by Kevin Burton Silly me, I was just listening to the music. I was young for sure, but not that young. Still, I had to have it all spelled out for me, after the fact. The first person I ever heard utter the phrase “disco sucks,” years later turned out to be …
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Can’t Grow Unless You Feed Your Spirit
by Kevin Burton OK class, that’s lunch! We’ve been through five classes at our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. It’s time to refuel. Since this is ESSB we’re not talking about cheeseburgers and tater tots. We’re talking about feeding our spirit. What an outrage it would be if schools did not …
Happy Birthday Jerry Terrell, Man Of God
by Kevin Burton I remember former Kansas City Royals infielder Jerry Terrell for a pregame interview more than anything he did on the field. Next Tuesday, July 13 is Terrell’s 75th birthday. This is a shoutout to this little-known player for being true to his Christian faith and keeping everything in perspective. …
Wish I Could Talk Baseball With Costas
by Kevin Burton Surely you’ve read some anecdotes about a kid who was treated badly by one of his sports heroes. Famous people are just people with a job in the public eye. They are not some publicity photo come to life. So they have foul moods and some of them are generally …
More Famous People I Have Met
by Kevin Burton Does your bucket list include going to all 50 American states? If so, do you count airport states? North Carolina is an airport state for me. That means I was in an airplane that landed there. I either changed planes or just sat in the plane waiting for the second …
Great Anticipation For New Rafferty Music
by Kevin Burton Hot-buttered joy for breakfast baby, Gerry Rafferty is back! His family is set to release a new CD of his music ten years after his death. This is big, big news in my house. Rest In Blue is set for release Sept. 3. That’s close enough to my …
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Singing In Praise Of God, For His Glory
by Kevin Burton With all due respect to all the singing going on in the Psalms, my favorite singers in the Bible are the Earthquake Singers. OK, so I made that title up. The singers are not recorded in the Bible as such. But some of you know what I am talking about: …
Never Get Your Proverbs From A Cookie
by Kevin Burton Got two fortune cookies with my latest order from my favorite Chinese restaurant. The first fortune cookie had no fortune in it. Have you ever in all your life had a fortune cookie without a fortune? I had not. I guess there is a first time for everything. When …
My Pledge: Allegiance To Constitution
by Kevin Burton Some things have changed since the time I spent all day and night watching Walter Cronkite anchor bicentennial coverage for CBS. Some things have stayed the same. I was close to turning 13 then. You can say that the USA depicted on television July 4, 1976 has disappeared. You can …
Famous People I Have Met Along The Way
by Kevin Burton In the newsroom we called him “Governor Gopher.” Fred Grandy who played Gopher on the ABC series “Love Boat” also ran as a republican for Governor of Iowa in 1994. That’s how I met him, doing an interview. His birthday was yesterday, June 29. That’s why he leads my …
