Monthly Archives: June 2023

Thinking As We Ought About The Freedom Of Others

Posted on June 19, 2023 by nathanalbright

As I write this, it is about 4:30AM on Juneteenth, and I am waiting in an airport terminal in Portland for the first of many flights on a trip I am taking that will have me–at least as far as … Continue reading →

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At Journey’s Beginning

Posted on June 19, 2023 by nathanalbright

As I write this, it is about an hour or so before I head off to the airport in order to begin a long and busy journey across three continents (four if you count things geologically instead of politically and … Continue reading →

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A Bad Idea Is Better Than No Idea At All

Posted on June 19, 2023 by nathanalbright

Ideas are important matters, and the absence of creativity and originality is an aspect of life that demonstrates the tiredness of so many of those people who should be leading our arts and business. For those who are attentive to … Continue reading →

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He Shall Be Like A Tree Planted By The Rivers Of Water

Posted on June 18, 2023 by nathanalbright

[Note: The following are the prepared notes for a sermonette given to the United Church of God congregation in Portland on Sabbath, June 17th.] I hope you are all having a wonderful Sabbath. Do you remember the first moment in … Continue reading →

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Book Preview: Paragraph Development

Posted on June 17, 2023 by nathanalbright

Paragraph Development: A Guide For Students Of English As A Second Language, by Martin Arnaudet As someone who has written essays on a near-daily basis for years, and as a native speaker and writer of English who regularly conducts paragraph … Continue reading →

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Brainless Social Media Stunts

Posted on June 17, 2023 by nathanalbright

Earlier this week I received a rather concerning letter from the manufacturer of my car stating that they would send me, upon my request, an anti-theft device for me to add to my car to make it safer based on … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Rebels In The Making

Posted on June 16, 2023 by nathanalbright

Rebels In The Making: The Secession Crisis And The Birth Of The Confederacy, by William L. Barney For those of us who have read about the causes of the American Civil War–and numerous other conflicts–there is a strong air of … Continue reading →

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You’re The Target That I’m Aiming At

Posted on June 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

How many different ways can you miss the mark? As I have previously written in some detail, missing the mark is viewed in the Bible already as a metaphorical expression for one of the four different types of ways that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Lotharingia

Posted on June 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

Lotharingia: A Personal History Of Europe’s Lost Country, by Simon Winder At first glance, this book might seem to be a whimsical and lighthearted book about a ghost nation formed out of the Treaty of Verdun in 843 between the … Continue reading →

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The Cost Of Resentment

Posted on June 14, 2023 by nathanalbright

It can be all too easy for those who are momentarily and temporarily victorious to believe that their victory is final and complete and that they can rub the faces of the defeated into the mud and excrement that intensely … Continue reading →

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