by Kevin Burton Today is National Potato Chip Day, but I didn’t study for the quiz. My excuse, (there is always an excuse) Consumer Reports let me down. In the past the magazine has published consumer preference stories about chips of all kinds. But I found nothing on their website and by googling …
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Don’t Miss The Moments Life Brings You
by Kevin Burton Somewhere between the art of science and the science of art, I dropped the ball and missed a moment. The girls were up from Oklahoma between Christmas and New Years Eve. The girls are our now-ten-year-old granddaughter on my wife’s side and her five-year-old step sister by living arrangement, not …
Christians Need A Zeal For Spiritual Children
by Kevin Burton The kid thing, the desire to have and raise children, is something I never, never got and don’t get. So when we look into a demand by Rachel, wife of Jacob, in Genesis chapter 30, for me it’s a study in polar opposites. “Give me children or else I …
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Thanking God For Closed Doors
by Kevin Burton One of my frequent prayers is that God will “open the doors that need to be open and close the doors that need to be closed.” This is a necessary prayer because I can’t see around time corners to see the future and I’m not always so good at the …
God Works Beyond Our Limitations
by Kevin Burton The book of Mark records perhaps the most eloquent prayer in all the Bible. At least it’s the one I can relate to best. It’s a prayer that speaks to faith, the limits of human faith and the power and sufficiency of the Lord Jesus. Parents, what would you …
The Deep Conversation I Never Had
by Kevin Burton “Daddy?” “Grrrpha-umph.” “Daddy?” “Yes Jeanie, what do you want?” “I don’t want anything Daddy, how can I? I’m not here, remember?” “I know you’re not here, you don’t exist. Now go to sleep.” “What would I want daddy, if I were here, there, wherever? What …
Overdue Tech Upgrade Coming, But When?
by Kevin Burton One of the truths to emerge from our family emergency April 13 was how badly I need to learn the tech language. We got an emergency call that my mother-in-law had fallen in the parking lot of her assisted living facility and was unable to get up. We would not …
Love Blooms On A Greyhound Bus
by Kevin Burton Must be true cause it couldn’t be fiction. I found this love story in The Guardian newspaper online. Those of you looking for that special someone take note, and get your Greyhound bus tickets. This is the story of Andy, an artist from Glasgow, Scotland and Becky, a mother …
Kansas Nice: My Tribute To A Great Blog
by Kevin Burton Well I’ve never been to Heaven, but I’ve been to North Dakota. Well they tell me I was born there, but I really don’t remember. That of course is borrowed from the Three Dog Night song “Never Been to Spain.” I put my own spin on it to give a …
Life Lessons From A Loving Family Man
by Kevin Burton I think of Herb Beauchamp and I keep coming back to the IRS term, “head of household.” Tomorrow is Father’s Day. It will be the first for my wife Jeannette without her father Herb. He is still very much alive in a lot of ways that truly matter. Lessons taught, …
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