by Kevin Burton Perhaps you noticed that on my list of songs with blue in the title, I omitted songs using the word “blues.” When I started the series I had all kind of rules, some I kept, some I threw out. One I kept was that blue and the blues were two …
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What Does It Mean To “Bless The Lord”?
by Kevin Burton Our family Bible study took us through Psalm 103 recently, where we encountered no fewer than five admonitions to “bless the Lord.” I had read this before, but this time it stopped me short. This blessing business is supposed to go the other way, God blessing us. When God blesses …
Idioms Are Words To Live By, Carefully
by Kevin Burton I try to be thoughtful and practical when buying things for my wife. I have to admit though, one of my Christmas presents for her sucks. It’s a handheld vacuum to clean the car interior and small places in the house. Sucks, get it? Vacuum sucks? Well OK, …
Change For The New Year From Ephesians
by Kevin Burton I have long since written off New Year’s resolutions. Good habits, bad habits, these things are stubborn and rarely conform to my list of plans. That doesn’t mean I don’t have plans and goals. They just aren’t tied to days like today, the beginning of a new year. …
Favorite Songs With Black In The Title
by Kevin Burton This week on Flying Colors, a shoutout to all things black. Some people think of black as an un-color, being the absence of light and all. You get a bit of that idea from our bonus track, “My Little Town,” by Simon and Garfunkel. It contains the lyric, “And after …
Heat Of the Moment Theology Won’t Do
by Kevin Burton The Christian recording act Phillips, Craig and Dean has a song I like called “Made Up Mind.” That song will help us on Page 7 today as we look at the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego from the book of Daniel. They had a decision to make and they …
Wrestling Teams Think Outside The Box
by Kevin Burton Once in a great while, the human reaction to the Covid 19 crisis makes me smile. Earlier this month, Wichita Northwest and Bishop Carroll high schools held their wrestling meet outdoors, so parents could watch the matches for the first time this season. To that point parents had been barred …
Deck The Halls With Advertising, Fa La La
by Kevin Burton Released just in time for Christmas season 1958 was the greatest Christmas record you’ve never heard. “Green Christmas” was the inspired seven-minute response to the commercialization of Christmas by American media man Stan Freberg. At various times in his long career, Freberg was an author, actor, recording artist, voiceover …
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This Christmas, Shower The People
by Kevin Burton Ah the sounds of Christmas! It’s Christmas Eve and workers are pounding into place the new siding we hope will last as long as we live in this house. Jeannette is vacuuming. My Christmas carols, Andy Williams, Point of Grace, don’t stand a chance. But I feel like if …
Christmas Songs With Colors In The Title
by Kevin Burton Whatever bells may be heard on Christmas Day will not be sleigh bells in large sections of the world, because Christmas falls in the middle of summer, not winter. This is a special edition of Flying Colors highlighting Christmas songs with colors in the title. You didn’t think we’d leave …
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