by jakeowensby | Sep 8, 2023 | Forgiveness, Matthew 18:21-35
J- remembers bits and pieces of that day. Just a toddler, he recalls playing on the floor with his mother, T-. She had bought some cheap plastic dinosaurs for him at the dime store (or the Dollar Store in today’s language), and she looked on as he marched them around...
by jakeowensby | Sep 11, 2020 | grace, Matthew 18:21-35
“It’s not about you, it’s about them.” When I’ve been injured by another person’s cruel words or actions, friends have said this to me. Maybe your friends have consoled you in a similar way. And there is sad truth to what my friends have said. Some people offload...
by jakeowensby | Sep 15, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35, Proper 19 A
When Thordis Elva was sixteen, she got to know Tom Stranger. They were performing together in a school play. Tom was an eighteen-year-old Australian exchange student still struggling to get the hang of Iceland’s language and customs. The two grew close. At school they...
