by Kevin Burton How do you get to 50 years? It starts with a day, or a night. Then, you turn your heart toward the sunrise, again and again. There was a night when my parents put me into the family Delta 88 and drove me from our home in Yellow Springs …
More To Biblical Kindness Than Being Nice
by Kevin Burton When a person works out, exercising and lifting weights, you will see the evidence of that work in the form of muscle development. The characteristics of a life yielded to Christ are also evident. The Apostle Paul calls it the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22.23. We’ve been talking …
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Storm Warning, Careful In The Kitchen
by Kevin Burton Our favorite Mexican restaurant has an offering called “Special Rice.” It is special but I think I can do better. There it is kids, your official warning: I’m headed back into the kitchen. I don’t mind cooking but don’t truly love it. Mostly I rush through the process without …
Genius GM Kev Makes The Wrong Call
by Kevin Burton Spent Sunday afternoon catching up with a friend. I tuned in to see the Detroit Lions Pittsburgh Steelers pre-season game. Detroit’s right tackle is Penei Sewell a second-year man from Oregon who I demanded my Bengals draft fifth overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. When they didn’t draft him …
Words Borrowed From Foreign Languages
by Kevin Burton When I travel to foreign lands such as Mexico or Mississippi, I bring back souvenirs. I’m sure you do too in your travels. Some of the souvenirs we bring back are words and phrases. Today we look at some favorites from the Merriam Webster dictionary. Their list is of words …
Walking Down Memory Lane With God
by Kevin Burton Remember taping favorite songs and programs from the radio? In the old days we didn’t have websites where you could look up practically anything. I taped a lot of songs back then. Later I began taping programs from favorite radio ministries. I still have a handful of those tapes. …
Sonic Booms Or Bust This Fantasy Season
by Kevin Burton I’m not going to tell you how many mock fantasy football drafts I have done on Yahoo. Don’t ask me cuz I ain’t gonna tell ya. You wouldn’t remember the number anyway. It’s not important. I use my time wisely. My kindergarten teacher was obsessed with how we used …
No Separation From God, Thanks To Jesus
by Kevin Burton One of the wonders my new schoolmates told me about after I got to the Ohio State School for the Blind was a great separator. It delineated this side from that side, my side from your side. They called it The Magic Door. See, I even capitalized it. It …
Saginaw USA, Why Not Exactly?
by Kevin Burton I think I’ve found America kids! This after considerable searching. You’ll never guess where. Listen to this: “The Saginaw Valley Rail Trail is one of Saginaw County’s gems, stretching 11 miles from St. Charles to Saginaw. It incorporates a number of natural features including: seven bridges over various rivers …
First Date Leads To Second Date, In Court
by Kevin Burton The first date sets a tone, a pattern for, in the moment, who knows what. On that first stroll down Love Boulevard, there is hope and exploration. “Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are,” said clinical psychologist and author Henry Cloud. “If you show …
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