This coming Wednesday, March 16th we will begin a new three week series titled: “A Pirate’s Life for Me”
What is it about pirates that absolutely captures our hearts and imaginations? I can’t begin to put a number on the hours I have spent playing “pirates” in my house. We have pirate hats, and flags, we have pirate ships, Lego pirates and pirate games – all one would need to conquer the seven seas.
However, long after we outgrow our pirate toys, I still think we are captivated by the romanticized version of pirates. Anyone see Pirates of the Caribbean? How about the second or third one? Plans on seeing the next installment, “On Stranger Tides”? Here is a link to the trailer. Watch it and tell me something inside of you doesn’t come alive.
To be honest I think we are captivated by the idea of pirates, because of the total freedom, complete purpose, reckless abandon, and countless riches. It’s all upside in the pirate’s life, or at least that’s the parts we play.
I think that those are the parts that captivate us as adults as well. We want freedom, we want to live on purpose, we want to live with reckless abandon, all with the idea that somewhere somehow we will discover the buried treasure that has eluded everyone else..
Come join us on March 16th at 6:30am as we set sail on this three-week series.
~ D.R. Carlson