Tag: Norris Burkes
Chaplain Chat: The Bible can inspire our Olympians
Posted by Norris Burkes | Jul 20, 2024 11:06 pm | Commentary
Chaplain Chat: Some prayers come in a different language
Posted by Norris Burkes | Jul 14, 2024 6:45 am | Commentary
Chaplain Chat: Forced Worship Stinks in God’s Nostrils
Posted by Norris Burkes | Jul 6, 2024 8:20 pm | Commentary
Chaplin Chat: Sharing your faith by listening to others
Posted by Norris Burkes | Jun 23, 2024 12:02 am | Commentary
Searching for Faith Isn’t for the Faint of Heart
Posted by Norris Burkes | Jun 2, 2024 12:24 am | Commentary
Chaplain Chat: My limitless limitations
by Norris Burkes | Aug 4, 2024 6:00 am | Commentary
“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
by Norris Burkes | Jul 20, 2024 11:06 pm | Commentary
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
by Norris Burkes | Jul 14, 2024 6:45 am | Commentary
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
by Norris Burkes | Jul 6, 2024 8:20 pm | Commentary
Under a new Louisiana law, every public school from elementary to college will be required to post...
Read MoreChaplin Chat: Sharing your faith by listening to others
by Norris Burkes | Jun 23, 2024 12:02 am | Commentary
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
by Norris Burkes | Jun 2, 2024 12:24 am | Commentary
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
by Norris Burkes | Apr 21, 2024 4:03 am | Commentary, Mather, Rancho Cordova
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?
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...
Read MoreChaplain Chat: Biblical clarity can be binding
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...
Read MoreTalks, Walks, and Squawks
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...
Read MoreVeteran’s Day Commentary: Military Spouses Also ‘Volunteer’
by Norris Burkes | Nov 11, 2023 6:10 am | Commentary
This Veteran’s Day I’d like to challenge you to spread your thanks-for-serving sentiment toward...
Read MoreNever injecting myself into their story
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...
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