Author: Norris Burkes

Tattoos, Earrings and Purple Hair Don’t Define a Person of God

Posted by Norris Burkes | Apr 23, 2023 4:58 am | Commentary

“Our new pastor has a tattoo,” observed one my parishioners to another as we were trimming back...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Apr 16, 2023 4:38 am | Commentary

There’s an old joke about a pastor who shared a dressing mirror with his wife every Sunday...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Apr 9, 2023 12:01 am | Commentary

Readers: This column attempts a creative interpretation of Easter as if it happened today. I found...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Apr 2, 2023 12:05 am | Community News

Last week, just as the airplane door shut on my United Airlines flight home from Honduras, a woman...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Mar 26, 2023 12:45 am | Commentary

Have you ever witnessed a reluctant child standing outside an open kindergarten door? The child’s...