Sep 30, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris For more than seventy-five years, parents and children alike have been captivated by C. S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. In these stories, children find their way into a magical world populated by talking animals, daring adventures, and battles...
Sep 23, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris With the arrival of fall, those of us who live in the southeastern United States are summoned to sacred spaces — fields of green lined with white stripes. It is a place where allegiances are declared, strategies are executed, and battles are waged. Of...
Sep 16, 2026 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Some of my earliest memories of church involve Sunday nights at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church. Sunday mornings were carefully planned, while Sunday nights were a little more unpredictable. My grandmother often moved from the organ to the...
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...