Tag Archives: family

To Serve And Protect

Posted on November 30, 2015 by nathanalbright

This morning I happened to read an article about a police shooting in rural Western Pennsylvania, in the same county where I spent my early childhood and the time my father had custody after my parents split up during my … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Would Not Be Moved

Posted on November 29, 2015 by nathanalbright

As is often the case, I tend to habitually reflect on the sermon messages I hear at Sabbath services and seek to provide some sort of elaboration on them, not only to describe them but also to respond to them … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Everyday Talk

Posted on November 28, 2015 by nathanalbright

Everyday Talk: Talking Freely And Naturally About God with Your Children, by John A. Younts As someone without children myself, I find it somewhat inappropriate to give too warm a recommendation of books which seek to provide parenting advice [1], … Continue reading →

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Up In Smoke

Posted on November 27, 2015 by nathanalbright

It had all the ingredients of a quiet Thanksgiving night, spent among friends so close as to be family, who I had spent the last few hours eating with, chatting with, and relaxing with. Then, all of the sudden, the … Continue reading →

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Pick A Star On The Dark Horizon, And Follow The Light

Posted on November 24, 2015 by nathanalbright

This morning, after scraping the ice off of my car windows well enough so that I could see where I was driving, I was reminded of the tendency of weathermen to be somewhat alarmist in their predictions, while attempting to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Bronze Age America

Posted on November 17, 2015 by nathanalbright

Bronze Age America, by Barry Fell Often, as is the case with this book, my prolific reading habits draw attention from friends and acquaintances and they wish for me to read a book and record my thoughts on it. As … Continue reading →

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Lest I Boast Above Measure

Posted on November 17, 2015 by nathanalbright

For a variety of personal reasons, I happen to often be an eyewitness of people giving their wives extravagant praise when those wives are not around. At times it is difficult to distinguish how much of that praise is boasting … Continue reading →

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A Change In The Nature

Posted on November 16, 2015 by nathanalbright

What sort of change in the nature of animals do you think of when I read Isaiah 11:6-9: “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, the calf and the young … Continue reading →

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Reduce It To Text

Posted on November 14, 2015 by nathanalbright

One of the more enduring tendencies of my life is to reduce the context, pretext, and subtext of life into text. This tendency, like any native tendency within human beings, is not uniformly good, but has its trade-offs. On the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Dude’s Guide To Marriage

Posted on November 3, 2015 by nathanalbright

The Dude’s Guide To Marriage: Ten Skills Every Husband Must Develop To Love His Life Well, by Darrin & Amie Patrick [Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishers in exchange for an honest review.] It … Continue reading →

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