How To Start A Habit Of Mornings With God

by Pamela Palmer    Yesterday I presented seven reasons why you should spend early-morning time with God. Today, eight tips for how to get started: 1. Pray about It    Any new practice takes time and is more likely to take root in your life if you don’t overwhelm yourself. So pray about it and …

Seven Reasons To Start Your Day With God

by Pamela Palmer    Most of us get out of bed each morning and jump right into the daily routine and responsibilities ahead. Sometimes, we may give little thought to how we should start our day.    But as Christians, it can be life-changing to create the habit of starting your day with God. We actually find …

My Friend, “Prepaid” Is The Only Way To Go

by Kevin Burton    I called the cemetery where my mother will be buried next week and told the clerk that the time had come.    The clerk was actually en route to work. She said she would look up our family’s records once she got there, and call me back.    “Everything is paid …

Bye For Now, Evelyn Marie, Bye For Now

by Kevin Burton    Mom started it. I followed suit right away. We both understood though we never discussed it.    Somewhere, maybe six or seven years ago, we began ending a phone conversation or one of my visits to her at assisted living or in the nursing home with “bye for now!”    We’ll …

MIT Study Finds Seeds Can “Hear” Rain

by Good News Network    Seeds may come alive to the soothing sound of rainfall, sensing the drops while they are still beneath the surface, suggests a new study.    A series of experiments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology demonstrated that rice seeds sprouted faster to the sound of rainfall.    The sound of …

What A Joy To Have Breakfast With Jesus!

by Kevin Burton    “Come and dine,” said the resurrected Jesus to his disciples. It was early in the morning and the table was set.    I use the term table loosely. The setting was the shore by the Sea of Tiberius. Most of the remaining 11 disciples had gone fishing with Simon Peter the …

Baby On Board! Woman Gives Birth On Flight

by Kevin Burton    Chances are you’ve heard this story by now, of a baby being born mid-air on a Portland, Oregon-bound flight April 24.    Page 7 is hardly a breaking news outlet, so I’m guessing you’ve read about it somewhere.    But here’s my question: Did Delta Airlines try to charge the mother …

Embrace The Blessing Of Being Inadequate

by Kevin Burtom    A recent message from In Touch ministries begins, “From time to time, a sense of insufficiency will surface in all of us.”    Yeah, I’m thinking, “what do you mean from time to time?” If you mean from one minute to the next, then sure, from time to time I feel inadequate. …

Quibbles And Bits: B-Side Fortune Cookies

by Kevin Burton    I list these songs below, and chances are you’ll pick up right away where I am going with them:    “Laughing” and “Undun” by the Guess Who, “It’s Too Late” and  “I Feel The Earth Move” by Carole King  “Who’ll Stop The Rain” and  “Travelling Band” by Credence Clearwater Revival, “Something” …

Tornado Interrupts Wedding: Sounds Familiar!

by Kevin Burton    Fourteen years ago, give or take six days, I attended a wedding in Wichita. My own.    Some of my friends thought I would never get married. So it may have been fitting that the heavens opened up on my wedding night.    Jeannette and I exchanged vows at 3 p.m., …