728 Jun 2017 The temptation of Christ, as it relates to His miracles, shows the difference between the ordinate and the inordinate, revealing the faults of sin. Nothing the devil usurps to incentivize…
Captian's Log Israel and Sisyphus 23 Jun 2017 One of my favorite Myths is that of Sisyphus. When I first read the tale I had what I think is a very American reaction, to view him as noble.…
Captian's Log Pentecost (6/4/2017) 4 Jun 2017 Happy Pentecost Sunday to all my brothers and sisters. Wait on God and he shall renew you. Random thoughts: As I head into dead week, and then finals, I know my strength is…
Captian's Log Don’t Panic! 18 May 201718 May 2017 There is a pernicious assumption that two thousand years ago one man was nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a…
Captian's Log In His Hands 17 May 201717 May 2017 In my last post I alluded to life happening. For instance, our refrigerator broke and the house now smells of rotting food. But of a deeper concern, a loved one…
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