Monthly Archives: February 2015

Book Review: It Seemed Like A Good Idea

Posted on February 9, 2015 by nathanalbright

It Seemed Like A Good Idea: A Compendium Of Great Historical Fiascoes, edited by William R. Forstchen and Bill Fawcett This book was loaned to me yesterday by a friend of mine who occasionally lends me historical books for reading … Continue reading →

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Secretary’s Notes: Part Four

Posted on February 9, 2015 by nathanalbright

[Note: This blog is part of a continuing series that gives a first impression of the minutes for the Spokesmen’s Club meetings [1].] Today was an interesting counterpoint to the previous meeting as far as I was concerned. Rather than … Continue reading →

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How To Read A Book Better

Posted on February 9, 2015 by nathanalbright

[Note: This blog is the prepared words for my speech to the Portland UCG Spokesmen’s Club on February 8, 2015.] I trust that all of us in this room are literate, and that even if we do not all read … Continue reading →

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Why Should I Cry For You?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by nathanalbright

Nine years ago today, my father died of a heart attack at the age of 59. In the gloomy weeks and months that followed his death, I sought to find a song that captured my own intensely complicated feelings about … Continue reading →

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You Know I Love You, Don’t You?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by nathanalbright

For better or worse, I’m the sort of person that cannot bear to see other people distressed without doing something about it if it is within my power to do so. I saw a young man tormenting a young woman … Continue reading →

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Restfulness And Restlessness In The High Vor Class Of Bujold’s A Civil Campaign

Posted on February 7, 2015 by nathanalbright

About twenty years ago or so, the late religious scholar Samuele Bacchiochi wrote a book titled Divine Rest For Human Restlessness [*]. This book, one of several he wrote on the subject of the Sabbath, deals with the importance of … Continue reading →

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Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Viola Player

Posted on February 7, 2015 by nathanalbright

In 1973, Elton John was recording an album and was being bothered by comedian Groucho Marx at a dinner party of sorts. Apparently not the wittiest person when it came to thinking of snappy comebacks, his only defense during the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Grand Paradox

Posted on February 6, 2015 by nathanalbright

The Grand Paradox: The Messiness Of Life, The Mystery Of God, and The Necessity Of Faith, by Ken Wytsma [Note: This book was provided for free by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for an honest review.] This book certainly lives … Continue reading →

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Caught In The Middle

Posted on February 6, 2015 by nathanalbright

I read a lot of books by people who are proponents of social justice [1]. I myself tend to have a strong social justice streak that is surely born out of my own intense longings for justice, longings which have … Continue reading →

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Book Review: For The Right Reasons

Posted on February 5, 2015 by nathanalbright

For The Right Reasons: America’s Favorite Bachelor On Faith, Love, Marriage, And Why Nice Guys Finish First, by Sean Lowe with Nancy French [Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for an honest … Continue reading →

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