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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Forget Self-Help, Seek God’s Heart Surgery
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) Spent this week thinking about the personal words that describe the Gospel. Words that describe what happens inwardly when one enters into the Gospel of Christ, the power of God unto …
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Weighing Philippians 1:21 “To Live Is Christ”
by Kevin Burton When people think of you, what comes first to their mind? Or asked another way, what should go into the first paragraph of your obituary? I’m asking these questions today in the context of devotion to Christ, and Phil. 1:21 where the Apostle Paul writes “For to me to live …
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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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Christmas “Reax”: Go Now, With Haste
by Kevin Burton Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ, the long-awaited Savior of the world. We wrap it in things that don’t matter a whit. But Jesus is the whole story. He’s the whole story all the time by the way, not just at Christmas. The story of the birth …
More Quiz Questions About The Birth Of Jesus
by Kevin Burton Thanks to my friend Tracy for sending the quiz questions about the birth of Jesus we ran on Page 7 yesterday and are completing today. There are popular Christmas traditions and carols that play fast and loose with the actual truth of the birth of the Savior. It’s important to …
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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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What Does Falling In Love Do To Your Body?
by Nicole Villeneuve interestingffacts.com “The heart wants what it wants,” Emily Dickinson wrote. But as it turns out, falling in love actually has little to do with the heart. Instead, the soaring feelings we experience have more to do with brain chemistry and our body’s response to the chemicals. While researchers are still working …
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Countries That Will Pay You To Move There
by Meghan Shouse housebeautiful.com Moving out of the United States may sound appealing for cultural, political or personal reasons, but the process can be challenging. Securing the right visa for you and your family is often a difficult task, especially without easy entry options like schooling or family ties. Still, if your desire …
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Blind Lawyer Pioneer Fought For The Disabled
by Kevin Burton Here’s the story of a woman I had never heard of before, who could and should be put on a US postage stamp. As a woman and a disabled person, she was way ahead of her time in effectively fighting the good fight for marginalized people. May God bless any …
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