Captian's Log Appointment with Life 29 Jun 2017 In season eleven of Agatha Christie’s Poirot there is an episode entitled, Appointment with Death. The title references a fable that is sometimes known as Appointment in Samarra. I’ll put…
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 Wonder Woman Review 2 Jun 2017 ~Mild Spoilers~ Wonder Woman is an extraordinary movie. It brings up a question: How do we face the inherent depravity of the human condition? Certain viewpoints are espoused at the…
Captian's Log The Way 22 May 2017 As finals make their dreadful approach the wayward blogger finds himself surrounded by hordes of enemy homework. Armed with unrealistic due dates they tear asunder his resolve, the resolution to…
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…
Captian's Log Rescued 15 May 201715 May 2017 I think this is the first poem I will have published in a post. I tried to follow two major rules: a simple rhyming structure of AABB, and a decreasing…
Captian's Log Heart’s Emptiness 12 May 2017 Meaningless, meaningless, all is meaningless. Some of us get that quote immediately. Those who do recognize what Solomon is saying in Ecclesiastes. What profit is there under the sun, he…
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