May 14, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris This week, my son will graduate from high school and start the next chapter of his life as a university student. If I had a chance to address his class, I might offer the following advice. The year was 1090. In the Burgundy region of France,...
May 7, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
by Steven Norris This week, I sat in the old fellowship hall of a Baptist Church on St. Simon’s Island, strumming my four-stringed ukulele and singing along with about 75 others gathered there: “Take it easy, take it easy / Don’t let the sound of your own...
Apr 30, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris A Pastor once told a story about growing up in a small town. When he was a boy, his mother gave him an assignment: “Go down to the florist and pick up some flowers for the dinner table.” The young boy did what he was told, but he felt quite...
Apr 29, 2025 | Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
FBC Griffin is a “community of grace.” However, we recognize that grace is a journey, not a destination. As with any journey, there are often unexpected twists and turns in the road. Whatever your journey has been to this point, we are thankful that God has led...
Apr 23, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, News, Reported in the E-Vision
By Steven Norris Sometimes, the phrase “I love you” can be spelled S-U-N-D-R-O-P. I moved to Georgia in 2018 from North Carolina to take a position at my current church. During my sixteen years in North Carolina, I had come to love the taste of a very particular...
Apr 18, 2025 | Grace Notes, Homepage Feature, Reported in the E-Vision
by Steven Norris It was dark when Mary approached the tomb that morning. Dark because it was just before sunrise. Dark because she was consumed by sadness. Dark because her dreams had been crushed and she had buried someone she dearly loved. One has to...
