Monthly Archives: April 2018

Book Review: Invisible Armies

Posted on April 28, 2018 by nathanalbright

Invisible Armies:  An Epic History Of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient Times To The Present, by Max Boot There are at least two issues that one can have with reading epic histories [1] like this one.  First, one has to allot … Continue reading →

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Book Review: War Made New

Posted on April 28, 2018 by nathanalbright

War Made New:  Technology, Warfare, And The Course Of History:  1500 To Today, by Max Boot This book took quite a while for me to read, but it was certainly a worthwhile read, and one that has a lot of … Continue reading →

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Bitten By Your Bad Reputation: Echoes Of 1 Corinthians In 1 Clement

Posted on April 27, 2018 by nathanalbright

It is our contemporary understanding of grace that when something is forgiven that one simply never brings it up again [1].  Indeed, this idea is so firmly planted within the contemporary mind that for someone to bring up past faults, … Continue reading →

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Something To Ponder

Posted on April 27, 2018 by nathanalbright

Remember the times when you would tell younger black comedians that they shouldn’t use swear words in their comedy because it wasn’t friendly to family audiences?  It’s a little thing, but it is comments like that which made you seem … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Darkness Around Us Is Deep

Posted on April 27, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Darkness Around Us Is Deep, by William Stafford When one has read as many books by William Stafford as I have [1], you get a sense for the most important elements of his work to those who make compilations.  … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Even In Quiet Places

Posted on April 27, 2018 by nathanalbright

Even In Quiet Places, by William Stafford It is apparently a common thing in poetry publishing for a series of chapbooks to be turned into a mainstream publishing book, and so it was with the last series of chapbooks to … Continue reading →

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The Legend Of The Phoenix In The Epistle Of 1 Clement

Posted on April 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

Many contemporaries are aware of the legend of the phoenix.  Fans of the Harry Potter series will note that J.K. Rowling integrated this legend into her novels in a variety of ways, with having both Harry Potter and Tom Riddle … Continue reading →

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Book Review: An Oregon Message

Posted on April 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

An Oregon Message, by William Stafford It seems somewhat strange in retrospect that Stafford would publish a book with a title of An Oregon Message and then be upset five years later that he was being labeled as a regional … Continue reading →

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Book Review: My Name Is William Tell

Posted on April 26, 2018 by nathanalbright

My Name Is William Tell, by William Stafford One might think with the title like this, this prize-winning book of poetry, which won the Western States Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in Poetry in 1992, the tongue is being lodged … Continue reading →

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The Epistle Of 1 Clement And The Prelude To Papal Claims Of Authority

Posted on April 25, 2018 by nathanalbright

It is perhaps little surprise that the first time that a congregation seeks to interfere in the leadership of another congregation, that the interfering congregation happens to be Rome and that the move to bolster friendly authorities in another congregation … Continue reading →

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