XYZ and WOM Meeting

Our senior adults will meet on November 9th for an interactive and informative XYZ program led by the Sheriff’s Department, complete with their Mobile Incident Command bus. Come early and tour the bus at 11:00 a.m. before hearing their presentation. A BBQ lunch...
Remembering Well

Remembering Well

By Steven Norris      The smell of homemade buttermilk biscuits transported me across space and time to summer in my Mamaw’s kitchen. There, mornings regularly consisted of a hot biscuit smothered with homemade pear preserves made from the week’s harvest. That is one...
I Stand with Bartimaeus

I Stand with Bartimaeus

By Steven Norris      “Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly.” Good for you, Bartimaeus. You wouldn’t be silenced and your plea for mercy reached the ears of someone who could do something about it. Thank you for speaking up and not...
Forming Habits of Holiness

Forming Habits of Holiness

By Steven Norris      When I picked up my boys from basketball practice this week, one of them observed, “Dad, basketball practice is a lot harder than a basketball game. In practice, you run and run and run, much more than in a game. In practice, you shoot many more...
Then Sings My Soul

Then Sings My Soul

By Steven Norris       “Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee / How great Thou art, how great Thou art.” Twice this week, I’ve sung this song. The first time was with a group of mourners — voices echoing off the marble walls of the mausoleum at Oak Hill Cemetery —...