by Kevin Burton You know how you sometimes smell something that might be smoke? You’re pretty sure it isn’t but you have to check it out. Where there’s smoke there’s fire. That would be a bad thing. Better find out. I feel a little bit like that now. It’s March Madness time …
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“Rescue Me” Imitated The Detroit Sound
by Kevin Burton From the heart of the Motown era came a million-selling hit that typified the Detroit sound. But the song has been doubly mistaken through the years, shortchanging the artist whose vocal command made it a classic. That song was “Rescue Me,” and it was a bit of a rescue …
Spiritual Graduation: Heaven Or Hell
by Kevin Burton This time of year, high school seniors are starting to smell that finish line. Graduation smells like freedom, I remember. This is the 27th post focusing on our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. We have compared physical blindness to spiritual blindness and found the latter much more dangerous. …
The 110th Anniversary Of The Oreo Cookie
by Kevin Burton The legendary American treat Oreo cookie has its 110th birthday Monday. I don’t mean our personal Burton-owned Oreo cookies. They are not that old but they have been in the pantry for a while. On the previous granddaughter visit we attempted but did not complete, creation of an altogether …
Wordle Is A Thing, But I Better Not
by Kevin Burton There’s a new game, it’s a craze actually, called Wordle. You have heard of it no doubt. Two of my favorite bloggers wrote about Wordle on back to back days this week. That qualifies it as a craze for me, I don’t get out much. Here’s an explanation of …
Of Past Glory, Duds And Small Things
by Kevin Burton The first time I heard the word “dud” was in the context of fireworks. Something you paid good money for didn’t work. The promise of boom-boom, the reality of silence, or maybe a little hissing. No bang for the buck. Of course the term applies to many other …
Is Burton Cummings Rock’s Best Vocalist?
by Kevin Burton He croons, he growls, he soars, he swoops, he screams, he quivers. Burton Cummings has a voice made for rock and roll. He grabs a song and will, not, let it go. So glad he took up music rather than whatever else he could have pursued as a high …
To Be More Like God, Truly Hate Sin
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) I have spent this week mining treasure in the wilderness. I’m defining the wilderness as those seasons when we find ourselves agreeing with the Psalmist in Psalms 10:1: “Why standest …
Must Be The Queso That Sells These Chips
by Kevin Burton Covid has changed so many things, I can’t begin to tell you how many, but here’s one change in the Burton household. Whereas before my wife and I would be going to our favorite Mexican restaurant on a pleasant Friday evening, hanging out, chillin’, placing our order and waiting for …
IPC Pressured Into Doing The Right Thing
by Kevin Burton The International Paralympic Committee on Thursday bowed to growing pressures and banned athletes from Russia and Belarus from the Paralympic Games, according to the Associated Press. This reversed a decision announced Wednesday that athletes from the two countries would compete as “neutrals,” competing under the Paralympic flag and not being …
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