Jan 1, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Bless you!” I hear it all the time. Typically, it follows one of my daily sneezing fits. Occasionally, it comes from a sweet old lady for whom I’ve been holding the door. Sporadically, it comes in response to some other form of goodwill offered to a...
Dec 23, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Every Christmas, I have a little tradition. I have never told anyone about this, because I do it for my own heart as an act of prayer. After the presents are opened and the dinner guests have gone, I open my computer and read a poem from Howard...
Dec 11, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Last week, I wrote about the image of God as a refiner’s fire in the writings of Malachi. Following that column, the Spirit led a reader to ask how to “get rid of the dross.” In metalworking, raw ore is smelted — heated beyond the melting...
Dec 4, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Hotdog was a periodic visitor at our church in North Carolina. I am not talking about the food you grill out, either. “Hotdog” was the moniker of an individual who had visited our church building back when it was a honky-tonk bar. I am not sure...
Nov 25, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris As I stepped into the pulpit of First Baptist Church this past Sunday, a long shadow fell across the red carpet beneath my feet. I received a message days prior, informing me of the passing of Rev. Dr. Bruce Monroe Morgan, Pastor Emeritus of our...
Nov 20, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris After last week’s column on hope, a friend sent me another article (“What Does it Mean to Hope in the Lord?”) that I found very insightful. Pastor and author, Taylor Jensen, offers additional insight into two different Hebrew words that we often...
