Mar 20, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It was a fairly typical Saturday afternoon in early December. A pair of college roommates had spent most of the morning cramming for final exams. “What are you doing this afternoon?” one roommate asks. “I don’t know.” “Want to go to...
Mar 13, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris The Taylor family (my paternal grandmother’s side) knows a thing or two about farming. For generations, they have cultivated an area of land just outside of Meridian, MS and sold its produce directly to local residents through a number of roadside...
Mar 6, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Are you having fun?” my wife asked, expectantly. Her eyebrows arched up with anticipation and her eyes sparkled as they so often do with pure hope and genuine affection. We had spent the whole day at an amusement park with our children, riding...
Feb 28, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris For many, it is one of the most attractive pictures of Jesus in the four gospels. I’m talking about the picture in the second chapter of John where Jesus enters into the temple, sees that it has become a marketplace, makes a whip of cords, and...
Feb 21, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It is amazing how quickly folks can abandon their Christian convictions in the face of a piece of juicy gossip or a salacious scandal. No doubt, most of the readers of this column have heard about the circumstances surrounding the Spalding High...
Feb 14, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris This week marks the beginning of the Lenten season. For the next six weeks, many Christians will enter a season of repentance and reflection as they prepare for Easter. Traditionally, this season is marked by a focus on conversion and the...