Monthly Archives: May 2023

Rutland, VT is a small town nestled in a hollow of the Green Mountains along Otter Creek, which flows north from there into Lake Champlain. It’s a beautiful spot and it was where John was born and grew up. He started college in Middlebury, some 45 miles downstream, but didn’t take long to decide thatContinue reading “Daily Prayer, 12 May”

This prayer was another opportunity to add depth to a holiday that many of our crew knew only as an excuse to drink beer, something that couldn’t be done underway on deployment anyway. It so happened that during one deployment, during COVID, it did not pass unobserved that Cinco de Mayo fell on Taco Tuesday,Continue reading “Daily Prayer, 5 May”

We often aren’t aware of the reputations that we are building until it’s too late. The only way I know of to control one’s own reputation is to set standards of behavior for oneself. Select the kind of person you want to be, and then measure all of your decisions—big and small—by whether or notContinue reading “Daily Prayer, 2 May”

Sailors are encouraged to have a questioning attitude. It may be that a particular Sailor is the only one who sees a threat or an impending mistake, and it is imperative that he or she is free to speak up and ask the question. No matter how questioning is encouraged, however, it is often theContinue reading “Daily Prayer, 1 May”