Monthly Archives: July 2022

I Hope You Get All That You Want

Posted on July 21, 2022 by nathanalbright

From time to time I have written about the strange career of Natalie Imbruglia here. In the United States, she is best known as having performed a massively popular cover of the song “Torn,” which was absolutely inescapable on the … Continue reading →

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The Catch-22 Of Circles Around This Town

Posted on July 20, 2022 by nathanalbright

There is a catch-22 that artists face when it comes to the material that they write and perform. Does an artist write about their struggles as they have experienced them or do they try to pander to the audience by … Continue reading →

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Where Have You Gone, Mr. Moon?

Posted on July 19, 2022 by nathanalbright

As I have commented elsewhere, the first song that I can remember being my favorite song was the sentimental ballad “Somewhere Out There,” a duet that was part of the soundtrack for a movie I also greatly enjoyed as a … Continue reading →

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The Legend Of The K-Car

Posted on July 18, 2022 by nathanalbright

What you think about the K-Car, as is the case with so many other things, depends on your perspective. If you are a fan of the Chrysler company, the K-Car represents the way that the Chrysler Company survived throughout the … Continue reading →

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Snakes In The Grass

Posted on July 17, 2022 by nathanalbright

Some time ago, during the course of our recent travels, my mother and I had a discussion about a situation that had occurred relating to some ministers that we both know who have been involved in some of the international … Continue reading →

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Wilderness In Perspective

Posted on July 16, 2022 by nathanalbright

For the first half of this week or so I served at a camp for preteens in remote Central Oregon some half an hour east of the town of Prineville. The camp located there, which was being used by our … Continue reading →

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The Horror Of The Real

Posted on July 15, 2022 by nathanalbright

When I was at preteen camp, there was a bit of a setup that happened with many of the girls’ dorms, who came to the Bible Explorer class I taught with the idea in mind to talk about biblical stories … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Kill ‘Em All

Posted on July 14, 2022 by nathanalbright

Kill ‘Em All, by Metallica I must admit that while I am familiar with some music by the classic heavy metal band Metallica, that I have never listened to their discography in any kind of depth, and their earlier music … Continue reading →

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On The Discovery Of Tomato Bisque

Posted on July 14, 2022 by nathanalbright

I have a lot of thoughts about camp, some of them relating to myself in some fashion and some of them relating to other people whose experiences I observed and heard about. Having spent the last few days in a … Continue reading →

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Nor Will My Hand Be Heavy On You

Posted on July 10, 2022 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text of a sermonette given to the Portland UCG congregation on Sabbath, July 9, 2022.] In my last sermonette, I spoke about the attitude of David and his practice concerning the issue of receiving godly … Continue reading →

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