by jakeowensby | Jan 27, 2023 | Beatitude, Humble, Lent, Matthew 5:1-12, Poor in Spirit
We all want to be happy. And yet, if you dedicate your life to pursuing happiness, you’ll never be happy. This may seem like a contradiction to you. But prophets and theologians, philosophers and priests have been saying it for ages. Recently I heard a story that...
by jakeowensby | Feb 11, 2022 | Luke 6:17-26
She didn’t mean to do it. And I’m pretty sure she’s not aware even now that she did. But my friend Jan Brown caused a tectonic shift in my thinking about what wisdom is, why we need it so desperately, and how to grow in it. Jan and I were members of the Episcopal...
by jakeowensby | Feb 11, 2022 | Luke 6:17-26
She didn’t mean to do it. And I’m pretty sure she’s not aware even now that she did. But my friend Jan Brown caused a tectonic shift in my thinking about what wisdom is, why we need it so desperately, and how to grow in it. Jan and I were members of the Episcopal...
by jakeowensby | Jan 28, 2017 | 4 Epiphany A, Matthew 5:1=12, Uncategorized
If you spend your life pursuing happiness, it will always elude you. That’s counterintuitive. So, let me explain by way of a story. I totally bombed a timed essay competition in high school. The topic was the American Dream. Sister Charleen taught me to write. In her...
