Paul Batura
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Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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Betty White Remembered: Adopt 5 of her most amazing habits to make 2023 your best year yet
It has been a year since actress Betty White died just weeks before she would have turned 100. Although she is gone, White's perspective on life is still a great guide to living well. → Read More
Bob Saget was beloved because he played the American everyman
In a culture that seems to celebrate coarseness and crassness, Saget’s fatherly "Danny Tanner" role on "Full House" and his longtime gig hosting "America’s Funniest Home Videos" were decidedly and decisively G-rated. → Read More
Why it’s good to attend church while on vacation
Vacations mean different things to different people. But whether your time away takes you to the beach or the mountains, two hundred or two thousand miles from home, there’s no dispensation for Christians to ignore the fourth commandment: “Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.” → Read More
Paul Batura: Dick Hoyt's death – famed Boston Marathon runner and father lovingly pushed his son to greatness
Dick Hoyt, the "heart and soul" of the Boston Marathon died Wednesday at 80. → Read More
Paul Batura: Rush Limbaugh changed conservative radio – and me
I met the legendary and revolutionary conservative talk show host in person just one time. But like millions of his listeners, we’ve spent the last 33 years together. → Read More
Paul Batura: Ronald Reagan's 110th birthday – 10 inspiring lessons we can learn from his life
By the end of his eight years in office, America was roaring. He did it all with a smile, was graceful under fire and a gentleman in a profession that seems to reward rude aggression. → Read More
Larry King's curiosity was the secret to his legendary talk-show career – a good reminder for us all
Larry King, who died Saturday at the age of 87, knew what he wanted to do with his life from a very early age. → Read More
Paul Batura: A race from one year into the next taught me a lifelong lesson
Running from one year into the next may not be most people’s idea of holiday revelry, but since 1979 doing so has become an annual tradition for tens of thousands in New York City. Until now. → Read More
Paul Batura: ‘Gilligan’s Island’ star Dawn Wells dies — unlike on TV, she was rescued in real life
Dawn Wells, the actress who went on a fictional “three-hour tour” in 1964 and found lifelong fame as the bubbly girl-next-door Mary Ann Summers on the TV sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Wednesday of complications from COVID-19 → Read More
Paul Batura: An old Bible held a shocking surprise that turned out to be an enriching experience
The Bible is the bestselling book in world history, with an estimated 5 billion to 6 billion printed in more than 700 languages. But how many Bibles are actually opened and read, and how many just gather dust on bookshelves, their contents hidden from us? → Read More
Paul Batura: Charlie Brown Christmas – here's what it taught me about the holiday
The charm of the hapless Charlie Brown and all the gang still resonates with young and old alike, especially at this time of year. → Read More
Paul Batura: Why my grandfather would be appalled by our Christmas tree
I’m sure my father knew our artificial tree was on life support that Christmas during my childhood... → Read More
Paul Batura: Charley Pride dies — country music star bounced back after baseball stardom eluded him
Baseball’s loss was the music world’s gain when Charley Pride failed to make it from Negro League Baseball to Major League Baseball and took up music instead. On Saturday the world suffered the loss of the first Black superstar of country music when Pride died at 86. → Read More
Paul Batura: What’s there to be thankful for on this coronavirus Thanksgiving?
It’s become glib and fashionable to lament the year 2020, suggesting that our current circumstances couldn’t get much worse. I’ve certainly been guilty of such narrow-minded thinking from time to time, but I’m actually thankful we’re living in 2020 and not 100 years ago. → Read More
Paul Batura: God and our election: What role did He play?
Ever since Election Day, I’ve been wrestling with the spiritual question concerning the outcome. What role has the Almighty played in this year’s contentious election? → Read More
Paul Batura: Who is Alex Trebek? The perfect guest in our homes, through good times and bad
Poised and dignified with flashes of appropriate humor, he was the quintessential host, a gentleman who set the standards for all others. → Read More
Paul Batura: It’s Clergy Appreciation Day — here’s why it’s important
Sunday is a day to honor the approximately 430,000 ministers, priests, rabbis, imams and clergy members with other titles who minister to our spiritual needs across the U.S. → Read More
Paul Batura: Grandparents Day — thinking of the man I feared, and why I'm grateful to him
Hollywood tends to portray grandparents in something of a golden glow, and understandably so. → Read More
Paul Batura: My sons aren't dumb — they're dyslexic, and they're going to change the world
Experts will tell you there’s no correlation between dyslexia and intelligence → Read More
Paul Batura: 2020, the marathon – a difficult path, but keep fighting, keep going
The small, picturesque mountain town of Manitou Springs, Colo., was buzzing this past Sunday, its main street filled with hundreds of runners raring to make their 26.2-mile pilgrimage up and down Pikes Peak. → Read More