by jakeowensby | May 1, 2020 | grace, John 10:1-10
As she entered her second term of psychological studies at university, the now-renowned mental health researcher Eleanor Longden began hearing a voice. Initially, a single speaker would dispassionately narrate mundane things like her ordinary comings and goings. The...
by jakeowensby | Aug 18, 2017 | grace, Matthew 15:21-28, Proper 15 A
My father never joined the Klan. And Neo-Nazis would have disgusted him. He didn’t serve in WWII to see Americans goose-stepping down Main Street waving swastikas. And yet, my father was an unapologetic racist. In his mind, blacks were simply inferior to whites. This...
by jakeowensby | Jun 9, 2017 | grace, Trinity Sunday
Her brown eyes were not gazing into mine. She was taking in the four of us at the table. Greeting us with a smile of recognition. Chatting with us briefly like the group of regulars that we were. We had spoken to each other dozens of times. At least, she had taken my...
by jakeowensby | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
[Wisdom] passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God. (Wisdom 7:27) I want to share a story with you about wisdom. It’s a true story about a real person. She would probably say that her story hasn’t the first thing to do with wisdom. After you hear it, you...
