May 12, 2021 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris The great American poet, Emily Dickinson, once said, “If I read a book [and] it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that it is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that it is poetry.”...
May 12, 2021 | Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision, Students
On May 16, 2021, we recognize our youth and our graduating seniors. The past year has seen its fair share of challenges for these young people as they navigated school in the age of a pandemic. They have kept their heads up and pursued their goals. We celebrate their...
May 5, 2021 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Rock climbers have always fascinated me. I remember some thrilling personal experiences rappelling as a Boy Scout years ago, but I confess that I’ve never been very good at rock climbing. I’ve seen some climbers take incredibly daring and...
Apr 28, 2021 | Adults, Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Didn’t our hearts burn within us as he talked with us on the road and explained the scriptures to us?” We encounter these words from the two disciples who walked with Jesus on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:32). Though first thought to be a stranger,...
Apr 28, 2021 | Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
How many times have we said it? “I just want to get back to normal.” We are tired. Pandemic weary. Hungry for community. Hungry for some sense of the familiar. Tim Schenk, a Boston-based pastor, started out a recent article with this observation: “One of the...
Apr 21, 2021 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? In Luke 24, two disciples on the road to Emmaus are pondering just that. They wonder what it means to be a follower of a crucified Messiah. They wonder how to make sense of unbelievable reports of an...
