The Masterpiece(s) of God

Jun 9, 2021 | Adults, Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision

     I had been waiting for this night for months. My wife and I left Griffin early to drive to Atlanta for the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit. The show was far from perfect — I wish it had been about twice as long and that higher quality reproductions of his paintings...

Ukuleles On The Road

Jun 9, 2021 | Music Ministry News, News, Reported in the E-Vision

Look! It’s a guitar…no…it’s a banjo…no. Wait — those are ukuleles! FBC has a troupe of them and they are on tour this summer! In fact, they are on a mission to get toes tapping and faces grinning with familiar tunes. Stops on their tour...

A Test of Identity

Jun 2, 2021 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision

By Steven Norris      Summer break is upon us. Both of my boys recently finished their final exams, marking the welcomed end of an unusual school year. As I was thinking about that, I was reminded of a “final exam” posed to Jesus by some of the religious leaders of...

The Power of Memorials

May 26, 2021 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision

By Steven Norris “Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by Thy help I’m come.” I distinctly remember holding the hymnal, singing the second verse of Robert Robinson’s classic, “Come Thou Fount,” and thinking, “What in the world are we singing?” At the time, my only...

The Divine Dance

May 19, 2021 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision

By Steven Norris        My first “unofficial” date with my wife came at a homecoming dance at the University of Southern Mississippi. In the midst of a night of swing dancing, our friendship developed into something more substantial. She tells me that I duped her...