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 April 17, 2026 Whenever I’m asked what it takes to become a healthcare chaplain, I usually list school, work experience and the successful completion of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). CPE is a one-year clinical residency in which students visit patients under the mentoring direction of a gray-haired supervisor. I tend to remember […]
[Read More]Easter 2026 By Norris Burkes Whoever you were rooting for during March Madness, I think most of you learned that no matter which team you root for, you must be prepared to lose. In some ways, I think that’s the lesson of Good Friday. The Jesus-followers, my favorite team, lost. Wait, wait. Don’t burn your […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes, March 27, 2026 In June 1997, my Air Force chaplain career brought me to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. After a few days of in-processing into my assignment, my supervisor posed a question to his new Captain. “How was it that you ever got into the Air Force?” His question set me […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes March 20, 2026 As a kid, if I ever dared to bring gossip to our family dinner table, my mom was quick to challenge my sources: “How do you know that? Did a little bird tell you?” Neither she or I realized at the time she was quoting the Bible from Ecclesiastes […]
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