Aug 21, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris We live in a world that is simultaneously drowning in knowledge and starving for wisdom. We carry around in our pockets access to more of the world’s collected knowledge than people have had at any point in human history. Yet, knowing how to translate...
Aug 14, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Dallas Willard has been one of the spiritual giants in my life and faith development. I still maintain that his book, The Divine Conspiracy, is one of the best articulations of the gospel message I have heard. This week, I discovered a quote from...
Aug 7, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris How do you pray? Since each of us is unique, one could say that there are as many forms of prayer as there are people in the world, whether that entails bowing one’s head, closing the eyes, kneeling, talking to God about challenges, confession...
Jul 31, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Music is made in the silences between the notes.” I first heard that phrase from one of my professors at the University of Southern Mississippi. It did not originate with him. In fact, I’ve seen it attributed to both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and...
Jul 24, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris A church member recently approached me with a question. He has been reading through the Bible this year — something he has done a number of times. This year, however, a few passages hit him differently, especially those around violence connected...
Jul 17, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “It just feels like the world is conspiring against me.” I was listening to one of my community members lament recently about a number of difficulties that she and her family were facing — health, relational, financial, and safety issues in abundance....
