"Ahab's Loyal Crewmen"
We're Ahab's loyal crewmen,
Making "Progress" on High Seas...
Our harpoons sharp and ready
Protecting our Idolatries......
Aye, Mate! Remove the Rudder!
Throw The Compass overboard!
We're sailing for Utopia......
Last Call.....Now,
"Come Aboard!"
To Change we're all devoted,
Yes, "Progress" is our goal.
The ship we sail? "The Tolerance"
The port we just left?......Old.
And so we sail the high seas...
Hey, Man! We're on the move!
We follow current wisdom...
Adrift 'til we improve.
"The New !"... That is our mantra.
Our sacred Vision-Quest...
How else can we evolve, Sir?
How else can we be blessed?
We're floating fast at last now...
We've drifted wide and far!
We travel Lite into the night...
No Anchor....
No North Star.
We navigate by feeling....
And we feel we're doing fine!
"The Tolerance"? Drifts leftward.
But she's making real good time!
Afloat....Unmoored ...Progressing!
Through the waves tossed to and fro.
We trust the tide for our safe ride....
Our Hope?...No undertow!
We're Ahab's able crewmen
Making headway on the seas;
Our harpoons raised and steady
Guarding our Idolatries.
While we bewail this feeling
That we're sinking far from shore...
We're way too proud to change course now!
...Committed to the core.
So on we sail....in circles,
Around White Whale and Rock.
And though the hull is damaged...
We resist The Ortho-Docs.
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A-cruise upon this Ship of Fools
Denying mankind's Fall
We all live out this Odyssey....
We sense the Sirens' call.
We love the current fashion,
That is washing us away
Pretending to enjoy the ride.
(Dear God, teach us to pray!)
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We flounder in false freedom...
It's a weight tied to our back.
The Lie we bought in Eden
Was the Devil's deadly pact.
But, Lord, your love's astounding...
Always there when we begin
To cry out for a Savior
>From The Deep, engulfing Sin.
The Christ...Our Life-Preserver.
Always there, Lord, just in case
....We wake to see the straits we're in,
And receive Amazing Grace.
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"The greatest disaster that can happen to a man or a nation is not to do
evil; it is to deny that evil exists by calling evil another name like
'progress'. This is the unforgivable sin and the greatest of all sins, for
if we deny we are wounded when our body bleeds, what need have we of
healing?" --Fulton Sheen
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"I do not say that the word 'progress' is unmeaning; I say it is
unmeaning without the previous definition of a moral doctrine, and that it
can be only applied to groups of persons who hold that doctrine in
common."--G.K. Chesterton
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"Then we will no longer be infants tossed back and forth by the
waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning
and craftiness of men in their decetful scheming. Instead, speaking the
truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that
is Christ." --Ephesians 4: 14,15
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"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It
enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before
us, has entered on our behalf." --Hebrews 6: 19-20a
