by Kevin Burton A stirring comeback is underway as the calendar year winds down. It’s all about the games quarantine people play, the ones in my household that is. My wife and I have always played card and dice games together, going back to the dating days. Quarantine inspired us to keep …
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Merry Birthday Or Something Like That
by Kevin Burton What if your big day got overshadowed every year by the biggest day of all? What if the season to be jolly also brought your birthday? This is probably not just a problem for Christmas Day babies. I would guess any birthday between about Dec. 22 and 27 or …
Here’s My Farewell To Fantasy Football
by Kevin Burton There was a day in 2003 when I took a late afternoon city bus ride to a music store, just in case. Undefeated Ohio State would play defending champion and heavily-favored Miami of Florida for the college football championship that night. I needed a copy of “Celebration,” on Kool and …
Christmas Music Makes The Season Bright
by Kevin Burton I have a friend who hates Christmas music. I just giggle every time I think about that. If you knew this friend, actually a former manager of mine, she is so upbeat and positive about everything. If you woke up determined to be downcast you’d want to steer clear of …
No Roads Between Heaven And Hell
by Kevin Burton A distance calculator on my computer desktop tells me how far it is from point A to point B. This feature is helpful for planning trips. Today’s post represents a sixth-period geography class at our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. Physical blindness is nothing compared to spiritual …
My ABCs: B Is For Bible
by Kevin Burton I had tremendous fun in the late 90s wielding one phrase, a question actually. It was “based on what are you saying that?” I eventually shortened it to “based on what?” It’s not trademarked. Feel free to try it out if you wish. It started at a job …
My ABCs: A Is For Appreciate
by Kevin Burton When I determined to write about appreciation I turned to the dictionary for help, but you wouldn’t have to. Appreciation is like that key spice in your favorite stew. If it’s there it fills everything it touches with a flavor that keeps you coming back for more. If it is …
My Box Of Discipline Is Backordered
by Kevin Burton My wife brings me a piece of coffeecake from Starbucks. Great, I say, I’ll eat half of it for breakfast. She knows I love the coffeecake. And at some level, I know, I will not stop inhaling until I have eagerly shaken the crumbs from the bag it came in. …
The Sounds They Were A-Changin’
by Kevin Burton Musical eras, like chocolate bars or ice cubes, are fluid before they are solid, shaped by the temperature of the times. We can’t always distinguish them day to day. Historians declare them later, according to their differing standards. But for me there is something momentous about looking at the …
Prayer Is Essential For The Christian
by Kevin Burton It’s lunch time again at our school for the spiritually blind, time to refuel. We’re in our second set of classes, heading toward graduation. This series comes from the fact that to be spiritually blind is far worse than being physically blind. In our first semester we refueled at …
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