Courtroom Drama Playing Out In Heaven

by Dane Massey    (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.)      How do you tell the difference between the conviction of the Holy Spirit (which is one of His roles – John 16:7-11) and the condemnation of the enemy?         The question …

The Place To Be, Casey’s Coast To Coast

by Kevin Burton    What became a national obsession, started off as a risky idea 50 years ago.           Casey Kasem signed on for the first time with American Top 40 on July 4, 1970.    If you want to take me back to my 1970s childhood, there is no better way than to play …

Evie’s Only Message, “Live For Jesus”

by Kevin Burton    Evie Karlsson has one of those voices I can’t confuse with anyone else’s. I may have confused you though, by using her last name.    I am answering the “album challenge” by writing on Tuesdays about records that influenced me as a youth. This is my second such post.      Professionally …

Three Cheers For These Real Americans

by Kevin Burton    If you waved a flag yesterday, grilled up a feast, maybe watched a parade, that’s all good and I hope you enjoyed it.    Given what has happened in the first six months of 2020 some of us are taking a sobering look this Independence Day weekend at what the country …

Clumsy Blogger Trips Over Some Truth

by Kevin Burton    Here is a summary of the Fourth of July blog post you were about to get.    It was going to start with memories of the bicentennial, of watching CBS all day as Walter Cronkite brought us stories from literally every corner of the nation, from 8 a.m. until after midnight.  …

Album Challenge: Rafferty Before The Hits

by Kevin Burton    Before “Stuck In The Middle With You,” before “Baker Street,” probably before you ever heard of Gerry Rafferty, came the 1971 album “Can I Have My Money Back?”    This is the first answer to the album challenge I received on Facebook. I explained it previously on Page 7 (Album Challenge: …

To BARD Be The Glory, Great Books

by Kevin Burton    Today I am singing the praises of BARD and of technology. For my sighted friends, that means I am singing the praises of books.          One of the few good things about being blind is you can read a lot of books for free.   The National Library Service for the Blind …

Album Challenge, I’ll Do It “My Way”

by Kevin Burton    Twice on Facebook someone has asked me to do an album challenge that didn’t make sense to me.    The deal is you’re supposed to tell which ten albums influenced you when you were younger, one a day for ten days. You are supposed to just give the name of the …

Sweet Lou Piniella, Great For My Teams

by Kevin Burton    Ever have a person who just showed up in your life multiple times?    Maybe you worked with them once, then they dated a friend of yours, shopped at your main grocery store, maybe volunteered at one of the places you do?    Well in the baseball sense I have someone …

Life And Hope From An Empty Tomb

by Dane Massey    (Dane Massey is the former Pastor of Mulvane Christian Church. He is now in ministry in Houston, Texas.)      My heart and mind is captive to the cross and an empty grave!     Genesis opens with the glory of creation but slams shut with a coffin (Gen. 50:26). Exodus opens with …