Thy Grace is Sufficient

Yesterday was a full day. We started at the National Art Gallery, visited St. Martin in the Fields, had a low-budget picnic lunch in The Gre...

Today was a brilliantly sunny London day. It was lunch time, and for Londoners, apparently sunshine is a rare commodity. Everyone in the c...

British Culture and Sports Update We were awakened at 7 AM today by our two girls, who came to our door in near hysterics, after watching 3...

One 10 hour plane ride, and the Family Norris is in London! Its hard to believe, but a couple of years of dreaming, months of discussions of...

What if two guys, who were college chums long ago, got together and made an honest film about their differences? And what if the biggest d...

I love the Internet. Everyday I learn things I would never otherwise know. I am also quite fond of my half-brother John, a former fighter p...

At the request of distinguished members of our Canadian family, I present a few more photos of "Steve & Friends Fly at 50" eve...

When I was a kid, my Dad used to sit at the kitchen table during dinner and complain about "those damn environmentalists". We have...

Today we will blithely jump in the pool. We might barbecue something. Many of us will avoid the heat, stay indoors and watch the 4 th of J...

Over the past several years, as our girls have left elementary school, my wife and I have become increasingly frustrated with the public edu...

A couple of weeks ago, something wonderful happened in downtown Los Angeles. Two of my favorite people, and living legends, John Wooden and...

"John, Michael, wake up. There is a boy here who is to teach us to fly and take us to the Never, Never Land. He says there are pirates ...

Two years ago, Matt produced a video that has spread around the world. Matt is at it again, and this time, there is no possible way you ca...

The other day I turned 50 years old. For what happened on the momentous day I was born, go here . Friday morning I awoke to find that the...

They all lined up. About 300 8th graders stood in line to receive their promotion handshakes, certificates, and photographs. Suits and ties...

Its Father's Day. Albert Einstein once said: "The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent ...

Now, y'all listen up. I don't know much, but I do know me some good banjo pickin' when I hears it. I want to go to a show wher...

When I was a kid, the three of us, me, Mom, and Dad used to sit at the little dinner table in our kitchen each night for dinner. Tater tots...

Parenting is not for cowards. Chalk one up for MTV. We have been recently dealing with a teenager in our house who is telling us our values...

I spotted this image today on the front page of the New York Times. I was transfixed, and humbled. This is the caption that goes with the ...

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Yesterday marked the bittersweet end of an era in the life of our family. Our last girls softball game at Orange Grove park. We have been w...

I come from a small family of three; I am an only child. Growing up, I remember our family life together often felt, well, rather small. A...

Today I am remembering my Dad, Roland Steele Norris (1920-2007), who served this country in World War II, as a B-17 pilot trainer, and air-s...

This is Zac Sunderland. He is 16, and is planning on sailing around the world. Solo. This morning I opened the LA Times to find this artic...

I know, some people love it, others are not so impressed. We are excited. Date tonight with my sweet wife!

Today I pondered this short conversation between Jesus and his followers. Mark 9:38-40 (New International Version) "Teacher," sai...

Discover Channel is running this in June. I am so excited.

Yesterday, I rode home from church with my older daughter, Kelly, who is now 17. College is a bit more than a year away, and the little gir...

Today, everyday, we stand in a "thin place". Let me explain. Evelyn Underhill was a modern contemplative. She was the first wom...

I found this to be very interesting. Perhaps you will too.

There are these two brothers. They grew up in a loving home, with wonderful parents. And, as fate would have it, their Dad was a pastor. ...

In the last 10 days Myanmar and China have seen more suffering than all the world should have to endure in a year, or maybe a lifetime. Eve...

Last week I had lunch with my good friend John , at one of South Pasadena's cultural icons (newly renovated - now featuring cloth table...

Last Saturday night, in the desert, under the stars, with 40,000 young people, and a handful of us old dudes. Lots of funny cigarette smo...