by jakeowensby | Nov 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
My mother learned English informally by immersion. She entered America through Ellis Island from war-ravaged Austria speaking only her native German. By the time I came along, her accent had grown faint. She navigated our English-speaking world effortlessly, but her...
by jakeowensby | Nov 18, 2016 | Luke 23:33-43, Proper 29 C, Uncategorized
My earliest boyhood reading came mainly from three sources. Over my father’s objections, my mother purchased Compton’s Encyclopedia on a volume-a-month, pay-as-you-go plan. I devoured each one before the next arrived. Somehow a 1950’s-vintage Boy Scout manual had...
