by jakeowensby | Nov 17, 2017 | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11, Proper 28A
Walking through the halls of a skilled care facility, I passed by a man and a woman huddled close together in one of the corners of a common area. The woman sat serenely in a wheelchair, smiling vacantly at the man. The man—her husband I assumed—had placed a small...
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...
