The Captain is on the Bridge by Vince Jones

Occasionally a teaching qualifies for “sell all the books, everything needed is here."

Emmet Fox provides one of those with: The Captain Is On The Bridge (from Around The Year With Emmet Fox pg. 248).

When this quote was originally written, it was during:

• the Great Depression
• Prohibition
• The displacement of millions in America’s dust choked heartland
• The drums of war beating with Hitler rising to power and Japan threatening 

Yet Dr. Fox confidently states that The Captain Is On The Bridge:


“The world is not going to the dogs. The human race is not doomed. Civilization is not going to crash. The Captain is on the bridge. Humanity is going through a difficult time, but humanity has gone through difficulties many times before in its long history, and has always come through, strengthened and purified.

Do not worry yourself about the universe collapsing. It is not going to collapse, and anyway that question is none of your business. The Captain is on the bridge. If the survival of humanity depended upon you or me, it would be a poor look out for the Great Enterprise, would it not?

The Captain is on the bridge. God is still in business. All that you have to do is to realize the Presence of God where trouble seems to be, to do your nearest duty to the very best of your ability; and to keep an even mind until the storm is over.”
God doesn't need my help in running the Universe, let alone my life, but I certainly need His. Fortunately, The Captain Is On The Bridge.

- Vince Jones
Vince Jones is the Monday Night Lecturer for many of the clients who are getting treatment at our rehab facilities. He is an expert on the 12-Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous and a historian of the AA text and program. This includes studying the teachings of Emmet Fox who was influential to the founders of AA. Check out Vince's blog "Thought for the Day."