by jakeowensby | Nov 18, 2022 | Luke 23:33-43, The Kingdom of God
If you’ve always been on a roll—your kids are always happy and healthy and cooperative and like your company, your career ladder feels has always been more like an up escalator, your romantic life is the stuff of steamy novels—then the reflections that follow might...
by jakeowensby | Nov 22, 2019 | Luke 23:33-43
Each week a few devout atheists respond to my essays. Mostly on social media rather than on the blog or via email. Some of them want to engage in a genuine way. Others are snarky and dismissive and apparently want nothing more than to announce how dim I am. Recently,...
by jakeowensby | Nov 18, 2016 | Luke 23:33-43, Proper 29 C, Uncategorized
My earliest boyhood reading came mainly from three sources. Over my father’s objections, my mother purchased Compton’s Encyclopedia on a volume-a-month, pay-as-you-go plan. I devoured each one before the next arrived. Somehow a 1950’s-vintage Boy Scout manual had...
