by jakeowensby | Jan 21, 2022 | Luke 4:14-21
They’re struggling. That’s what friends, colleagues, and many of my readers have told me. Each carries their own unique burdens and cares and uncertainties. And yet what so many of their stories have in common is a sense that it’s hard, I mean really hard, to be...
by jakeowensby | Apr 26, 2019 | John 20:19-31
“You have to take the bad with the good.” That’s how my mom usually responded to my kvetching about my circumstances. When I was disappointed, flabbergasted, outraged, or frustrated, those words never failed to infuriate me. What I heard her saying was, “Calm down.”...
by jakeowensby | Sep 8, 2017 | Exodus 12:1-14
Jesus was born in captivity. How odd that must sound. At the mention of Jesus’ birth many of us think of mangers and shepherds and angels and the little town of Bethlehem. Sure, Mary went into labor on the road far from home. Baby Jesus came into the world in a...
