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 Jan 5 2025 Not long ago, I spoke to a Spanish club, a group of women hoping to hone their Spanish skills and asked the attendees to “Come fly with me.” Not wanting my invite to be misinterpreted, my wife Becky, chimed in, “And me too.” A few older woman heard a […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes Dec 29 2024 As I work though the 23rd year of this column, I will confess that column writing isn’t always an easy gig. It sometimes requires walking a fine line between expressing what I really think or simply spouting what entertains my reader. As every columnist can testify, strong opinions can […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes Dec 22 2024 This is the time of year when writers like to recount their “Best Christmas ever.” Their stories often include a video of a slobbering puppy leaping from a ribbon-covered box or a marriage proposal, or my favorite, a deployed soldier surprising her family with an early homecoming. But if […]
[Read More]By Norris Burkes, Dec 15 2024 If anyone has ever tried to convince you to get religion, change religion, or even lose your religion, then you’ll probably relate to this column. In the early 1980s I was attending Golden Gate Seminary, just outside San Francisco, when I went to work as an advertising intern for […]
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