by jakeowensby | May 26, 2023 | Holy Spirit, John 7:37-39
A crowd of camo-clad men and women were gathering around a grave. The mourners were wearing camouflage gear to pay tribute to the deceased. Like lots of people in Louisiana, the man had apparently been an avid hunter. A couple of weeks later I took a peek at the newly...
by jakeowensby | May 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Claudia, Anna, and Amy made a date to share a pizza. It was the Thanksgiving holiday. As Brené Brown tells us in Rising Strong, Claudia was visiting her family in Madison, Wisconsin. Amy—the youngest of these three sisters—had texted Claudia with the pizza invitation....
by jakeowensby | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Apollo 11 lunar module onto the moon’s surface on July 20, 1969. I was eleven years old. My mother and I watched Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” on a black and white TV in a cheap motel room. Mom had spent most of her remaining...
by jakeowensby | May 5, 2023 | God's love, John 14:1-14
Dave stood in the threshold, waving with his right hand and propping the screen door open with his left. I was sitting behind the steering wheel of my Jeep, leaning over to wave through the passenger window. A wordless affection passed between us. My heart ached as I...
by jakeowensby | Apr 28, 2023 | Discernment, Holy Spirit, John 10:1-10, Spirit of Truth
Eleanor Longden started hearing voices in her second term studying psychology at the University of Leeds. Initially, a single speaker flatly narrated the normal things she happened to be doing:[1] “She is going to a lecture.” “She is leaving the building.” The voice...
