by jakeowensby | Aug 24, 2018 | 1 Kings 8:1-30, Joshua 24:14-18
Much of the literary world blinked uncomprehendingly when the Nobel Committee first announced the winner of the 2016 prize for literature. Bob Dylan. Yes, that Bob Dylan. The folk singer. The rock star. The counter-culture hippie poet with a marginal singing voice. In...
by jakeowensby | Jun 23, 2017 | Matthew 10:24-39, Proper 7 A, Romans 6:1b-11
Fleeing persecution, a Christian priest sought sanctuary in a non-Christian’s home. Considering its size and its influence in that place, Christianity was a minor sect. But this faith movement was growing. And it posed a vexing problem for the government. The...
