by jakeowensby | Mar 22, 2015 | God's love, The Incarnation
Listen to the AudioI love Louisiana. Our food. Our climate. Our landscape. Above all our people. I grew up elsewhere, but Louisiana isn’t just where I live. It’s home.Precisely because Louisiana is my home, I take our problems and challenges to heart. And to be...
by jakeowensby | Dec 24, 2014 | The Incarnation
My eyelids sprang open at three in the morning. Christmas morning. I was seven years old. My half brother Joel—already twelve and too cool for kid stuff—lay sleeping soundly next to me on a makeshift cot in the dining room. Fueled by the anticipation of Santa’s...
by jakeowensby | Dec 28, 2011 | The Incarnation
In the beginning was the Word. (John 1:1)As a younger man, I served on a philosophy faculty. And although I enjoyed research and teaching advanced classes, my real love was teaching introductory classes.Especially freshmen entered those classrooms with a willingness...