Author: Norris Burkes

Chaplain Chat: Something Stinks? Is it I?

Posted by Norris Burkes | Feb 18, 2024 1:00 am | Commentary

It seems that whenever pastors preach to a sparse crowd, they often begin by quoting Matthew...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Jan 27, 2024 8:35 pm | Commentary

Recently, my wife, Becky, and I were driving to a familiar Southern California city when we got in...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Jan 14, 2024 12:40 am | Commentary

A regular reader wrote me last month to say, “We ALWAYS enjoy your columns and read them to our...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Dec 17, 2023 6:17 am | Commentary

Honestly, it seems a bit odd that Advent sermons often begin with a lesson from John the Baptist....

Posted by Norris Burkes | Nov 25, 2023 8:25 am | Commentary

Most of my Folsom readers are new and therefore don’t know that I’ve been writing this column in a...