by jakeowensby | Mar 17, 2023 | John 9:1-41, redemption
Brené Brown introduced me to the phrase “shame storm.” If you’re like me, you’ve been caught in one before. You just didn’t know what to call it. Shame storms can be triggered by all sorts of things, and they may take different forms for different people. But in...
by jakeowensby | Nov 14, 2015 | Mark 13:1-8, redemption, suffering
Listen to AudioJoy and I recently visited Washington to attend the institution of our new Presiding Bishop. Around the edges of that event we took a little time to see some of the sights.D.C. overflows with stately monuments and impressively solid buildings. The...
by jakeowensby | Jun 7, 2015 | Mark 3:20-35, redemption
Listen to AudioShe pointed at me. Repeatedly rocked left and right with an imaginary steering wheel in outstretched hands. Pointed at herself. And concluded her brief pantomime by spinning her hand and extended index finger in circles around her temple.“You drive me...
by jakeowensby | Aug 25, 2013 | redemption
Prefer to Listen? Click HereChildren ask difficult questions. When my oldest son Andrew was in first grade, he asked me, “What exactly is sex?”That was a little awkward. My wife Joy was just in the next room and heard both the question and my stunned silence. She...
by jakeowensby | Jun 23, 2013 | redemption
As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. (Luke 8: 27)Prefer to listen? Click here for audio.You’ve probably heard it said that when you’re down on...
by jakeowensby | Mar 25, 2013 | redemption
At the spring meeting of the House of Bishops, Bishop George Councell of New Jersey reflected on the devastation and suffering wrought in his state by Hurricane Sandy. His reflections took shape around a billboard he passes on his way to work.The sign reads, “Don’t...
