By Norris Burkes Jan 21 2024 Some of my most rewarding years in chaplain work were those I spent as the Chaplain for Women and Children at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento (2002-2008). It was there my rounds often took me onto the high-risk maternity unit. Rooms in this unit were filled with scared pregnant
By Norris Burkes, Jan 14 2023 A regular reader wrote me last month to say, “We ALWAYS enjoy your columns and read them to our Sunday-school class.” I could hear the “but” coming in her compliment about the Chispa Project column when she asked, “May we hazard some chutzpah of our own by pointing out
By Norris Burkes Jan 7, 2024 In the fall of 1979, Becky said “yes” to marrying me but issued two quick conditions. She would not allow her dad to give her away. “I’m not any man’s property” she stated. (Instead, our parents stood together to declare their support for our marriage.) She would not
