by Kevin Burton I think of Herb Beauchamp and I keep coming back to the IRS term, “head of household.” Tomorrow is Father’s Day. It will be the first for my wife Jeannette without her father Herb. He is still very much alive in a lot of ways that truly matter. Lessons taught, …
Bonnie Raitt And Stoking The Beepball Fire
by Kevin Burton I’ve always turned to Bonnie Raitt to raise the temperature in all things beep baseball. Boy do I ever need the help just now. I mentioned last month on Page 7 that some friends invited me to join the new USA Legends beepball team (“Let’s Hear It For Geezer Beepball,” …
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Never Too Late To Do The Right Thing
by Kevin Burton There is one much overdue good deed I will not get to do. I was looking through my language arts books for a Spanish text I got from my sister. The text was actually property of Wichita West High School and should have been returned to them. I never …
Characters We Love From Rock And Roll
by Kevin Burton Which people from the words of popular music would you like to spend a little more time with? Which characters can you think of who if they showed up in a movie or a TV series you would be eager to watch? There are plenty of songs that are …
Sowing And Reaping Not Just For Farmers
by Kevin Burton There are certain physical laws you need to understand in order to have any success navigating planet Earth. There are spiritual laws that are even more important, for they have implications for where you spend eternity, once you leave the physical realm. This is our second Sunday at the …
Milestones, Typos And Lifelong Learning
by Kevin Burton Was writing a letter to a friend last weekend (yes, some of us still do that) and hit upon a happy accident. In talking about the 40th anniversary of my high school graduation I accidentally typed “graducation.” I googled it to see if anybody else had typoed their way …
A Swedish Tradition I Can Fully Embrace
by Kevin Burton So Friday night is taco night in Sweden. Who knew? I’m so up for that! It’s part of a longstanding tradition in Sweden called cozy Friday, writes Maddy Savage on http://www.bbc.com. It is a relaxing way to end the work week and spend time with family. “For the …
A Victory For Family, Canada, The Expos
by Kevin Burton Game one of the sibling rivalry baseball series went to yours truly last week. It was the moves I didn’t make that saved me. Life is like that sometimes. I mentioned earlier on Page 7 that my brother Steve and I are playing a best-of-five baseball series using a …
My Brain Prefers Old-School Music
by Kevin Burton Regular readers of my Tuesday posts may be shocked to learn there is music from the current millennium that I like. No, I’m not all about the Beatles and Steely Dan. There are three albums in particular that I have played in heavy rotation at times. They are not …
A Healthy Heart Is Filled With God’s Word
by Kevin Burton When King David prayed “Create in me a clean heart, O God” (Psalm 51:10) he wasn’t talking about cholesterol. David was in trouble and he knew it. He never ignored his physical health, but in this moment of repentant prayer after being confronted with his sin with Bathsheba, he called …
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