Thriving Beyond Surviving: Stories of Resilience From a Hospital Chaplain - Softcover

As a hospital and military Chaplain Norris Burkes has seen things he must never tell. Yet as a syndicated columnist in 38 secular newspapers around the country, he has found ways to share shades of the sacred with his readers. This book compiles ten years of those newspaper columns into a book that take you into the military battlefield and the trauma rooms of major hospitals. How does he do it? Turn these pages to have a unique look into the private moments of man who has walked among the wounded and has come out the other side with a thriving faith.

Chaplain Norris Burkes is a board-certified healthcare chaplain in Sacramento California. Additionally, up until his retirement last month, he has served 28 years as a chaplain in both the active duty Air Force and the Air National Guard. During the past 15 years, he’s also written a spirituality column that offers a humorous and hope-filled approach to everyday spirituality and is syndicated in 36 additional papers nationwide. He graduated from Baylor University, Waco, TX with a Bachelor of Arts in religion and journalism. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Golden Gate Seminary in Mill Valley CA and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Pacific University in Portland OR. In recent years, Chaplain Norris has run two marathons of 26 miles, completing his last marathon in a little over 5 hours. Last year, he took up golf, but says he is not yet to be trusted with keeping accurate score. He is the author of Hero’s Highway about his experience as a chaplain in a combat hospital. He is also the author of No Small Miracles, the father of four grown miracles and living proof that 35 years of a happy marriage is still God’s greatest miracle.