by jakeowensby | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The following is an excerpt from Chapter Three of A Resurrection Shaped Life. The school year had only just ended. Summer stretched out before me for an eternity. At least, that’s how it seemed to my ten-year-old self. I was playing with a couple of kids at the end of...
by jakeowensby | Mar 25, 2017 | 4 Lent A, John 9:1-41, Uncategorized
At first light I shuffled into the kitchen to make coffee. A saucepan sat on the stove. So, while reaching for the old-school Melitta pour-over carafe, I jerked the saucepan off the unlit burner. Cold water splashed onto my face and drenched the front of my t-shirt....
by jakeowensby | Dec 2, 2016 | 2 Advent A, Matthew 3:1-12, Uncategorized
[Listen to Audio] “I used to be normal.” John (not his real name) pushed his words out two or three at a time, as if someone were turning an .mp3 file on and off at haphazard intervals. You could see the strain in his jaw and throat during each unintended break in his...
