by Kevin Burton There is a count-your-blessings exercise I do now and then that usually brings me good cheer. I sit in a chair and keep my head still, but using my straight-ahead and peripheral vision, take in everything I can see. I then consider where it all came from and remembers …
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True Heartbroken Soul-Searching Repentance
by Kevin Burton From the tiny Old Testament book of Joel comes a big idea. It’s quite a good notion any time, perhaps more so on this New Year’s Eve. If you’re doing some soul searching this time of year, you’re not alone. Joel 2:13 is one of my memory verses. Alistair …
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Interesting Facts About Fast Food Chains
by Kevin Burton Pretty sure I have mentioned on Page 7 that I don’t do New Year’s resolutions. Here’s a possible clarification for 2024. What I should have said is I don’t get close to the new calendar year and make a resolution, just to have one. There is one that occurs …
Your Corny Marching Orders, March Forth!
by Kevin Burton You may call it trite, or corny or worse, but people will be focused on it in three days’ time. Some people anyway. There will be people using the fourth day in March as motivation to begin work on that special project, the great American novel, or that great …
Hey You Go-Getters, It’s Not Your Day
by Kevin Burton Today is National Quitters Day. You can handle that one, right? I sure can. Even I can be a high achiever on Quitters Day. Just throw up your hands and say, “I’m out!” Why not make every day National Quitters Day? Today is also Friday the 13th. So …
Too Early For New Year’s Resolutions?
by Kevin Burton My friend Linda who lives in England has picked out her New Year’s resolution already. Rather, she had it picked out for her by her brother. He said her resolution should be not to visit any hospitals or have any illnesses in 2022. She’s had her share this year. …