The Famished Patriot

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On Saturday I posted a short article titled Titanic Sacrifices. In it I hailed the bravery of those men on the Titanic who voluntarily yielded lifeboat seats to women and children. I received some pushback from a couple of folks who provided evidence to the contrary. I am not going to attempt a defense of […]

To keep patriotism alive, we must continue to tell the kinds of stories that speak of vision and self-sacrifice. My generation, and the generations before me, were weaned on patriotic stories. Though not always completely 100% factual, the stories we heard as kids inspired patriotism and fed our love of country. They told of larger […]

Be on the lookout for a new series … THE PATRIOT … COMING JANUARY 2nd! For many reasons, 2012 looks to be another very challenging year. The bad news just keeps coming. Our leaders in Washington just keep failing. Our debt just keeps growing. And the nuts just keep getting nuttier. At The Famished Patriot, […]

Be on the lookout for a new series … THE PATRIOT … COMING SOON! “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:3 ESV Human history is a story—well many stories actually—but for our discussion here, we are taking it as one, BIG story. And a grand story it is! We told […]

“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:3 ESV “A RIVER flowed OUT OF Eden TO WATER the garden, and there IT DIVIDED and became FOUR rivers.” Genesis 2:10 (ESV) I began The Grand Narrative with a quick foray into the art and craft of storytelling. I explained that in the […]

“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:3 ESV In Part II of The Grand Narrative, I laid out the five essential story components. The first component is the setting. Here’s how I explained things, “Every story takes place somewhere. The setting could be a country, a city, a town, or […]

“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:3 ESV America’s foundations are crumbling. Like the proverbial “Dutch Boy,” who plugged a hole in the dike with his finger, saving all of Holland, the American patriot, too, seeks for a course of action to save his country. Like that heroic “Dutch Boy,” […]

“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalms 11:3 ESV The beginning of The Grand Narrative: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 (ESV) The end of The Grand Narrative: “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.” Revelation 22:21 (ESV) The Grand Narrative is […]

I will continue with Part V of The Grand Narrative on Monday. Today I want to take a little side trip, and a deeper look, into the connection between storytelling and the shaping of culture. There is so much we can explore between the pages, or “within the fold,” of The Grand Narrative. This idea […]