by jakeowensby | Oct 19, 2018 | Mark 10:35-45
As October gives way to November this year, my life’s odometer will have rolled over to sixty-one. Turning sixty-one marks no significant milestone for me. To be honest, none of the usual big birthdays—the new decades like 40 or 50 or 60—proved to be important turning...
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...
