by jakeowensby | Sep 2, 2022 | Disordered Love
The Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell was favored to win the 100 Meter at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. He decided not to compete in the event. The qualifying heat fell on a Sunday. For him, honoring the Sabbath precluded work of any kind, including running in a...
by jakeowensby | Aug 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
This is the fourth installment in the Best Of Series (originally published January 5, 2018) It’s funny, the sorts of things that have made me feel loved. When I mine my memory, no grand gestures or extravagant expressions of affection come to the surface. Instead, I...
by jakeowensby | Jan 5, 2022 | Matthew 2:1-12
The Wise Men followed a star for what I imagine was hundreds, maybe even thousands of miles. Their destination was a person, not a geographical location. When we travel to some place, we consider driving or flying. We browse flight schedules or check maps. Getting...
by jakeowensby | Aug 21, 2020 | Matthew 16:13-20
My maternal grandmother wore her white hair long, pulled back from her face, and falling straight down her back. She spoke broken English with a heavy German accent. Her name was Marie. And she loved me. My mother and I lived with her and my grandfather Josef off and...
by jakeowensby | May 22, 2020 | Acts 1:6-14
A wave of loneliness seems to be washing across America. Cigna surveyed 10,000 people 18 and older. Three out of five of these adults—that’s 61 percent—reported feeling lonely. Narrow the age range to 18 to 22 and the percentage of respondents feeling lonely jumps to...
