by Kevin Burton There is a book that has been in my family almost as long as I have. For some reason I thought of it this week. It’s called The Treasure Chest. The copyright in 1965, it was edited by Charles L. Wallis. It has one of those “this book belongs …
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Favorite Songs With Purple In The Title
They say the color purple speaks to royalty, nobility, luxury, power and ambition. In Kansas it’s the main color of Kansas State University. That’s the school that on football radio broadcasts, instead of out-of-town scores at halftime, they have interviews about their agriculture programs. Not sure why, but I really like that. …
To Know Christ Is Not A Part-time Pursuit
by Dane Massey (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.) How would you describe your journey to know Christ in two words? Did you come up with “sustained passion”? Many of us can’t claim that. In fact, far too many …
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Our Sauce: Pizza Potion Number Nine
by Kevin Burton Homemade pizza number two brought the curtain down on our pizza adventures yesterday. My missing out on National Pizza Day Feb. 9 sent us scurrying into pizza overdrive, trying new pizzas, re-trying some we haven’t had in a while and even making our own. The first try at homemade …
Purple Eyes, Burgers And Fries, To Go
by Kevin Burton One day years ago a girl working at a Wendy’s counter said to me “Oooo you have such beautiful purple eyes.” I can’t recall how I responded to that. I seem to remember that we went on for a bit, as a line formed behind me. We eventually got …
Atlanta “Hammers” Name Would Honor Hank
by Kevin Burton In January I wrote about the great Hank Aaron in the context of including Negro League Statistics as official MLB stats (“Of Hank Aaron, Uncle Pint And Statistics,” Jan. 16). Sadly Aaron died a few days later, on Jan. 22, at the age of 86. Shortly after that an …
Favorite Songs With Orange In The Title
by Kevin Burton Orange is too bright to be ignored, too loud to be quiet. Orange has something to say, so listen up. Orange may be the flyingest of all flying colors, so that’s where we land on our trip around the rainbow this week. With apologies to the grape variety, “I …
Ravi Zacharias: Another Hero Exposed
by Kevin Burton Here’s one blog post I never wanted to write. Even now, I can’t believe I’m having to write it. But I feel like I should. Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias died in May 2020. Since then leaders of his Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) have been forced to admit that …
If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Order Pizza
by Kevin Burton So we’ve had two days of flapping jaw concerning pizza – that’s eating and talking – with no real pizza production. Time for action! Page 7 now steps inside the Burtons’ fully-equipped, modern kitchen for take one of homemade pizza. We’ve already put a take two into the equation …
How Much Do You Know About Pizza?
by Kevin Burton The average American eats 46 slices of pizza per year, about six full pizzas, according to a Baltimore-area restaurant. Some of you slackers are dragging that average down. Not me. Somehow though, the annual National Pizza Day escaped my notice until after it passed Feb. 9. Making up for …
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