Walt Albritton Articles

Forty Times A Day

RELIGION — Glory! I reckon I say it 40 times a day. It is more than a wonderful habit; it expresses who I am. It’s my way of paying tribute to the power and presence of God in my daily life.  It’s not a Sunday word. Like many of my generation, I grew up with...

Whose Praise Do I Value Most?

RELIGION — A verse in the Gospel of John caught my attention. In describing Jewish leaders who believed in Jesus but were afraid to admit it, John says “they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God” (12:43, ESV). Other translations...

GLORY! 

RELIGION — The word “glory” has many meanings. And it can be a noun, a verb, an adverb or an adjective.  As a noun, its primary meaning is the presence of God. As a verb it can refer to a player’s glory on a football field or the glory one may give to God. It...

It’s Camped Outside Your Door 

RELIGION — If bitterness has not already invaded your mind, it’s camped outside your door, ready to take over and scramble your faith in God. Tragedy can open the door to this dangerous attitude.  We recognize it sometimes in the elderly who, having weathered...
Best Medicine for Loneliness

Best Medicine for Loneliness

By WALTER ALBRITTON Kind friends often express concern for me by saying, “I know you have missed Dean this year.” Those caring words remind me of...

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Best Medicine for Loneliness

Be Strong and Courageous

By WALTER ALBRITTON Find my wife’s grave in the old cemetery in Wetumpka and beside her grave you will see a stone bench. It was placed there by a...

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Best Medicine for Loneliness

Oh, That’s Good!

By WALTER ALBRITTON A man told me that finally he had decided to read the Bible – from Genesis through Revelation. “But pray for me,” he said;...

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Best Medicine for Loneliness

Do It Anyway

By WALTER ALBRITTON In my twenties, when I was struggling to learn to write, a friend said to me, “Walter, you quote too many people; why don’t you...

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