Oct 5, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Another year has come and gone. The cooking oil has cooled, and the concession booth will be shuttered until next year. Our family hasn’t lived in Griffin all that long, but we already know that it isn’t fall in Spalding County until you’ve got a...
Sep 28, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris One of the great gifts that my mother gave to me was a love for books. As a child, she read to me on a nightly basis. Regularly, I would select a yellow paperback that centered around an inquisitive little primate and his owner, “the Man in the...
Sep 21, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles: How’s your long game? Recently, I was talking with a group of parents about the difficult task of raising children. We lamented: How do you get your children to obey and keep them from harm — especially...
Sep 14, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” So said the immortal playwright, the bard himself, William Shakespeare. I thought of this quote recently as I was listening to a conversation with Yuval Levin, a researcher...
Aug 31, 2022 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Missions, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Safety. Wholeness. Empowerment. These are the three legs upon which Amani Sasa, a ministry to refugees in Kampala, Uganda, stands. Amani Sasa began as part of a larger ministry working with refugees in Uganda, but became its own entity in 2019....
Aug 24, 2022 | Adults, Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Can life actually emerge victorious in the face of death? The prophet Ezekiel would certainly nod in affirmation after surveying the army consisting of skeletal remains. The disciples of Jesus would have to agree after witnessing the empty tomb....
