Captian's Log 2024: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202423 Dec 2024 Merry Christmas The Christ is here, the infinite—how small is one newborn—and did those parents know it fit?The bread that would be torn,they placed Him in a feeding trough,laid Him…
Captian's Log Away to Heaven 5 Dec 2024 Not feeling well tonight. Not feeling well this week. I had the thought, thinking of my cat and how quickly she passed away, sick one day then gone, how my…
Captian's Log State of Things 29 Nov 202426 Nov 2024 Do I want to do this? That is the question I avoid answering again and again. With myself and my family, I have been far more explicit in response: "No.…
Captian's Log Praise God 14 Jul 202413 Jul 2024 When in this life all hope has fled, to heaven I will lift my head.If all my struggles are for naught,still for your kingdom I have fought. Should I be…
Captian's Log Happy Pentecost Sunday! 19 May 2024 O fire of God whose flames can healthe rift of man at Babel,Thy holy presence now revealand unify us rabble. For we have gathered here to praythat you might lead…
Captian's Log 2023: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202323 Dec 2023 Merry Christmas! Rejoice, for the Savior's here. Christ has come today. Be glad and merry. Our God, who was so smalland lain down in the hay—Oh! Hear his quiet call.Come…
Captian's Log 2023: Christmas Eve 24 Dec 202323 Dec 2023 Merry Christmas Eve to all the world. Santa's polishing his sleigh, and the reindeer are restless. The elves are loading the bags while they sing a merry tune. The time…
Captian's Log I Saw 14 Dec 2023 I saw, all in a moment, not what was, but in a sense, what ought to be. I should, if I were more sensible—perhaps I should have wept or laughed,…
Captian's Log Prayer: Where Are You? 11 Nov 2023 What is my hope, O God? Where do I look? Where are you in this misery? I have sinned from my birth, cut from the womb, near dead, but I…
Captian's Log 2022: Merry Christmas 25 Dec 202222 Dec 2022 And as I walk through sleet and snow, as cold rain falls and harsh winds blow, and all the world seems full of woe, I think how few that night…
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