by jakeowensby | Dec 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today’s animators use software to create computer-generated images. In the early days of the Walt Disney Studios artists drew each frame by hand. It must have been painstaking work. An old-school illustrator once said this about using pen and ink. At the very moment...
by jakeowensby | Dec 3, 2021 | Luke 3:1-6
Despite the heat and humidity of late-July Florida, I strapped on my shoes for an afternoon run. The relief of getting out of the house and capturing a few quiet minutes on my own outweighed the threat of heat stroke.* Andrew, our firstborn, was just a few weeks...
by jakeowensby | Nov 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’re ready for Christmas. Oh we’ve got gifts to buy. There’s a house to decorate, parties to throw, and cards to send. So we still have lots to do before the big day arrives. But I had something else in mind when I said that we’re ready. The past year and a half has...
by jakeowensby | Nov 27, 2020 | grace, Mark 13:24-37
There’s nothing quite like a fist fight to wake you up. Maybe I’d better explain. My friend Jeff and I worked the night shift at a data processing center one summer during college. We sat for mind-numbing hours entering credit card information from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00...
by jakeowensby | Nov 29, 2019 | Matthew 24:36-44
My friend John got a call one evening from the dementia unit. His father had been suffering from Alzheimer’s for several years. John’s father had dressed himself, packed his suitcase, and was now waiting in a visitor’s lounge. The staff had tried to coax him back into...
