by jakeowensby | Dec 26, 2020 | grace, John 1:1-18
Some years ago my friend Emile and I were driving back to Huntsville from a monthly clergy lunch in another part of northern Alabama. Emile had retired a decade or so earlier. My colleagues and I admired and adored Emile as our wise and nurturing elder. And he seemed...
by jakeowensby | Dec 28, 2017 | 1 Christmas B, grace, John 1:1-18
The story of Jesus begins long before the manger and even before the angel Gabriel’s startling announcement to Mary. Before God said, “Let there be light,” and “Let there be stars and moon, fish and birds, cows and caterpillars,” God said, “Let there be Jesus.” In...
