Thy Grace is Sufficient

I like to tour model homes. I have been recently reflecting on why this is so. Last week, while in Phoenix, I needed to look at some model h...

I Haven't Found What I Am Looking For We Christian folk often like to boast that, through our clean and shiny faith, we have found the f...

U2 wrote a song: I believe in the Kingdom Come Then all the colours will bleed into one Bleed into one. But yes, I'm still running. You ...

My daughters both loved Mr. Rogers. During their younger years, I often found myself late for work in the morning, because I wanted to linge...

May I offer a thought? I learned several years ago that schools for Down children are starting to take children with other syndromes since D...

Within the past hour, I have been asked to come to the aid of my college chum Julie. There is a serious crisis affecting her home, a trauma ...

Remember those felt board Bible stories in Kindergarten ? Several summers ago, my wife and I taught Sunday School together. It was a blast...

Several weeks ago, British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking experienced a long sought-after freedom. Freedom from the wheelchair that has boun...

Julie Riggs is one of the people in this photo. I have no idea which one, and it really does not make any difference. What does make a diff...

A couple of weeks ago, we went to the birthday party of a dear friend , who is turning a significant age marker, which will remain classifie...

First National Championship - 1950 May 13, 2007 - UCLA Women's Water Polo won the 100th UCLA National Championship. Thirty of those cham...

One night last week I awoke at 3:00 AM sharp. I have no idea why. I usually sleep through the night with little interruption; a Divine gift ...

If you look a couple posts down, you will see that I have a new occasional reader of my blog. Greg Lang is an author who lives in Georgia w...

Go here . This is very interesting. I am completely excited! Thanks to my good buddy KC for this tip!

Its Saturday. Heather made a list. Here it is. Click to enlarge. I love my daughter.

Being 48 years old and working at a desk job can sometimes be a bit dull. What to do? Since I cannot get a crewing job on the Time Bandit , ...

For quite some time now, I have struggled to find words to try to articulate those things that stirs within the depth of my soul. How can yo...

I must confess. I can hold it in no longer. In a former career, I was a very hip keyboard player in the Seal Beach area. This is my second a...

This past week, I was in Tucson, Arizona for work, and was pleasantly surprised to find a reminder of my own father's service to his cou...

I find this rather sexist. I mean, where are the girls? Did our Lord not like them? In addition, our league will not let you coach in fli...

Click on the photo....to remember. We are surrounded with folks like these every day. Take time today to love a friend.

Here is a helpful way to begin to attempt to deal with the tragic events of Monday of this week.

Its April, and you know what that means! Baseball season, yes. But even more important, at least for the next couple of weeks, is a new seas...

I usually am bored by Gary Trudeau's humor. Not today. Click to enlarge.

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...