by Kevin Burton My earthly father could hardly have done a better job meeting my physical needs or a worse job meeting my emotional needs. Everyone has a story. Maybe your father is absent altogether. Maybe he is present but missing in action. Maybe he is the provider and nurturer you need. …
Tag Archives: Heaven
Easter Means Hope For The Hopeless
by Kevin Burton You’ll hear Christians today saying “He is risen!” and others answering “He is risen indeed!” What does that mean? For the Christian faith, for the human race, it means everything. Today is Easter, “the annual celebration of Christ’s resurrection to life after His crucifixion and death,” according to http://www.gotquestions.org. “The …
Spiritual Graduation: Heaven Or Hell
by Kevin Burton This time of year, high school seniors are starting to smell that finish line. Graduation smells like freedom, I remember. This is the 27th post focusing on our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. We have compared physical blindness to spiritual blindness and found the latter much more dangerous. …
“No More Tears,” A Promise From God
by Kevin Burton Look around you, if you can bear to. Look at the war, the pain, the strife, the death, the violence. What do you call these things? You could call them page one of your local newspaper. I love newspapers, always have. But there is better news to be found in …
No Roads Between Heaven And Hell
by Kevin Burton A distance calculator on my computer desktop tells me how far it is from point A to point B. This feature is helpful for planning trips. Today’s post represents a sixth-period geography class at our Earthly School for the Spiritually Blind. Physical blindness is nothing compared to spiritual …
Love, Tears And Doing The Right Thing
by Kevin Burton This is a story about a boy and his mother. The mother has thought things through. She will push through the pain. She is doing the right thing. She is resolute. The big house on the corner? The boy will be leaving that now. He will be back on …
No Avoiding The Question: Who Is Jesus?
by Kevin Burton In Mark chapter eight, Jesus asks the disciples two questions. The first sets up the second. The second sets up the rest of your life. This is the seventh installment of our series Ten Questions from the Bible. Our question for today came from Jesus as he was walking with …
How Will You Answer God’s Invitation?
By Kevin Burton On this, the fifth installment of our 10 Questions from the Bible series, you get two for the price of one, sort of. The first question is perhaps the most important in all the Bible. It is asked by a jailer to those noted earthquake singers Paul and Silas. The …
A Love You Can Count On Forever
by Kevin Burton We’ve had some fun looking at Valentine’s Day this week from different angles. The big day is finally here! Depending on your circumstances Valentine’s Day is a magic carpet ride, butterflies in your stomach, a pain in the heart, maybe a pain in the neck. It may be sweet …
Learning The Language Of Heaven
by Kevin Burton It’s great fun to translate words and phrases into Spanish and then back into English. Sometimes the result makes me laugh, sometimes it makes me think. In Spanish you ask “How old are you?” by saying, “Cuantos anos tienes?” Translated back into English it means “How many years do you …
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