Why God Gives Us What He Gives Us

by Kevin Burton    The strength God supplies you, the material resources, the breath of life itself, were given for a reason.    Service.    There is joy in the Lord, but we as Christians  are not on a joyride here on earth. We have a job to do.    “For we are His workmanship, created …

48 Hours The Movie, Starring Our New Cat

by Kevin Burton    This is a happy cat story – thank God.    I wasn’t so happy around mid-day yesterday though.    Sunday after church we ran a special errand,  to pick up Lakin, our new 6-year-old cat. The cat rescue place told us Saturday that she had just had her shots and we …

The Bible Speaks Of Faith In Every Sense

by Kevin Burton    As a legally blind man my mind never gets too far from vision as the five sense in general.    That is partly because people often assume and talk about hearing being more acute for blind people than for others. That’s not true. It’s just that blind people rely on hearing …

Shelter Dog Adopts Assisted Living Facility

by John Carlisle Detroit Free Press BELLAIRE, Mich. − He’d had enough of being at the animal shelter, so Scout the dog climbed over one tall fence and then another, crossed a busy highway in the darkness, entered the automatic doors of a nursing home down the road, walked unnoticed into the lobby, hopped onto …

What I Couldn’t Remember, I Now Can’t Forget

by Kevin Burton       The Scrabble words deployed against you that get you beat; those are the ones you remember the best.    Something kind of similar happened with my Bible memory verses recently.    I’ve written previously about my memory verses, typed on paper, taped onto index cards of various colors.  I am up …

The Apostle Paul’s Four Trustworthy Sayings

by Kevin Burton    In this life of deceit and disappointments, we pray for something solid we can hold on to, something that is true.    We long for something we can trust.    Trust according to Merriam-Webster is “assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something.”    On the …

God Knew You Even Before Your Birthday

by Kevin Burton   My birthday is coming up soon, maybe yours is too. I have some worries just now and it’s not shaping up as the best birthday ever.    Maybe you are in the same straits. A message today then, for the both of us. The one sneaked up on me.    Recently …

Good News From the Math Classroom

by Kevin Burton    Today on Page 7 we do the math.    I found two math-related stories on the Good News Network. The first shows that students did better in math when music is incorporated into the lessons.    “A new study explored the causal role that music engagement has on student achievement in …

On Becoming A New Creation In Christ

by Kevin Burton    In certain animated cartoons you have seen, someone waves his arms, pronounces “presto change-o” and this becomes that. The old thing becomes a different thing.     Is it that way for a believer, becoming a new creation is Christ: Yes and no.    Faith in and surrender to Jesus Christ, converts …

Feeding Body, Mind And Spirit On The Road

by Kevin Burton    Got an unexpected comfort on the road last week that filled the stomach and the heart.    There isn’t much I don’t like about being on the road. I can see why so many people have written so many love songs to the road and the road life.    I’ve spent …