by Greg Burdine | Aug 29, 2014 | Current Issues
With the Labor Day weekend comes appreciation for the working man and woman. We tend to celebrate the celebrity or the leader, but too often undervalue the common laborer who actually gets the work done. ‘Go to the top’ is the cry that every young person...
by Greg Burdine | Aug 22, 2014 | Current Issues
A short time ago, Jason Richards called me out to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. I did and made a video. The Ice Bucket Challenge has become a global phenomenon. You’ve no doubt seen hundreds of videos on Facebook and Twitter of people dousing themselves in...
by Greg Burdine | Aug 12, 2014 | Current Issues
I went to bed last night watching video clips of Robin Williams on the Tonight Show. He was the funniest comedian while I was growing up. I saw him on Mork and Mindy (nanu nanu means ‘goodbye’ in Orkan). His movies were the funniest: Patch Adams, Mrs....
by Greg Burdine | Aug 4, 2014 | Christian Living, Current Issues
Our metropolitan neighbor, Toledo, has survived an emergency crisis. Due to the contamination of Lake Erie, the city water was undrinkable. Through a combination of chemical runoff, the shallow Lake Erie, and the summer sun, algae reached an unsafe level and the...
by Greg Burdine | Jul 11, 2014 | Christian Living, Current Issues
On 5th Avenue in New York City you can see two statues. One is at Rockefeller Center. It is a gigantic statue of Atlas, straining to hold the world on his shoulders. He is the most powerfully built man in the world and can barely stand under this burden. You can live...
by Greg Burdine | Jul 9, 2014 | Current Issues
Last week, an American hero died – Louis Zamperini. You may not recognize the name. I didn’t until a couple of years ago. For Father’s Day my daughter, Jennifer, got me an ebook for my Kindle – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival,...
