by jakeowensby | Mar 17, 2023 | John 9:1-41, redemption
Brené Brown introduced me to the phrase “shame storm.” If you’re like me, you’ve been caught in one before. You just didn’t know what to call it. Shame storms can be triggered by all sorts of things, and they may take different forms for different people. But in...
by jakeowensby | Jul 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Everybody you meet is a mix of the dazzling and the dismal. And these are just the people you’re given to love. Including the one looking back at you in the mirror. Here’s a brief meditation on how to love imperfect people. How to love yourself. Have a listen: I say...
by jakeowensby | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
The following is an excerpt from Chapter Three of A Resurrection Shaped Life. The school year had only just ended. Summer stretched out before me for an eternity. At least, that’s how it seemed to my ten-year-old self. I was playing with a couple of kids at the end of...
by jakeowensby | Mar 22, 2019 | Luke 13:1-9
Jesus talked a lot about forgiveness. No wonder. Forgiveness is essential to being a whole person and can be remarkably difficult to do. Most people who try to follow the teachings of Jesus have gotten the message that God is forgiving just because God is, well,...
by jakeowensby | Feb 22, 2019 | 1 Corinthians 15:35-50
“You are like stone. Be like water.” I first heard this at the height of my wary cynicism phase. In my universe, most other people and all of society’s institutions would eventually let you down. To be fair to my younger self, I was only just learning to...
