by jakeowensby | Sep 22, 2023 | Calling, Matthew 21:23-32
The first semester of Freshman Year in College was a few days away. My friend J- and I were driving somewhere. I can’t remember the destination. He asked me what I would major in. Too embarrassed to admit that I hadn’t the faintest clue, I said, “Psychology.”...
by jakeowensby | Feb 24, 2023 | 1 Lent, Matthew 4:1-11
It’s not like me. Honestly. But I confess that I binge-watched the entire first season of The Good Place when it first hit Netflix a few years back. Friends had been assuring me that I would love it. One of the main characters is an ethicist, and I used to...
by jakeowensby | Nov 4, 2022 | Calling, Luke 22:24-27, Resonance, Self
Glenn Close won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in 2019. Everybody expected Lady Gaga to get the award for “A Star is Born.” Including a stunned Glenn Close. Close had starred in “The Wife,” the film about a woman who had secretly ghostwritten all of her...
by jakeowensby | Apr 29, 2022 | John 21:1-19
When my mom and I were living in a car, I never had the sense that we were doomed. In part, that’s because my mom simply emanated hope. That woman never gave up. Ever. What I learned from her is that hope is what keeps us going even when the odds are not in our favor....
by jakeowensby | Feb 4, 2022 | Luke 5:1-11
Part of my calling as a Bishop in the Episcopal Church is to help other people discern their own calling. Some people are called to ordained ministry. But it’s important to understand that everybody—and I do mean everybody—is called. When people talk to me about...
