Sep 9, 2026 | Homepage Feature, Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris When my wife and I got married, we faced a problem common to many young couples: we had no money. We had a place to live, but not enough to furnish it the way we might have liked, so we accepted whatever hand-me-downs our families offered. To fill the...
Sep 2, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Why is it so hard to preserve a clean margin? For years, I have carried a notebook in my bag where I jot down sermon ideas, to-do lists, funny stories, and anything else I might want to remember. For more than fifteen years, I have preferred graph...
Aug 26, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris I come from a family of worriers. Recently, while looking through old family photos, I noticed that the same frown lines marking my forehead appear on many of my kinfolk. We are thinkers and imaginative people. We can look at the events of the world...
Aug 19, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Jesus spoke these familiar words while cleansing the temple, borrowing them from the prophet Isaiah. In Isaiah’s vision, God’s house was meant to be a place where outsiders were welcomed...
Aug 12, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris When I was a kid, I loved playing Barrel of Monkeys. The player who linked the most plastic monkeys arm-in-arm in a long chain won the game. I thought about that game recently as I reflected on an encounter from my Camino pilgrimage. Trevor and I met...
Aug 5, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It’s dinnertime. Who is sitting at your table tonight? Who is breaking bread with you over homemade lasagna or pot roast? With whom are you sharing your hopes and dreams, your fears and anxieties? During the five weeks I walked the Camino de Santiago,...
