by jakeowensby | May 1, 2020 | John 10:1-10
As she entered her second term of psychological studies at university, the now-renowned mental health researcher Eleanor Longden began hearing a voice. Initially, a single speaker would dispassionately narrate mundane things like her ordinary comings and goings. The...
by jakeowensby | May 5, 2017 | 4 Easter A, John 10:1-10
They said it was going to be a retreat. I was skeptical. Retreats offer spiritual exercises and spans of quiet time designed to nurture insight and to encourage renewal. By contrast, our weekend together was shaping up to be a blood-letting. The vestry and clergy of...