by jakeowensby | Nov 27, 2020 | grace, Mark 13:24-37
There’s nothing quite like a fist fight to wake you up. Maybe I’d better explain. My friend Jeff and I worked the night shift at a data processing center one summer during college. We sat for mind-numbing hours entering credit card information from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00...
by jakeowensby | Dec 1, 2017 | 1 Advent B, Mark 13:24-37
A friend of mine and I were chatting over lunch. Professional topics had occupied us for about half an hour, but once the business was done our conversation took a theological turn. My friend asked, “Do you think the end is near?” Civil unrest, escalating violence,...