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 …

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 …

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, …

The Story Behind “Sultans Of Swing”

by Kevin Burton     It turns out there really was a band called Sultans Of Swing that inspired the great 1978 Dire Straits hit.    “Sultans Of Swing” is one of those tunes that stops you in your tracks. It just exudes cool.    We tell its story, evoking a musical proverb from “Take It …

Watch Your Step, You Dancing Christians

by Kevin Burton    There has been some shuffling and backpeddling, some twisting, prancing and jiving over the years about Christians and dancing.   You could maybe add waltzing and tap dancing.    Just so you know, I hate dancing, at least formal dancing.  So to those who want to condemn it outright, I may …

The History And Science Behind High Heels

by Kevin Burton    Gather round kids, because it’s National High Heels day and boy do I have news for you.    According to multiple websites, high heels were invented for men.    It seems the heels helped warriors on horseback, providing leverage for them to stay in the saddle and stand up to fire …

Murder She Wrote: Author Under Arrest

by Faith Karini, Andi Babineau and Sara Finch, CNN    Kouri Richins’ husband was found dead at the foot of their bed last March.    She’d just closed on a house for her business, she told investigators at the time. Around 9 p.m., she brought her husband, Eric Richins, a celebratory Moscow Mule cocktail in …