by jakeowensby | Feb 21, 2020 | Matthew 17:1-9
They say that the legendary Delta Blues guitarist Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads in exchange for his extraordinary ability. They say it. But his contemporaries insist that Johnson himself never told that story. Bluesman Johnny Sines, for...
by jakeowensby | Aug 4, 2017 | Feast of the Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36
I grew up calling them lightning bugs. Somewhere along the line they became fireflies to me. It doesn’t matter what you call them. At dusk, scores of tiny lanterns gently lit the backyard of my childhood home, each fading slowly on and off according to its own rhythm....
