Captian's Log Haiku: Sun, Moon, and Stars 15 Mar 2021 The whispering stars through the dark night's long vigil keep watch over earth The hot heat of noon the sweet shadows of twilight and glorious dawn Moon, ever changing, who…
Captian's Log Themes in Daniel 7 Mar 2021 God is Unique . . . It may go without saying, but God is revealing himself in his word. Furthermore, there is a sense that God is revealing himself, not…
Captian's Log Reflections on the Book of Haggai 28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 Settings There are three main messages in the book of Haggai, and therefore three slightly different settings into which these messages are delivered. All are given in the second year…
Captian's Log Reflections on the Book of Habakkuk 27 Feb 20211 Mar 2021 The book of Habakkuk starts strangely; it starts with a question: "How long?" The prophet agonizes. The questions seem all too familiar in our secular age: God does not listen,…
Captian's Log Reflections on These Little Gods 26 Dec 2020 On the road and caffeinated, sailing by the cloudy sea of heaven, I pause in wonder at the beauty of these passing, formless things. Here some are dark; others a…
Captian's Log 2020: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202023 Dec 2020 Merry Christmas. I hope you find the day restful. Be with family; be with friends. A favorite in our house, I have been reading aloud the classic, A Christmas Carol.…
Captian's Log 2020: Christmas Eve 24 Dec 202023 Dec 2020 Christmas is tomorrow, and we celebrate the coming of our savior to the world. Come and adore Him, this weeping baby, which is the very God who made the heavens,…
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 Poem: I Thank You for the Animals 25 Nov 202025 Nov 2020 I thank you for the animals,for little birds which sing,for dogs and cats and butterflies,the simple joys they bring. I love to scratch a canine's ears,to stroke a feline's back,and…
Captian's Log Poem: Ending Day 22 Oct 2020 How glorious, this ending day,the puffy clouds were orange and pink;how marvelous the light did playas the bright sun began to sink. And driving home I had the thoughtthat painters…