In a bare room in a remote government-run primary health center in Vapi, a city in the south-west Indian state of Gujarat, Meenakshi Gupta holds a diagram of a woman’s breast with five Braille-marked orientation tapes pasted on it. Speaking to the woman sitting on the bed, she says: “I’ll paste these skin-friendly tapes on your …
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Patiently, Steadily, Gleaning From God’s Word
by Kevin Burton Today we present what for me is a new thought concerning the Old Testament book of Ruth. This comes from Alistair Begg, speaker on the national Truth For Life radio ministry and deals with patience and consistency in learning God’s ways from God’s word. Ruth is a Moabite woman …
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Pregnant Mother Saves Four Drowning Kids
by Kevin Burton Two more stories today from the Good News Network. God bless that website for reminding us that not every news story has to end in a shootout or a lawsuit. In the first story a pregnant mother takes action to save four children: A pregnant mom is being hailed …
Traditions That Shape Graduation Ceremonies
by Kevin Burton Wanted to give a shoutout to all the 2023 high school and college graduates, but without reflecting, depressingly, on how long it has been since I became a new grad myself. So I decided to talk tradition, rituals, why we do what we do at graduation ceremonies. A lot …
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Living On Scrapper Time In 2023
by Kevin Burton Got a call I really, really needed May. 20. It got my juices flowing again. Which juices? My beep baseball and competition juices. Yes, let this serve as the official announcement: I have unretired from the sport of beep baseball again, this time to play for the Cleveland Scrappers. …
Website Says Wichita Is A Travel Mecca
by Kevin Burton I don’t know what this story will do for you, but it could save my family a ton of cash. WalletHub, an online finance company that I had never heard of before last week, ranks Wichita in its top ten of travel destinations. And Wichita is way up high …
Capturing The Slippery, Deceitful Human Heart
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Today I find my thoughts captivated by Joel 2:12: “Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and …
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Burton Ride Service Delivers (For Me)
by Kevin Burton The following is a product/service review for the Burton Ride Service, located in South Central Kansas. The service was formally established in 2012. Terms and conditions for this service are written between the lines of a 2012 marriage license obtained in Sedgwick County, Kansas. This review is written and …
Counting Calories Is Harder Than You Thought
by Kevin Burton Dieting is tough enough. But did you know that calorie counts on food labels can be wildly inaccurate? It is permissible for those counts to be up to 20 percent off under Food and Drug Administration guidelines, according to insider.com. “That means for example, that a serving of Greek …
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Latter-Day David Saves Sister With Slingshot
by Kevin Burton So now you know two stories involving a slingshot. And two extraordinary stories they are. Thirteen-year-old Owen Burns heard his sister screaming earlier this month, then looked out a window to see someone trying to kidnap her. Burns grabbed what he had at hand, what he was familiar with, …
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