Walt Albritton Articles

A Captivating New Idea

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — I love discovering a captivating new idea, like the one I found in “Resilient,”  John Eldredge’s recent book — that salvation is a new attachment. Equally exciting was learning that one of my favorite authors considered this the most...

Hold On!

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — When I was young, I read Thor Heyerdal’s “Kon-Tiki,” a true adventure story of five men who survived a dangerous 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive balsa wood raft. Having modeled their craft like those used by...

Don’t Cry for Me

RELIGION — Upon the death of his mother, the Dutch priest Henri Nouwen wrote a little book titled “In Memoriam.” It is an intimate account of the power of a mother to influence a son. “From her,” Nouwen said, “I had come to feel an unqualified acceptance which had...

How Blessed Are You?

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — A friend asked me if I had travel plans for the summer. I laughed and said, “Yes, I’m planning to drive over to Dollar General, the one that’s a half-mile from my house.” I explained that in this late season of my life, traveling is not...
Perspectives Matter

Perspectives Matter

By Walter Albritton People see things differently. Take, for example, the Apostle Paul. That great missionary of the first century spent a lot of...

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Perspectives Matter

Problems Are Opportunities

By Walter Albritton Problems can defeat us, right? Well, not necessarily. Not if we look at our problems as opportunities. Choose to do that and you...

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Perspectives Matter

How to Handle Life’s Bad Days

By Walter Albritton Bad days happen. They happen to everyone. So we need to be prepared to handle those days when everything seems to go wrong. You...

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Perspectives Matter

On Staying in Touch with Jesus

By Walter Albritton Since confession is “good for the soul,” I will confess that since my wife died, there are days when grief wins. The chilling...

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Perspectives Matter

On Missing the Bus

By Walter Albritton In his helpful book, Good to Great, Jim Collins gives us a memorable metaphor in comparing a business to a bus and the leader as...

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The Lonely Road of Sorrow

By Walter Albritton When you are traveling the lonely road of sorrow, you don’t need to have someone tell you, “I know how you feel.” Ironically,...

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The Lifeblood of Relationships

The Lifeblood of Relationships

By Walt Albritton Since my wife died, caring friends often ask me, “How are you doing?” It is a gracious way of asking if I am handling my sorrow...

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