Walt Albritton Articles

Alter Call| Sept. 26, 2024

Welcome the touch of another hand OPINION — Need a job? A good way to get hired is to say to a foreman, who might need someone with your skills, “Can you use another hand?” If he accepts your offer, and you put in a good day’s work, you may have a steady job the next...

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That trembling in my soul OPINION — Were You There” is a haunting phrase in the old spiritual, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” The refrain stirs my soul every time I sing it: “Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble ….”The song reminds us that...

Alter Call | Sept. 12, 2024

He died for you OPINION — As a young pastor I was taught, when serving the Sacrament, to say to each recipient, “The body and blood of Jesus.” I did that for many years. Then one Sunday I felt led to say simply, “He died for you.”It is one of the most profound truths...

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Leaning on Jesus OPINION — In this last chapter of my earthly life, I have moved from struggling with grief to struggling with cancer. It has been a new experience to sit in a large waiting room with 30 other patients, all of us waiting for our name to be called for...
The medicine my sick heart needed

The secret of his prayer life

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — I am indebted to Thomas Carruth. When I get to heaven I plan to look Tom up and thank him for what he did for me. It was...

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The medicine my sick heart needed

The Lamb in the midst

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — In the early days of Jesus’ ministry, John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who...

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The medicine my sick heart needed

My heart will go on singing

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — The Church teaches that God provides for our spiritual nourishment and growth in grace what are called the “ordinary...

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The medicine my sick heart needed

Songs strengthen faith

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — The songs we sing teach us where to find the strength we need in life’s trials. Pick up a hymnal and turn to “Soldiers...

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The medicine my sick heart needed

Entirely His

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — In his book, “My Utmost for His Highest”, Oswald Chambers declares that the supreme goal of his life was to be...

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The medicine my sick heart needed

The source of spiritual strength

OPINION — In the days of my youth, I was frail and weak. My dad was a strong man. I admired his strength. In the picture book of Bible stories my...

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The medicine my sick heart needed

Love Jesus Supremely

BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas A. Kempis, written in the 15th Century, has been translated into more than fifty...

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