Author: Norris Burkes

Never injecting myself into their story

Posted by Norris Burkes | Oct 29, 2023 2:13 am | Commentary

In my new book, “Tell it To the Chaplain,” I describe the yearlong postgraduate residency I took...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Oct 15, 2023 1:03 am | Commentary

“Norris Burkes,” I yell into the ear of an elderly man standing inside a boisterous hotel banquet...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Sep 3, 2023 6:11 am | Commentary

If I ever come to your house, I’ll likely take a sideways glance at your bookshelves. I don’t mean...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Aug 27, 2023 12:25 am | Commentary

On April 4, 1991, I was halfway finished with a yearlong, chaplain-training program at UC-Davis...

Posted by Norris Burkes | Aug 13, 2023 12:05 am | Commentary

The author of Ecclesiastes says there is “a time to every purpose under the heavens; a time to be...