Apr 8, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Do you have just a moment to wait? I need to grab something out of my office.” The truth was that I was in a bit of a hurry, but my local, hometown pharmacist was really trying to help me get to the bottom of an issue with my child’s medication....
Apr 3, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris When I arrived in Griffin about six years ago, I set about getting to know my congregation. After numerous lunches, dinners, and shared coffees, I started asking about other clergy within our community that I needed to know. I heard one name...
Mar 27, 2024 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It is one of the most poignant scenes in the account of Good Friday. Jesus is hanging there, nailed to a cross between two thieves. Looking down, he utters, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they are doing.” For whom is he praying,...
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...
