Dec 28, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “This has restored my faith in humanity.” So said a Griffin firefighter as he volunteered his “off time” over the Christmas holiday weekend to serve folks in our community. The idea started in a Sunday school class a week prior to Christmas....
Dec 21, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris He is the most famous character from the Nativity that shows up in many of our pageants, but fails to make an appearance in any of the four gospel accounts. Obviously, I am referring to the innkeeper. “And she gave birth to her firstborn son and...
Dec 14, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris There is no doubt about it: this is a season for love. Well, that is, if you believe all the made-for-television movies that have found their way into our living room over the past few weeks. It is certainly the season for sappy “love stories”...
Dec 7, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris It is the season of generosity — at least, non-profit organizations around town hope it is. It is the season of red kettles and ringing bells. It is the season of countless emails requesting year-end donations and tax-deductible contributions....
Nov 30, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “Have you made your Christmas list, yet?” I can no more tell you how many times I heard that growing up than there are stars in the heavens. Its refrain echoes through our Christmas conversations to this day — though now it is grandparents,...
Nov 23, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris This past Sunday, I sat in the choir loft, eyes glued on the handbell ensemble playing the offertory song. The tune that they were playing was an old Shaker hymn. Had they been singing, these are the words: “’Tis the gift to be simple,...
