by jakeowensby | Aug 20, 2021 | John 6:56-69
“Are you really a cannibal?” Ellie was one of the regulars at my office hours. She showed up mostly to pitch ideas back and forth with fellow humanities students. They liked hanging out together. And I think they could tell that I enjoyed their company. This time...
by jakeowensby | Aug 3, 2018 | John 6:24-35
My father Sam said, “We’ll get a picnic on the way.” I was around seven. My half-brother Joel about five years older. Joel and I jammed our cane poles and our father’s rod and reel into our aging Dodge Rambler’s trunk and slid into our seats. Sam turned the key in...
by jakeowensby | May 12, 2017 | 5 Easter A, John 14:1-14
A mixture of perfume and stale cigarette smoke hung in the air. Breakfast dishes lay jumbled in the sink atop several night’s dinner plates and a variety of utensils. The half-full bag in the kitchen garbage can had been tied off but not yet taken out. That was my...
by jakeowensby | Mar 17, 2017 | 3 Lent A, John 4:5-42, Uncategorized
Sara Miles was bringing her friend Millie back from a round of radiation. Before they could reach the front door, Millie began retching. The treatments were a last-ditch effort to beat back the disease. Millie’s breast cancer had spread to her bones. Her pain was...
by jakeowensby | Oct 14, 2016 | Luke 18:1-8, Proper 24 C, Uncategorized
[Listen to Audio] Barbara Brown Taylor writes about exploring Organ Cave. Or more accurately, she talks about what the dark taught her in that cave. Hearing that Taylor was researching the spiritual significance of darkness, her new-found friend Rockwell and his wife...
