Walt Albritton Articles

Learning to eat alone

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Almost three years have passed since my wife died. Her death enrolled me in a school I had not wanted to attend – the School of Sorrow. Nonetheless, the lessons I am learning are helping me move forward with the rest of my life.Some lessons...

Alter Call: Watcha Doing?

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — The above title in correct English would be: What are you doing? Around the house, some of us take shortcuts with our words. I can remember my wife asking me many times, “Whatcha doing?”I got in the habit of replying with a cute answer like...

Through the Fires of Sorrow

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —Oswald Chambers was blunt about sorrow and difficulty. Nothing is gained by saying there ought to be no sorrow. “Sorrow is,” he said, and we must face it. Sin, sorrow and suffering are facts of life, “and it is not for us to say that God has...

To whom do you belong?

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION —During my early and middle years, but not much during my older years, there were occasions when I had lustful thoughts while admiring the beauty of another man’s wife. Each time that happened, I heard the inner voice of Jesus saying, “Relax,...
God Expects Believers to Live Holy Lives

Homo Unius Libri

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION ― Circulating among Methodists lately has been a video of a United Methodist drag queen denouncing the Bible. Openly...

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God Expects Believers to Live Holy Lives

God’s Best Gifts

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION― Years ago I sometimes laughed and said I was disappointed in James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family. My four...

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God Expects Believers to Live Holy Lives

Belonging Matters

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION— Three of my siblings were born in a hospital. My sister Neva and I were born at home, a humble home in the country 12...

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God Expects Believers to Live Holy Lives

Listen Up!

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Dozens of football players are on the practice field exercising. They are talking to each other. Suddenly they hear a...

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God Expects Believers to Live Holy Lives

It’s Your Main Business

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — He was dead, sealed in a borrowed tomb. Two days later, the earth trembles, the stone rolls away, and Jesus walks...

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