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
Listen to the Audio Version By Norris Burkes Dec 7, 2025 As the pastor of Community Church, I’ve been known to take my congregates on Sunday morning hikes through Nevada City trails. These walk-abouts usually bring me clarity for my next sermon or column. However, my solo hikes don’t always bring clarity. Sometimes I get […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes Nov 23 2025 Most every Sunday at 10:30, you can find me preaching in a little church across from the Nevada County courthouse. My parishioners at Community Church, NC, might be surprised to learn that I sometimes get a little sermon help from my iPhone’s personal assistant, known as Siri. Recently, I […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes Nov 16 2025 If you knew what you were going to die from, would that change the way you live? It’s a question I faced in the summer of 1999, when my Air Force doctor, a graying 50-something flight surgeon at Patrick Air Force […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes, Nov 9, 2025 As many of you are pondering your year-end charitable giving, I ask you to consider a woman I met in 1980 while I was the student-pastor of a church in Hopland, Calif. Like many Baptist pastors of the time, I encouraged members to follow the Biblical teaching of tithing […]
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