Apr 18, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
by Steven Norris It was dark when Mary approached the tomb that morning. Dark because it was just before sunrise. Dark because she was consumed by sadness. Dark because her dreams had been crushed and she had buried someone she dearly loved. One has to...
Apr 9, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
In my house growing up, we knew that it was a special occasion when the fine china came down out of the cabinet. Those gold-rimmed plates had been a wedding gift to my parents and the silver had been handed down in my maternal grandmother’s family. These...
Apr 2, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Could you possibly move any slower!?” I sat in my driveway, staring at the door, excruciatingly watching as my chances of being on time diminished by the second. Such is life for the parents of teenage boys. I am not a very patient person —...
Mar 26, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris A few summers ago, our family piled into a borrowed minivan, set the GPS north, and set off. We ate cheesesteaks in Philadelphia, toured the First Baptist Church of America in Providence, and ended up on the coast of Maine. There, in Bar Harbor,...
Mar 12, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It is astonishing to me how many of the kids in my suburban Dallas neighborhood growing up had powers of supersonic hearing. We could be playing just about anywhere in a three-or-four-block radius — street hockey, football, NERF guns, whiffle...
Mar 5, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Leonard Sweet tells the story of a monastery where the monks were not at peace with each other or with God. They were often impatient, angry, or jealous. Their prayer times were interrupted by petty squabbles and interpersonal conflict. Work was...
