Jul 18, 2023 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
by Steven Norris Sometimes truth hits us so hard that we wish deep down in our heart of hearts that it was a lie. This past Saturday, as I was going over my sermon, I took a break for a moment and scrolled through my Facebook feed. A friend had posted a picture...
Jul 11, 2023 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
by Steven Norris “I am not in control of your life, but it seems to me that you are going to have to make a choice. You cannot continue to do two full-time callings. You are going to have to surrender control to one or the other.” I can still remember that...
Jul 5, 2023 | Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It’s always good to be together with family. That is what the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) General Assembly felt like for me this year: one big family reunion, bringing together friends from seminary, from my time in North Carolina, and...
Jul 5, 2023 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Am I my brother’s keeper?” It is a chilling question for those familiar with the opening chapters of the Bible (see Genesis 4). Adam has come to his eldest child, Cain, asking about the whereabouts of his brother, Abel. Those who know shudder,...
Jun 28, 2023 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It is amazing how you can meet a perfect stranger and, within a very brief time, connect with them on a profound level. When my family traveled to Uganda last summer to work with one of our church’s mission partners, I had just such an...
Jun 28, 2023 | Homepage Feature, Missions, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris The trip was a year in the making. As our family wrapped up our time in Uganda in the summer of 2022, Francis and I started scheming. Music is an integral part of the healing work that Francis and Missy Ward-Angalla (CBF Field Personnel),...
