Tag: Norris Burkes
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Chaplain Chat: Resolved to be authentic
As I work though the 23rd year of this column, I will confess that column writing isn’t...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: Riding with Power, or with Jesus?
Tell me, did you have a frightening Halloween? Were you visited by a slew of goblins and ghosts?...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: My limitless limitations
“A man’s got to know his limitations,” is the famous advice given by Clint Eastwood in his...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: The Bible can inspire our Olympians
With the Olympics set to begin next Friday, it may be a good time for a Bible study. No, I’m not...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: Some prayers come in a different language
Not too far away or long ago, I was working as a hospital chaplain at Sutter Medical Center in...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: Forced Worship Stinks in God’s Nostrils
Under a new Louisiana law, every public school from elementary to college will be required to post...
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Chaplin Chat: Sharing your faith by listening to others
In the years I served as a hospital chaplain, I was often asked, “Why don’t you use your position...
Read MoreSearching for Faith Isn’t for the Faint of Heart
I wonder if that medication would have helped me some years ago when I went to my Sutter doctor in...
Read MoreChaplain chat: The pantless chaplain
Whenever I meet fellow veterans, we’ll often engage in some good-natured ribbing. I set up the...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: Something Stinks? Is it I?
It seems that whenever pastors preach to a sparse crowd, they often begin by quoting Matthew...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: Biblical clarity can be binding
Recently, my wife, Becky, and I were driving to a familiar Southern California city when we got in...
Read MoreTalks, Walks, and Squawks
Most of my Folsom readers are new and therefore don’t know that I’ve been writing this column in a...
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