Monthly Archives: January 2011

Super Bowl Mentoring

Posted on January 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

As I was pondering the subject of mentoring [1], I thought it would be worthwhile to examine the careers of the two coaches of this year’s Super Bowl:  Green Bay’s Mike McCarthy (born in Pittsburgh), and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin.  Both … Continue reading →

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A Little Princess, Revisited

Posted on January 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

As a sixth-grader, looking at the absurd pink cover of “A Little Princess” with its picture of a little girl dressed in a ridiculously frilly dress, my first impressions were anything but positive. In fact, if I had not been … Continue reading →

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No Road To Damascus

Posted on January 24, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This article was one I originally write in October of 2005 for the Vertical Thought magazine.  It was never published, but I thought the subject of mentoring worth discussing here, at least to provide some of my “early” thoughts … Continue reading →

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Where Do My Visitors Come From?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by nathanalbright

Today as I was wondering why I had a mysteriously large amount of people interested in why Japan gave up the gun and wheel [1], I sought to investigate how the people who read my blog actually get there.  It … Continue reading →

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Exodus 17:8-16: Blotting Amalek From Under Heaven

Posted on January 23, 2011 by nathanalbright

The permanent warfare between Israel and Amalek is one aspect of biblical military history that carries a lot of resonance throughout scriptures, leading to the rejection of Israel’s first king by God over his failure to conduct holy war [1] … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Sherman: A Soldier’s Life

Posted on January 23, 2011 by nathanalbright

Sherman:  A Soldier’s Life, by Lee Kennett William Tecumseh Sherman shines as a complicated, and probably narcissistic man in this very well-written biography by Lee Kennett, who finds the enigmatic nature of the famous “Cump” Sherman too much to resist.  … Continue reading →

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The Start of Something New

Posted on January 23, 2011 by nathanalbright

In his blog entry, “Starting Something New?,” Mr. Joel Meeker says the following [1]: “Are you starting something new? Leaving home? New school? New job? New relationship? New church? The Bible offers this advice (among much more): Ecclesiastes 7:8: “The … Continue reading →

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Civil War Fantasy Leagues

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

Despite the fact that I am at least a mild critic of sports culture [1] [2] [3], I have long been fond of playing fantasy teams.  There is something that is truly comical about competing with other people in other … Continue reading →

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Gone Viral

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

I still find it difficult to believe that for two months now I have been answering questions about the existence of the same e-mail [1], despite my own lack of interest in making a bigger deal of it [2].  Apparently … Continue reading →

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A Comparative Analysis of the Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Minas

Posted on January 22, 2011 by nathanalbright

[Note:  This is a short paper I wrote for my own study while I waited in the Santiago, Chile airport on the way to the Feast of Tabernacles in 2008.] In two parables in the Gospel, Jesus Christ speaks of … Continue reading →

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