by jakeowensby | Jun 3, 2022 | Acts 2:1-21
This is part 4 of 4 in the series “Wondering about the Resurrection” Dave hurried up to me in the church parking lot. You could see from a distance that he was bursting at the seams to tell me something. Initially, I worried that this was about to be one of those...
by jakeowensby | Oct 21, 2021 | Mark 10:46-52
Several of my friends in long-term recovery have harrowing stories about hitting bottom. They lost a job or a spouse. A DWI landed them in jail. Their children, their parents, and their friends wouldn’t speak to them anymore. An overdose or liver disease nearly killed...
by jakeowensby | Jun 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Most people I know have been affected by addiction in one way or another. A few are still actively drinking or using. A larger number are in recovery. Almost everybody else has a story about a struggling relative, friend, neighbor, or coworker. The pathway to...
by jakeowensby | Jun 7, 2019 | grace
“This is where your mother would have been forced to stand when she first passed through the camp gates. It’s called the Wailing Wall.” Rupert is on staff at what was once Mauthausen Concentration Camp. The granite walls, the imposing guard towers, the barracks, the...
by jakeowensby | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Everyone weathers storms. Some of our rough seas come in the form of our external circumstances. Maybe you get a grim prognosis or your spouse asks for a divorce. Your daughter refuses to go to rehab or an eviction notice is pasted to your front door. Maybe your best...
