Thy Grace is Sufficient

Humming. Honking. A rush, a sort of buzz in the distance. Never a quiet moment, a constant under current of noise. Subtle, yet pervasive. O...

It is a mystery and a paradox that from an empty place can come wholeness, healing, life transformed. Two of my friends....both very differe...

Total loss. Complete dejection. That knot in the pit of your stomach. That sense of dread, of fear, of uncertainty, even about tomorrow. It...

People. Everywhere. Above ground and below it in subway tunnels. Hurtling forward, like the rest of this city. Hundreds, thousands, tens of ...

Monday morning at Oh-Dark-Thirty, we Norris' are off for four days in New York City, baby! I hope to blog on my impressions of New York,...

I find this....fascinating:

Last summer, I came home one day to find a $550 electric bill for our home. After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I was on the Internet l...

This past Sunday, I listened to a remarkable story. One I have heard before, but never grows old. Its the story of the journey of one man...

Last week, my oldest daughter Kelly and I stopped for a Mexican food dinner during a busy evening of errands and tutoring. She is taking hig...

The past several weeks have been torturous for us Bruin fans. Two losses to end the season, including one embarrassing one to Cal in the ...

From Dallas Willard's latest book: "Why should one insist on the exclusiveness of Christianity if all it is is one more cultural f...

I love this. Matt is planning another trip. Here are outakes from his last trip.

My friend Julie , and Professor Dallas Willard have me thinking about the Jesus we may have created in our minds - as opposed to the Christ...

Saturday night my wife and I attended the International Justice Mission dinner in Los Angeles. They will also be a part of this event: We c...

The strange man in the shades in this undated photo is planning on running a marathon for a very good cause. Although in dire need of recogn...

About 20 months ago, during the darkest time in the history of our church, when we were in the midst of a painful split, a dear friend gave ...

My friend Eric Myers found this clip. I will always remember the first time my wife suggested the name "Kelly" to me - this song ...

Recently, we celebrated our oldest daughter Kelly's 16th birthday party. Kelly. Sixteen. That is a good collection of years. Almost a co...

Do we really need more stuff?

Today, while recuperating from the cold/flu fungus in our home, I watched "Parenthood" with Steve Martin. This is one of my all ti...

I have been missing for a couple of days from my random blogging. We have been having a small epidemic of the flu/nasty bad achy joints hide...

What if the image to the left was found on the home page of a church ? What if this church had a completely new way of looking at their mis...

What if the basic rules of mathematics were suddenly changed? What if you woke up tomorrow and 2 plus 2 inexplicably equaled, say 5.75? How ...

I have decided. From now until April 8 th (Easter) , no Starbucks for me. By my rough calculations, that means I will be saving about $70...

Read this , then watch this:

Every once in a while, Nancy and I like to take a break from reality, and enjoy something timeless. Tonight found us at Disney Hall enjoyi...

I remember the old outer space movies of the 1950s that I used to watch when I was a kid. All the astronaut guys, and even the bad-guy robot...

Today, our house is officially be occupied by two (count 'em) teenage girls. Heather turns 13 today; and Kelly turned 16 on Sunday. Amaz...

This will be worth seeing:

This is , to sum it up, baloney. What is going on with Ted? Why does he need to tell us, that only after three weeks in therapy, he is ...

a·pos·tate –noun 1. a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc. her·e·tic –noun 1. a professed believer who maintains religious...

The folks at Kleenex are doing a good thing : Update. Turns out the band that composed the music are Christ followers.....

Anger is a delicate balance. On one hand, if you constantly fly off the handle, you get labeled as mean spirited and judgmental. However, ...

Today, for the first time in years, I sat through most of the Superbowl. I had hopes that the commercials would be, as is usually the case,...

Sometimes it feels to me like the NBA has one up on the Church. In the NBA, if you get fouled too hard, and then really ticked at somebody, ...

At the office. Need to take a mental vacation, if just for a minute. I would much rather be here right now.

And sometimes, I think my life feels difficult. I have no clue.....

As I approach the mid-century mark in age (cut me open and count the rings), I am rediscovering (refiguring?) a sense of call for my life. B...

Tonight, after a busy week of real life and hardly any blogging, comes more from the mind of Steve Hayner on the Missional church . Remember...

I am not sure who I identify with more here....

Jumbo sized. Super size me. Mega. Ultra. Massive. These are the sacred words of our culture. And sadly, they seem to have become the sacred ...

About 18 months ago, we lost a dear friend who was only 36. Her name was Julie, and I have written about her here , and here . She was in t...