When Christopher Columbus and his one-hundred-men crew pushed o=
ff from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, in search of a western sea route to As=
ia in 1492, many weren’t so sure they’d ever see him again.
The Itali=
an-born explorer had lobbied earnestly for funding for the trip, and was tu=
rned down by Portugal, England, and France. Spain finally agreed to back hi=
m, but navigating unchartered waters in the fifteenth century was harrowing=
and, at times, horrifying and even deadly.
As it turned out, the journey took =
Columbus much longer than he had anticipated. In total, it was two months a=
nd nine days before he landed in the Bahamas and nowhere near Asia. But he =
had discovered the New World, and that was plenty enough for the trip to be=
deemed historic and successful.
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Like all explorers, Columbus kept a log of his d=
ays on the ocean. He sailed day after day, often in tedious monotony. Yet i=
f you reviewed his journal, you know how the most common entry reads?
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“Toda=
y, we sailed on.”
As we consider our place and role in this broken world &#=
8212; the challenges of a dysfunctional culture that champions and celebrat=
es death, mocks the light of Christ, and demonizes Christians — Colum=
bus’ words resonate.
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“Today, we sailed on.”
[with =
thanks to the Daily Citizen as we celebrate Columbus Day weekend]
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Dr Bob Griffin
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