Jun 12, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris 2024 is an important year for our church. This year marks the 40th anniversary of FBC Griffin’s decision to ordain women to serve as both deacons and ministers of our congregation. While the actual anniversary is not until November, I felt that...
Jun 5, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will get shot at by both sides.” That would have been my recommendation — that is, if Jesus had asked me for advice on the Beatitudes. If you’ve ever read the opening verses of Jesus’ famous Sermon on...
May 29, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “May 30, 2004.” So reads the date on my ordination certificate. It bears the signatures of the ten individuals who served on my ordination council and affirmed the evidence of God’s call on my life. As I’ve reflected on the past twenty years of...
May 22, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris In another life, I taught debate to high school students. Often, I would tell them that the team who manages to define the terms of the debate dramatically increases their chances of winning. Likewise, the manner in which we define important life...
May 15, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris As an undergraduate trombone major, I learned of the Moravians through their affinity for my chosen instrument. When graduate studies led me to a school that neighbored the Moravian community of Old Salem, I would learn that they revered the...
May 8, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Whatever happened to the “rich young man” of Mark 10? He comes to Jesus with a legitimate question about how to inherit eternal life. Jesus challenges him: “go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in...
