As a kid, Saturday night was family tv night. My dad would pop some popcorn, and we would gather as a family around the television. Back then….you didn’t have 120 different channels to watch. You didn’t have a 60” flatscreen tv with a booming sound system. No….we had I think a 27” console television. It might have been smaller than that….but it SEEMED so much bigger! Anyway……we’d gather round and watch one of our favorite shows. You might have heard of it. It was about a guy that was captain of a big ship. He and his crew were usually getting into all sorts of adventures. They’d usually go to the same place each week….but there would always be new people to meet. Oftentimes, some of them would come back for repeat trips…but there would always be new passengers as well. To a 10 year old kid, this show seemed wonderfully entertaining. 

 

The Love Boat was a cruise liner that promised its passengers an adventure in love. If you were a single person, chances are very good you could meet someone special on this boat, for some reason.

 

I’ll say right off…this was probably not the most morally redeeming show, and I am not recommending it…but it is a good illustration of what we often refer to as “Love”.