by jakeowensby | Jun 9, 2017 | grace, Trinity Sunday
Her brown eyes were not gazing into mine. She was taking in the four of us at the table. Greeting us with a smile of recognition. Chatting with us briefly like the group of regulars that we were. We had spoken to each other dozens of times. At least, she had taken my...
by jakeowensby | May 26, 2017 | 7 Easter A, John 17:1-11
As the seventh graders started lining up to exit the classroom, the teacher said, “Not you, Sam Owensby. You sit back down. You’re staying right here. You’ll just ruin the whole assembly.” As I recall my dad’s telling of it, the whole school was gathering for a...
by jakeowensby | Apr 7, 2017 | Matthew 26:14- 27:66, Palm Sunday A, Uncategorized
Woody Allen once said something like, “My one regret in life is that I am not someone else.” Humor has a way of delivering hard and tender truths that we might otherwise fend off. Satirists coax us into lowering our guard with the promise of a good laugh. The best...
