by jakeowensby | Feb 12, 2018 | Ash Wednesday, grace, Isaiah 58:1-12
Some friends of mine had taken the long drive to visit the Deep South state in which they had grown up and from which they had long departed. They glided past featureless fields, abandoned and derelict farmhouses, shuttered main streets, and flat expanses of red clay...
by jakeowensby | Apr 1, 2017 | Ezekiel 37:1-14, Lent 5 A, Uncategorized
In today’s terms, the prophet Ezekiel resembled a refugee. Ezekiel lived in exile. He was uprooted by an invading army and forced to live in a land far from home. Nothing about his surroundings was familiar. The language, the food, the customs, the religious...
