Monthly Archives: March 2017

I Like My Chicken Fried

Posted on March 18, 2017 by nathanalbright

From time to time I chat about my love of different kinds of music in my Pandora radio station [1].  As a way of testing a theory about work productivity I have been trying to listen to more Pandora as … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Zip It

Posted on March 18, 2017 by nathanalbright

Zip It:  The Keep It Shut 40-Day Challenge, by Karen Ehman [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Zondervan.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] This book joins an alarmingly lengthening list of challenging books that would … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Everything You Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid To Ask

Posted on March 18, 2017 by nathanalbright

Everything You Wanted To Know About God But Were Afraid To Ask, by Eric Metaxas [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Multnomah Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] I have to admit that … Continue reading →

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Maternal Lines: The Patriarchs (Part Two)

Posted on March 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

Having looked at the importance of endogamous marriages to the patriarchs [1], let us turn our attention to three of the most amusing stories in the Scriptures that deal with the patriarchs pretending that their wives are their sisters.  Let … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Alive In The Wild

Posted on March 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

Alive In The Wild, edited by Victor H. Cahalane This is the sort of book I would have enjoyed a great deal more as a child than I enjoyed reading this book as an adult.  I say this not because … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Garden Psalms

Posted on March 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

Garden Psalms:  God’s Gift of Comfort and Abundance, written by Margaret Langstaff This book manages to combine in deft passion two subjects I greatly enjoy reading about, gardening [1] and the Psalms, and manages to combine them in a beautiful … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Irish Gardening

Posted on March 17, 2017 by nathanalbright

Irish Gardening, by various authors I must admit, I did not realize Irish gardening was a thing, or that it would be considered so important for the gardening of Ireland to be recognized with its own journal just as Ireland … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter To The Washington Post

Posted on March 16, 2017 by nathanalbright

Dear Washington Post, This afternoon while I was checking my e-mail at the local library, I saw that you had sent me an invitation to purchase digital content from you, and the appeal was that I should support the work … Continue reading →

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On General Restrictions Of Marriage

Posted on March 16, 2017 by nathanalbright

So far in our examination of relevant biblical law to maternal lines [1], we have seen restrictions that only applied to certain groups of people, specifically priests, kings, and female heirs.  There were, however, some restrictions to marriage that were … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t They In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: New Edition/Bell Biv Devoe/Bobby Brown

Posted on March 16, 2017 by nathanalbright

One of the downsides of growing up as a fan of adult contemporary music in rural central Florida with neighbors who preferred country music was missing a great deal of the R&B of the 1980s.  Some R&B acts, especially those … Continue reading →

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