Walt Albritton Articles

I Know God Can’t Forgive Me

RELIGION — I can hardly begin to describe the countless ways God has blessed me. He let me be born to godly parents and grow up with four siblings who loved Jesus. He called me to preach the gospel. I have shared the gospel on five of the seven continents of the...

You Were Blessed if Your Mama Read You Fairytales

RELIGION — Books have been important to me. I blame my mama for that. She read fairytales to me when I was a little boy. Before I could read or write, I knew all about "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Snow White" and "Little Red Riding Hood." Television was not available...

The Power of Forgiveness

RELIGION — Frederick Buechner wrote wisely about the power of forgiveness. He said, “When somebody you have wronged forgives you, you are spared the dull and self-diminishing throb of a guilty conscience.” I know that’s true from my own experience. I was at odds with...

A Compliment I Did Not Deserve

RELIGION — A phone call at night woke me. “Would you like for me to drive you over to Seth’s home?” It was Amy, my son Steve’s wife, calling. “Why?” I asked. “Your brother is dead,” she said.  I could not believe what I was hearing. But it was true. Quite...
When You Are Wandering in the Wilderness

See What God Has Done

By WALTER ALBRITTON The Ken Burns television series on Muhammad Ali filled me with mixed emotions — admiration and sadness. I admired Ali’s...

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When You Are Wandering in the Wilderness

The Hands of God

By WALTER ALBRITTON Anyone with a dime’s worth of common sense knows that God is a spirit who has no hands like the appendages that hang from a...

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When You Are Wandering in the Wilderness

The Influence of One Small Woman

By WALTER ALBRITTON While visiting Methodist mission stations in Southeast Asia, my wife and I worshipped one Sunday at an English-speaking church...

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When You Are Wandering in the Wilderness

How the Church Grows

By WALTER ALBRITTON Some churches are growing. Some are treading water. And some are dying. Wise pastors want their church to grow. So what is the...

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