Mom’s Birthday ‘Celebration’ In The Hospital

by Kevin Burton    My mother spent her 89th birthday last month in a hospital ER room.  Yeah, she really knows how to celebrate.    I had a post about her 89th birthday 89 percent finished. That was about a month ago.  Had to scrap it.    On her birthday she fell. It was her …

Why Are Highway Signs Always Green?

by Kevin Burton   They guide, they inform, they update and welcome. They ease the monotony.    At once neutral and friendly, they are ubiquitous comforting company on the road.    And they are green, always green, always the same shade of green.    I’m talking about the signs along American highways.  I love the …

Let’s Rock Coast To Coast This Summer

by Kevin Burton    We are well into summer now; what do you say we go on a road trip?  How about a rock and roll road trip?    My wife and I had two mini vacations in late May and into June.  The time on the road got my blood pumping. Could be another …

Five Lessons On How To Read The Bible

by Kevin Burton     It was refreshing and helpful to receive in the mail recently, the booklet “What Every Christian Needs To Know About Reading The Bible” from Our Daily Bread Ministries.    There is no other book like the Bible. It can certainly be confusing and intimidating to read. Author Kevin J. Vanhoozer has given …

A Funny Thing About Technology

by Kevin Burton    Technology is a problem solver. Technology is a problem.    Am I right or wrong?    “Tech-savvy” is a hyphenated adjective that shouldn’t be used to modify certain nouns, such as, for example, “Kevin Burton”    Like it or not we all live in a sea of technology. It’s sink or …

Blind People Struggling in War-Torn Ukraine

by Hanna Arhirova Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) Sunlight filters through shattered windows, casting a glow upon the dusty furniture and fragments of glass strewn across the floor of the office belonging to Oleksandr Vinkovskyi, director of a Kyiv business where visually impaired people worked.    Vinkovskyi is blind, and can’t see the scale of …

Does Merriam-Webster Hate Spunk?

by Kevin Burton    I was sure I would see it. Lead-pipe sinch said I. Metaphysical certitude, as John McLaughlin used to say on The McLaughlin Group.    Merriam -Webster put together a list of words about energy and enthusiasm and I happily scrolled to see what they had to say about the word  “spunk.” …

All The World Is Sick Of Bad News

by Kevin Burton    People worldwide are unplugging from the news, according to a Reuters Institute study.    We just don’t want to hear it.    I grew up with the Dayton Daily News on the doorstep every morning and the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite a regular part of the early evening.  Local …

Are You Hungry For Spiritual Things?

by Kevin Burton    One of the top motivational tools of weight loss is the before and after picture. You’ve seen plenty of those I’m sure.    Those pictures, which are worth a thousand words, say, “You can do it!”     Now this is ridiculous, but what if we could show a picture of your …

I Guess Static Cling Is A Thing After All

by Kevin Burton    Serving up quibbles and bits for Saturday breakfast on Page 7.  Stray ideas, quick hitters, random asides.    It’s food for thought, albeit maybe not real deep thought…..    So, I spent the first 90 percent of my workday Friday with a washcloth stuffed inside my shirt. I put on a …