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I serve as a pastor at Calvary Chapel Old Towne in Orange, CA. I am deeply committed to my Savior Jesus Christ. I'm a private pilot. I'm a writer. I love books and where they take me. People often ask me: "what are you reading' now?" They sometimes ask: "how goes the publishing?" Oh, I'll touch on that too, but let's go back to the first question. It's so much more rewarding! Welcome to The Morning Frigate that will "take us lands away"! Hop on!

• Robert Frost’s “Backward Step”

  By Robert A Schorr on December 1, 2020 • ( 5 )

  
  

  With the world torn loose and rushing past, a backward step is wise.

• Three Robert Frost ‘Puzzles’

  By Robert A Schorr on October 13, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  
  

  Three poems of Robert Frost that have baffled readers for decades

• Emily Dickinson’s ‘Brittle Pier’

  By Robert A Schorr on September 7, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  
  

  Some of her most moving poems record a spiritual quest: “Narcotics cannot still the Tooth that nibbles at the Soul.”

• Victor Hugo’s ‘Eye’ in the Dirt

  By Robert A Schorr on July 16, 2020 • ( 3 )

  
  

  Such a marvelous touch! With it our man is face-to-face with his sin nature.

• What “Heart of Darkness”?

  By Robert A Schorr on June 15, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  
  

  Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness may just be the perfect novel.