Monthly Archives: September 2015

You Want To Teach, But Not Be Taught

Posted on September 26, 2015 by nathanalbright

Earlier this week, there was a stampede during one of the stages of the Hajj, the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, where overcrowding and (apparently) the presence of a Saudi prince who quickly left the scene once the stampede began led … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Higher Places: The Spirituality Found Through Our Dogs

Posted on September 26, 2015 by nathanalbright

Higher Places: The Spirituality Found Through Our Dogs, by Annette Marie Spiezio [Note: This book was provided by Outskirts Press in exchange for an honest review.] In reading this book, as someone who is not nor has ever been a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lincoln: The Biography Of A Writer

Posted on September 25, 2015 by nathanalbright

Lincoln: The Biography Of A Writer, by Fred Kaplan In a marketplace of books that is crowded with books about Abraham Lincoln, quite a few of which have found their way into my own reading collection [1], it is always … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Foreigner

Posted on September 25, 2015 by nathanalbright

A band made up of Americans and Brits who reasoned that because of their composite membership, no matter where they went they would be foreigners, Foreigner is the successful debut album from the same band, a cover whose six world-weary … Continue reading →

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Opposite The Grapevine, Where Crows And Rumors Fly

Posted on September 25, 2015 by nathanalbright

As a fond reader of history and at least an occasional student of matters of legal reasoning, I have often noted the similarities in casemaking tendencies between history and the law, as well as much of the theological sort of … Continue reading →

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The Double-Edged Sword Of Reconciliation

Posted on September 24, 2015 by nathanalbright

There is a particular biblical passage I have heard cited twice in the last week and a half, and heard of being cited at least one other time, and as it is not a very commonly reflected on passage, its … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Essential Abraham Lincoln

Posted on September 23, 2015 by nathanalbright

The Essential Abraham Lincoln, edited by John Gabriel Hunt It is common in the music industry after a singer has died or a band has broken up for a music label to make an essential album out of the hit … Continue reading →

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Once You Go Fast, You Never Go Back

Posted on September 23, 2015 by nathanalbright

I have in other places [1] written seriously and scripturally about the purposes and obligation to fast on the Day of Atonement. That said, my own observance of the Day of Atonement began at the age of four, and the … Continue reading →

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Collective Defense For The Unwilling

Posted on September 22, 2015 by nathanalbright

In the past few years, Japan has gotten at least a little bit more aggressive in its foreign policy. After joining the coalition of the willing in the early 2000s, the government of Japan recently passed a law to make … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy

Posted on September 22, 2015 by nathanalbright

Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice And Confessions On Writing, Love, and Cannibals, by Dinty W. Moore [Note: This book was provided by Blogging For Books/10 Speed Press in exchange for an honest review.] If you are expecting this book … Continue reading →

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