Spirituality In Everyday Life
Norris Burkes
As a military and hospital chaplain, I routinely observe the stories of faith in the everyday lives of real people. My site tells those faith stories in a humorous, hope-filled, and honest way. I believe you will find them inspiring and potentially life-changing. Most of all, I believe the insight within these stories will connect with your story in a meaningful way. Enjoy!
Thriving Beyond Surviving
As a hospital and military Chaplain Norris Burkes has seen things he must never tell. Yet as a syndicated columnist in 38 secular newspapers around the country, he has found ways to share shades of the sacred with his readers.
This book compiles ten years of newspaper columns that takes you into the military battlefield as well as the trauma rooms of major hospitals.
Recent Columns From Norris Burkes
By Norris Burkes May 4 2025 In 1995, I was serving as an active-duty Air Force chaplain on Moffett Field in the San Francisco Bay Area. During my three years there, our chaplain assistant constantly fielded requests from couples wanting to be married in our beautiful WW2 chapel. Since military members are entitled to the […]
[Read More]April 27, 2025 Learn To Share the Road on Life’s Highway Some years back, I was driving Interstate 99 south of Sacramento, Calif when a man began aggressively tailgating me. Known as the most dangerous freeway in California, there is little room for traffic weavers like him. He was close enough that I could […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes Easter, April 20, 2025 No matter what you’ve read, I can promise you this – the Jesus insurrection was put down quickly and decisively. The anarchists, AKA disciples, who were occupying the garden never really had a chance. The disciples barely seemed to know the smackdown was coming when the occupying powers, […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes April 13, 2025 During my career as a healthcare chaplain, I often had a feeling that I was pastoring a parade. That’s because, by definition, a chaplain’s relationship with patients is a temporary one. I suppose that’s why I am relieved when a patient asks if they can call me “Pastor” instead […]
[Read More]