Embrace The Blessing Of Being Inadequate

by Kevin Burtom    A recent message from In Touch ministries begins, “From time to time, a sense of insufficiency will surface in all of us.”    Yeah, I’m thinking, “what do you mean from time to time?” If you mean from one minute to the next, then sure, from time to time I feel inadequate. …

Quibbles And Bits: B-Side Fortune Cookies

by Kevin Burton    I list these songs below, and chances are you’ll pick up right away where I am going with them:    “Laughing” and “Undun” by the Guess Who, “It’s Too Late” and  “I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King  “Who’ll Stop The Rain” and  “Travelling Band” by Credence Clearwater Revival, “Something” …

More Financial Words With Surprising Origins

by Kevin Burton    Some of the words we use to discuss finances didn’t start as money words, as we learned Wednesday, from a list from Merriam-Webster dictionary.    We continue the theme today with a colorful phrase from the world of poker: Blue-chip    Blue-chip, meaning “a stock issue of high investment quality that …

Financial Words With Surprising Origins

by Kevin Burton    Tax day is not our favorite day. But we mark it today with a list of financial words from Merriam-Webster. Capital    The first known use of the word capital is in early Middle English, in which it was used as an adjective meaning “of or relating to the head.” It …

Prose and Poetry In The Sweetest Of Harmony

by Kevin Burton     Prose and poetry share a bookshelf without rancor or squabbles. Each has a place, and then there is a place shared.    There is an understanding.    You know and appreciate them for what they are. Each is comfortable within itself. But they are pleased for the company of the other, …

Live The Example Christ Set For Husbands

by Kevin Burton     Husbands, take note. Here’s a lesson in love from the book of Ephesians.    Whether your wedding anniversary is coming up, as mine is, or not, the Apostle Paul’s admonition should be on your mind at all times and close to your heart.     May your wife warm herself in the …

She’s Still The One After Fourteen Years

by Kevin Burton    My wife asked me a question, but her question made me ask more questions.    This was around Valentine’s Day, and I wanted to write about it right away, but I didn’t get there. Missed my window. But since our anniversary is now only three days away, voila, another window.    …

Blind Moroccans Locked Out Of Services

by Khadija Tachfine Hespress.com    The more than 400,000 visually impaired people in Morocco continue to struggle to access education, employment, health services, and other services, despite reforms the country adopted to promote inclusion.    From the UN Disability Convention to the 2011 Constitution and Framework Law 97.13, which aims to protect and promote the …

Tornado Interrupts Wedding: Sounds Familiar!

by Kevin Burton    Fourteen years ago, give or take six days, I attended a wedding in Wichita. My own.    Some of my friends thought I would never get married. So it may have been fitting that the heavens opened up on my wedding night.    Jeannette and I exchanged vows at 3 p.m., …

Tempering Expectations For McCartney Album

by Kevin Burton    I think writers borrow the whole Dickens thing too much. You know, best of times-worst of times. But here I think, it fits.    As a Beatles fan I am of course looking forward to “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” PaulMcCartney’s first new solo album in six years, set for release …