Tag Archives: unity

Totu Taotao Unu

Posted on July 2, 2022 by nathanalbright

At the dinner show my mother and I went to last night (review forthcoming), the show made a great deal of all people being one. This was done by a variety of means–including a choreographed portrayal of the creation of … Continue reading →

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The Worth Of Fellowship

Posted on May 22, 2022 by nathanalbright

Yesterday, we had the chance to listen to the delayed message by the incoming president of our church, and it is easy to see in retrospect why it was that the Home Office wanted us all to listen to the … Continue reading →

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From Many, One

Posted on September 28, 2021 by nathanalbright

The sermonette today was a very interesting one on the similarities and parallels between the way that the United States was formed from many peoples into one nation and how it is that the Father creates the Israel of God … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dixie Betrayed

Posted on August 5, 2020 by nathanalbright

Dixie Betrayed:  How The South Really Lost The Civil War, by David J. Eicher It is always fascinating to see accounts of the fall of the South in the Civil War.  On what can it be blamed?  This particular book … Continue reading →

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The Dividing Line

Posted on May 12, 2020 by nathanalbright

Whether or not this is a good thing, it appears impossible for humanity to unify even in limited ways without dividing some parts of humanity off from others.  And every attempt to unify human beings who exist on opposite sides … Continue reading →

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The Strength Of Local Attachments

Posted on December 5, 2019 by nathanalbright

One of the more notable ways that maps lie is in the way that they view states as unitary structures.  We look on a map and see the United States as one color and neglect to see the massive diversity … Continue reading →

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So Am I

Posted on June 13, 2019 by nathanalbright

Although her name is an obscure one, Ava Max has her own group of stans [1] who call themselves Avatars and who have cheered on the top 10 success of her first American hit, “Sweet But Psycho.”  The second song … Continue reading →

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Contra Novo Arius

Posted on March 24, 2019 by nathanalbright

Some years ago, when I lived in Florida, I knew a gentleman who had a heretical view of the nature of God that he viewed as springing from a supposed Gospel of the stars which came from a particular interpretation … Continue reading →

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La Glorie, Or, Have Pity On The Poor Statesmen

Posted on March 20, 2019 by nathanalbright

One of the hazards of having lived a life where division has been a frequent part of one’s experience in institutions, and where the fear of civil war has long been present in one’s own society and frequently in one’s … Continue reading →

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Walls Of Separation

Posted on October 22, 2018 by nathanalbright

A bit more than a decade ago, I visited Turkey for the Feast of Tabernacles.  During that Feast, we spent the first few days in Istanbul, and one memorable afternoon a group of us took a trip to a museum.  … Continue reading →

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