Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton An Indiana boy who was paying attention and cared, saved the day for a young mother. A young mother cow that is. “A nine-year-old boy was convinced something was wrong when he spotted a cow in a field acting erratically—and he would not stop begging his mother to turn …
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by Kevin Burton I just created my 32nd set of memory verses. On a good day I can recite most of the verses on the first try. But today my mind is on one I would rather forget. Acts 14:22 is the fourth verse in the set I have on index cards with …
Continue reading “Tribulation Is Part Of God’s Plan For Believers”
by Kevin Burton What would you say to Sir Elton John if you could have a moment’s conversation with him today? Now that question may be absurd, or at least rhetorical. If you’re like me and grew up with Elton John in his prime all over the radio, as part of the fabric …
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by Kevin Burton It is very much like me that I saved a fortune cookie message which reads: “share your musical talents generously, for they are a gift to others.” Saved it even though I know sayings in cookies from my favorite Chinese restaurant can be amusing, but they are not messages. …
by Kevin Burton Newsniks in general and I in particular have been accused of highlighting the negative side of life, seeking it out and advertising it. That’s not entirely fair, but neither is it a ridiculous assertion. It’s a discussion. But now via Merriam-Webster and as has been sung by Bing Crosby …
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by Kevin Burton It’s deeply upsetting to me that my mother was in a hospital, alone on Christmas Eve, in what could easily be her last Christmas season. There isn’t a phone in her room and I don’t believe she grabbed her cell phone for an emergency trip to ER Monday night. So …
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by Kevin Burton You think about going home during Christmas season and you think of packed airports and busy highways. But what if you could gain all the comforts of your childhood home via your own kitchen? Well you can! What many call comfort foods open a portal directly to that …
Continue reading “Comfort Food: Filling Your Stomach And Heart”
by Kevin Burton Every once in a while I have camped out on the website of the Good News Network as I am doing today, to cheer up Page 7 readers and myself alike. Maybe I should visit more often. God bless whoever came up with this idea. You can get any …
by Kevin Burton Trusting God, trusting fully in God, brings with it a peace that just isn’t available anywhere else. The Bible is full of both good and bad examples, people who did or did not trust in God. The stories are true and God has preserved them for your and me to …
by ABC World News (LVIV, Ukraine) — Col. Oleh Avtomeenko was wounded while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region, in the first days of the Russian full-scale invasion in late Feb. 2022, and lost his eyesight. And now, after 20 years in the Ukrainian Army, he has to say goodbye to it and …
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