Walt Albritton Articles

Did you catch any fish?

OPINION — Peter and his brother Andrew were fishermen. One day, when they were busy casting their nets in the Sea of Galilee, Jesus walked by. Jesus invited the two men to follow him, and added this promise: “I will make you fishers of men.” Their response, as...

Life together

OPINION — After he was hanged by the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings became a treasured testimony for Christians around the world. None has blessed me more than his book, Life Together, in which he shares his experience of Christian community during...

The farmer Jesus unchained

OPINION — What happened to Simon Peter can only be explained by the life-changing power of Jesus Christ. The leader of the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus, Peter had a gift for putting his foot in his mouth. Once Jesus rejected Peter’s counsel so strongly that he...

The medicine my sick heart needed

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — We buried our boy, our only child, on a lovely day in May. Our hearts were burdened with grief. That summer we sought relief from our sorrow by taking a vacation at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Billy Graham would be preaching in a...
Helping Others On Their Journey Through Grief

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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Helping Others On Their Journey Through Grief

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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Remember the Tender Words

By Walt Albritton Since my wife Dean died, I have enjoyed reading again some of things she had written – talks, Sunday School lessons, testimonies,...

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