Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Weight Of The World Upon Such Slender Shoulders

Posted on November 5, 2013 by nathanalbright

A Coldplay song recently released from the “Catching Fire” soundtrack, “Atlas,” has a symbolic meaning that resonates throughout a great deal of the most popular juvenile and young adult fiction of the past generation. I suppose it may be an … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Under The Rainbow

Posted on November 5, 2013 by nathanalbright

Under The Rainbow: A Mother’s Experiences Of The Promises Of God, by Catherine Campbell As the second book I have read from Northern Irish minister’s wife Catherine Campbell [1], and the second one involving rainbows, it should be clear that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Server Manifesto

Posted on November 4, 2013 by nathanalbright

Server Manifesto, by Wesley Bauman As a reader always on the prowl for free books [1], I found this short book by happenstance while Facebooking. The author, Wesley Bauman, spent a lot of time living in Southern California and now … Continue reading →

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Knowing How To Win

Posted on November 4, 2013 by nathanalbright

Although I am not the biggest sports fan in my family, I grew up in the Tampa Bay area and have at least some fondness for the teams of the area where I grew up even if my time in … Continue reading →

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A Most Difficult Challenge

Posted on November 3, 2013 by nathanalbright

Yesterday at services, at the close a most excellent sermon message from my local church pastor, there were two most difficult challenges that were very interrelated to each other and interrelated to some of my own main personal difficulties in … Continue reading →

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Young Samuel

Posted on November 3, 2013 by nathanalbright

As it happens, today I had my first class of teaching Sabbath School here in Portland. As is often the case, the way that I came to do this task was a somewhat interesting one. At the Men’s Weekend earlier … Continue reading →

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But Never Put Up Resistance In Vain

Posted on November 2, 2013 by nathanalbright

In light of the book that I just finished reading [1] there is an enigmatic couplet that deals with the relationship between flight and fight in the body’s natural defenses against threats: Fight always for the highest attainable aim, But … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Stress Of Life

Posted on November 2, 2013 by nathanalbright

The Stress Of Life, by Hans Selye At times it is useful to discuss how I came about a book. As it happens, I got this book from a free book table given by some acquaintances of mine, one of … Continue reading →

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Devil’s Night

Posted on November 1, 2013 by nathanalbright

In the city of Detroit, there was once a tradition known as Devil’s Night, where on the night of October 30th looting and violence occur where abandoned buildings were looted and that got so out of hand that it became … Continue reading →

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I’m Not A Stone, I’m Just A Man

Posted on November 1, 2013 by nathanalbright

I have a lot of friends and acquaintances in the state of Washington, and I have had cause to ponder their state in particular given a job assignment I have had for the last couple of days in working with … Continue reading →

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