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. …
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Here’s The Nice Side Of A Rich Vocabulary
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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Love To You Who Are Grieving On Christmas
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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Comfort Food: Filling Your Stomach And Heart
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 …
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Good News Network, Home Away From Home?
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 …
The Glorious Benefits Of Trusting In God
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 …
Blinded Ukrainian Commander Helps Others
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 …
Rejoice In Your Blessed Hope Dear Christian
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) I’ve been thinking on the Hope that is ours in Christ. The return of Christ, the bodily resurrection and ultimately a transformed creation are key elements to this “blessed hope.” These are …
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Songwriters Day, A Musical Day Of Reckoning
by Kevin Burton I grew up mostly at the school for the blind in Ohio. But I had (still have) some partial vision and I played a lot of sandlot baseball in my day. The school used to hire recreation leaders to work with us restless kids. I think these were students from …
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In God We Go From Strength To Strength
by Kevin Burton On those seemingly rare occasions when I am able to wrestle a problem to the ground and tie it up in a bow, I’ve been known to say “on to the next crisis.” The idea behind that proclamation: here I am, buffeted by the storm, what evil circumstance is coming …
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