From Generic to Specific by Kevin Butler I’ve shared this story locally at Christmastime, but I believe the main message goes beyond the season. The characters are real; the situation was not. The week before Christmas vacation, it was time to exchange gifts at our 5th grade class! The girls had picked other girl names, the guys got other guy...
It’s Time
It’s Time by Kevin Butler I’m not sure how else to say it, so I’ll just run the press release/blog from October 28, 2013: The American Sabbath Tract and Communication Council announces that the Director of Communications, Rev. Kevin Butler, has decided to step down effective June 30, 2014. Butler has served as Director of the ASTCC and Editor of...
My Seasonal Wife, My Seasonal Life
Sep 23, 2013
My seasonal wife, My seasonal life by Kevin Butler After wilting through a rare, oppressive late-summer heat wave and drought here in the upper Midwest, others further west have been slogging through torrential and deadly rain. What season is this?? It’s pretty obvious what season we’re in at our house. Like clockwork, my wife heads to the basement and...
Attitude in the Altitude
Aug 26, 2013
Attitude in the Altitude by Kevin Butler Thomas Edison once said, “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” SDBs once again had the opportunity to gather for our annual Conference sessions. Thanks to much hard work and Spirit-led planning by President Ralph Mackintosh, we most certainly experienced a week of good fortune! God...
Who gets the last shot?
Jun 24, 2013
Who gets the last shot? by Kevin Butler Five “Most Valuable Player” awards. Six NBA Championships. Six Finals MVP awards. Fourteen-time All Star. Ten scoring titles. With numbers and accomplishments like this, many would call Michael Jordan the greatest basketball player, ever. And certainly Michael Jordan thought so. Even when he wasn’t playing...
Getting our kids to leave church (for missions)
May 24, 2013
Getting our kids to leave church (for missions) by Kevin Butler How interested or involved are your children in missions? How interested or involved is your church? Wouldn’t it be great if we could get all of our members to be outward-focused and mission-minded at an early age? The website “ministry-to-children.com” ran the following ideas for families to help...