Thy Grace is Sufficient

I found this web site today. It is wonderful, and haunting. It made me remember the loss of my own Dad, less than a year ago. Even though...

For two weeks, every night, the world was transfixed by mostly ordinary people doing completely extraordinary things. For me, the Olympis is...

For a couple of months now, I have been meaning to write a bit about my memories of growing up. I have never done this before. Blogging is...

This is my favorite moment of the DNC. The sound cut-out is not a conspiracy, you did not miss much of substance. Donald Miller got it ri...

You have to love the Brits:

Tonight was cool on the back porch. I arrived home from work about 7 PM, to smell steak barbecuing in the back yard, the minute I got out o...

For the past two weeks, our house has been much more quiet. No urban hip-hop thumpa-thump has been heard from the Ipod speaker device in on...

Is your church searching for a new pastor? You need look no further. I give you Kanon Tipton:

So far, this is my favorite Olympic moment. A come from behind win in the 4x100 race, after the challenging French team trash-talked the US....

It has been 14 days since we got home, and as we have "re-entered" life here, I have not had much time to add to the blog. Plus,...

I was last in this spot 26 years ago, in 1982. That was the last time I flew west, home to America, after spending a number of weeks in ...

Its our last day in the UK. Today we visited Windsor Castle, and for us all, this one of our favorite stops. The sense of history and majes...

Tonight was our last night in Paris. As a mini-celebration and farewell, we headed to the Champ De Mars , where Napoleon once marched his ...

It has been a busy two days here in Paris. Wonderful weather, and warm! Yesterday morning, in a bow to teenage lethargy and weariness, Nancy...

It is with sadness that I need to interupt our European vacation to report the death of Dr. Randy Pausch . Dr. Pausch's book, The Last ...

Today was a day full of variety. We took the early morning train to the Palace of Versailles , where we thought we might beat the crowds. N...

Today was our first full day in Paris, and we started off with a wonderful whirlwind tour of the Louvre with our new friend Christi Bart, wh...

Enough said.

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...