by jakeowensby | Apr 6, 2023 | Matthew 28:1-10
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are [beautiful] in the broken places.” Where Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Farewell to Arms reads “strong” I’ve substituted the word “beautiful.” That’s because I’m going to talk about the resurrection. And the resurrection...
by jakeowensby | Apr 2, 2021 | Mark 16:1-8
I am not an especially optimistic person. Neither am I particularly pessimistic. It would be fair to call me a realist. So it might surprise you to hear that my realism is what makes me profoundly hopeful. Hope is more than wishful thinking. There’s nothing wrong with...
by jakeowensby | Apr 19, 2019 | John 20:1-8
As she approached in the predawn gloom, Mary Magdalene realized that something or someone had rolled away the stone sealing Jesus’s tomb. Without investigating further, she hurried back to the disciples to report what she had seen. Peter and John raced to see for...
