Monthly Archives: January 2021

Audiobook Review: Explorers Of The Nile

Posted on January 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Explorers Of The Nile: The Triumph And Tragedy Of A Great Victorian Adventure, by Tim Jeal This particular book takes a tough line that manages to point out that European imperialism doesn’t have as much negative things about it as … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: The Trials Of Laura Fair

Posted on January 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Trials Of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, And Insanity In The Victorian West, by Carole Haber, read by Pam Ward This book greatly irritated me, and a large part of this book’s problems is the fact that the author simultaneously … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace

Posted on January 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace: The Private Diary Of A Victoria Lady, by Kate Summerscale, read by Wanda McCaddon If the author of this book or Isabella Robinson, the author of the diary that forms the center of this book, expects to … Continue reading →

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Solomon, If You Walk In My Ways

Posted on January 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text for a split sermon given to the United Church of Congregation in the Dalles on Sabbath, January 9, 2021.] Our first impression of Solomon is generally a positive one. Perhaps most notably among these … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Feng Shui: Secrets Of Chinese Geomancy

Posted on January 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

Feng Shui: Secrets Of Chinese Geomany, by Richard Creightmore This is the sort of book whose appearance signifies that certain aspects of Chinese culture have achieved a high enough degree of prestige in the culture of the West to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Principles Of Astrological Geomany

Posted on January 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Principles Of Astrological Geomancy, The Art Of Divining By Punctuation, by Franz Hartman I have to admit that I found this book to be highly disappointing on multiple grounds. For one, the book itself demonstrated far more interest in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Living Earth Manual Of Feng Shui

Posted on January 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Living Earth Manual of Feng Shui, by Stephen Skinner It is intriguing and somewhat telling that this book has so much bad to say about Hong Kong. After all, the siting for Hong Kong was done largely thanks to … Continue reading →

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Two To Tango

Posted on January 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more notable aspects of life is that there are frequently massive penalties for retaliation that are not present for antagonizing. I have always found this to be troublesome. As a child, for example, I frequently found it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Romans: A Self-Study Guide

Posted on January 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

Romans:  A Self-Study Guide, by Irving L. Jensen As someone who enjoys reading Bible study guides [1], it should not be too unexpected that my attention should turn to those books readily available around me.  In fact, as our congregation’s … Continue reading →

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On The Residual Force Of Laws

Posted on January 8, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more fascinating debates that C.S. Lewis was often involved in, and which remains important when one judges the moral effect of religious beliefs, is the issue of the morality of unbelievers. It has always been true that … Continue reading →

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