...As we live out our faith in hope, we become the winsome witnesses that God desires. Then, our very lives provide the answer to the question "What makes a person a Christian?" THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

...can inspire us to renew our hope for resolution of problem areas in our lives, thus renewing our faith that God is good, his mercy is everlasting and his truths endure forever. The Rev. Gene Norris is a Presbyterian pastor in Augusta.

...God's grace and their hard work. The same God who heard the cries of the Jews still hears the cries of his people in oppressive circumstances. You don't have to be as you are! THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

All the ways in which our lives have meaning, purpose and direction, they are due to Christ working in and through us that which is well-pleasing in his sight.

...continue to be born again and again to be more effective ambassadors of reconciliation in the world of people who are terribly polarized, divided and estranged from one another. THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

...help the locals avoid contracting malaria. Even as God has shown his love for us in sending us his Son, let us all in one way or another enable justice to be upheld for all people. THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

...the expanding church?Well, that is another story we can consider later, but you can read about it in Acts 8, which tells of the mission work of Philip to the Ethiopian eunuch. THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

...all in times of despair is affirming the presence of God's power and peace behind the crisis we are going through. The hymn I find so affirming is God of Grace and God of Glory. THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

...justice.It clearly stated that what the Lord requires of us is to do justice. Therefore, starting this very day, let us, with God's help, practice engaging in acts of justice. THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.

...during our troubles.Therefore, let us hold fast to our faith that is rooted in the confidence of seen and unseen realities. God will keep his promises to reward such faithfulness. THE REV. GENE NORRIS IS A PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR IN AUGUSTA.