May 12, 2021 | E-Vision, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature
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 5, 2021 | E-Vision, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News
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, E-Vision, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature
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 21, 2021 | E-Vision, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature
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...
Apr 14, 2021 | E-Vision, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature
By Steven Norris It’s the sevens that get me every time. As a child, I didn’t have any problem memorizing my multiplication facts, except when it came to the sevens. Even to this day, I have to really slow down and think about it when trying to multiply by seven....
Apr 7, 2021 | E-Vision, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature
Idle Tales? By Steven Norris “Bovine excrement!” Yes, you heard me right. That would be my translation of Luke 24:11. That’s exactly what the disciples said when the women showed up with a crazy message about an empty tomb and angelic messengers. Of course, none of...
