by jakeowensby | Dec 16, 2022 | Faith and Science, Matthew 1:18-25, Secularism, Virgin Birth
My atheist phase lasted for about fifteen minutes one sunny, late-spring afternoon. Freshman year in college was coming to a close for me. There was a party at a nearby river. A couple of my friends and I were standing midstream on a large rock. Soaking up the sun,...
by jakeowensby | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Gracie was sniffing the air in our backyard while Joy and I were finishing breakfast. We could see her through the large windows stretching across the rear wall of our house. As we watched, Gracie picked up her ball, trotted to the window, placed the ball on the...
by jakeowensby | Nov 19, 2021 | John 18:33-37
My father-in-law used to say, “They don’t cut pants as full as they used to.” It didn’t seem to occur to him that he was taking up a bit more space inside those trousers than he did when he was a younger man. This used to make me smile. Until I reached my sixties....
by jakeowensby | Apr 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
This is an excerpt from my new book Looking for God in Messy Places: A Book about Hope. Joy and I had been stunned to learn that our daughter, Meredith, had a hole in her heart. She was an energetic, happy baby. During a routine healthy-baby visit, our pediatrician...
by jakeowensby | Apr 6, 2018 | 2 Easter B, John 20:19-31
Thomas died somewhere along the southwest coast of India. According to an ancient text called Acts of Thomas, King Misdeus, a local ruler, blew his stack when Thomas converted his Queen, his son, and his sister-in-law to the Way of Jesus. In response, Misdeus ordered...
