Tag Archives: depression

Book Review: When There Are No Easy Answers

Posted on July 25, 2016 by nathanalbright

When There Are No Easy Answers: Thinking Differently About God, Suffering, And Evil, by John S. Feinberg [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Kregel Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.] As someone who for personal … Continue reading →

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What Would You Want On Your Tombstone?

Posted on June 18, 2016 by nathanalbright

When I was a child, one of the more amusing commercials on television that I remember featured a person blindfolded and facing a firing squad, and asked what they wanted on their tombstone, and the response would be something like … Continue reading →

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Why Aren’t They In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: The Cure

Posted on June 16, 2016 by nathanalbright

[Note:  The Cure was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.] As a resident of the greater Portland area, it is hard to avoid listening to The Cure. On any one of the city’s three alternative … Continue reading →

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Worse Than Useless

Posted on May 6, 2016 by nathanalbright

I had mentioned before that three times in my life I have had some reasonably sustained therapy [1]. The first time it happened was between the ages of about five and seven, at a local psychiatric hospital in Plant City, … Continue reading →

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Naming Our Abuse: Rehabilitation

Posted on May 3, 2016 by nathanalbright

What is the purpose of reflecting upon such painful and difficult experiences as has been done so far? If our desire is not merely to put the blame of our difficulties on other people, what is the point of going … Continue reading →

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Siren’s Song

Posted on April 29, 2016 by nathanalbright

According to various Greek myths, the Sirens were chimerical sort of women who lured mariners to their death with the promises of being able to see both the past and the future. Odysseus, for example, upon the advice of one … Continue reading →

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Sleeping It Away

Posted on April 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

Earlier I mentioned [1] that there are difficulties when people try to describe themselves as insane because they only prove themselves to be more sane by making the attempt. Here, hopefully, what I meant by that will be clear. Three … Continue reading →

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The Kindly Sea

Posted on March 25, 2016 by nathanalbright

We who live in the contemporary world are often tempted to think that the pervasive mood of heavy irony that characterizes our time is something new to us, but such thoughts tend to demonstrate a lack of awareness of human … Continue reading →

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Book Review: This Is Awkward

Posted on February 27, 2016 by nathanalbright

This Is Awkward: How Life’s Uncomfortable Moments Open The Door To Intimacy And Connection, by Sammy Rhodes [Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson in exchange for an honest review.] This book is awkward, no joke. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Boy Meets Depression

Posted on November 7, 2015 by nathanalbright

Boy Meets Depression: Or, Life Sucks And then You Die Live, by Kevin Breel [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Harmony Books in exchange for an honest review.] Kevin Breel, who in his early twenties … Continue reading →

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