by jakeowensby | Jul 27, 2018 | John 6:1-21
Alexander Pechersky—Sasha to his friends—arrived in Sobibor on September 18, 1943. The Nazis had captured him along with many of his Soviet Army comrades during the Battle of Moscow. Initially, the Nazis interred Sasha in POW camps. However, during a routine exam a...
by jakeowensby | May 12, 2017 | 5 Easter A, John 14:1-14
A mixture of perfume and stale cigarette smoke hung in the air. Breakfast dishes lay jumbled in the sink atop several night’s dinner plates and a variety of utensils. The half-full bag in the kitchen garbage can had been tied off but not yet taken out. That was my...
