Jun 18, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It is embarrassing to admit, but I can get easily distracted. Maybe it is a character flaw or just a part of my personality makeup, but there are days that it frustrates me to no end. I need to get things done and all I seem to do is get...
Jun 11, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris We all know the standard phobias: arachnophobia (fear of spiders), claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), or acrophobia (fear of heights). What about some of the less common ones? Maybe you suffer from arithmophobia (fear of numbers),...
Jun 4, 2025 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Colonel Jeff O’Leary was working with UN Peacekeeping forces in the Sinai Peninsula. He was having tea with a group of men when he noticed that his host kept staring at the man who had come with the guests to tend the camels. After a while, the...
May 28, 2025 | Grace Notes, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris The invitation of Jesus is simple, though it is never easy. “Come, follow me,” he said to the fishermen on the shore. In order to follow him, however, they had to leave some things behind. To follow Jesus, they had to “travel light.” Jesus...
May 21, 2025 | Grace Notes, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris I was eighteen when I first saw the iconic black wedge cut into the hillside — a constant reminder to a city that is always in danger of forgetting. On one end, the Vietnam Memorial points a finger towards the obelisk in honor of that great...
May 14, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris This week, my son will graduate from high school and start the next chapter of his life as a university student. If I had a chance to address his class, I might offer the following advice. The year was 1090. In the Burgundy region of France,...
