by jakeowensby | Oct 12, 2018 | grace
The movers had packed everything. Everything. We realized this as we began searching for the coffee maker amid the sea of unhelpfully labeled boxes. We unwrapped mason jars filled with rusty nails and bent shuffleboard cues left in our shed by the previous owner. We...
by jakeowensby | Jul 4, 2018 | grace
Freedom and equality are core values of the United States. As we celebrate the colonists’ bold declaration of independence from imperial forces, we honor their actions best by asking how faithfully we presently embody the values upon which they based their decision to...
by jakeowensby | Nov 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
When Giovanni di Bernardone was born, his Italian father was in France making a killing in the silk trade. So when Dad got back home to Assisi, he called the boy Francesco: the Frenchman. The nickname stuck. We still call Giovanni Francis of Assisi. Young Francis...
