by jakeowensby | Nov 2, 2018 | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, grace, John 11:1-44
“It hurts so bad. I just don’t understand.” I haven’t actually uttered these words. But these last days my soul has been howling as news stories reported acts of deadly violence driven by searing racial and religious hatred. Maurice Stallard and Vickie Lees Jones had...
by jakeowensby | Nov 17, 2017 | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Proper 28A
Walking through the halls of a skilled care facility, I passed by a man and a woman huddled close together in one of the corners of a common area. The woman sat serenely in a wheelchair, smiling vacantly at the man. The man—her husband I assumed—had placed a small...
