by jakeowensby | Jun 15, 2018 | Ecclesiastes
Nothing makes sense. That’s how I read the author of Ecclesiastes when he says, “Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.” Repeatedly. Maybe you’re a superstar in your chosen career. You’ve got a house in every state and the size of your stock portfolio makes Bill Gates...
by jakeowensby | Jun 9, 2018 | Proper 5 B
Looking down the dimly lit hallway, I saw what appeared to be gouges in our darkly stained floor. Concerned that the floor had been damaged somehow, I drew closer to get a better look. Lying motionless, the snake had remained invisible. My eyes had registered its...
by jakeowensby | May 19, 2018 | John 15:26-27; 16:4b-16
A man was standing at the edge of a cliff. He lost his footing and tumbled toward the earth hundreds of feet below. Flailing and grasping wildly for something to stop his fall, the man’s hand caught a root jutting out from the sheer rock face. Clinging to that tenuous...
by jakeowensby | May 11, 2018 | 7 Easter B, Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Viktor Frankl recalls a therapy session he had with a young mother who had lost the will to live. She could no longer see why she should keep going and had attempted to end her own life. She had had two sons. The younger boy died at the age of eleven. The surviving...
