by jakeowensby | Oct 21, 2022 | Luke 18:9-14
My clerical collar, black shirt, and black suit were drawing discrete glances. I had slipped away from the church office to get some cold medicine at a nearby drug store. The checkout line turned out to be unexpectedly long. A man standing in front of me looked over...
by jakeowensby | Nov 15, 2019 | Luke 21:5-19
A pair of dogs showed up on our street toward the end of October. They were clearly bonded and traveling together. Their humans has abandoned them. Or maybe together they had somehow managed to escape cruel treatment. One of them looked like a Blue Heeler, only brown...
by jakeowensby | Oct 25, 2019 | Luke 18:9-14
My clerical collar, black shirt, and black suit were drawing discrete glances. I had slipped away from the church office to get some cold medicine at a nearby drug store. The checkout line turned out to be unexpectedly long. A man standing in front of me looked over...
by jakeowensby | Jan 27, 2018 | 4 Epiphany B, Mark 1:21-28
A friend and I were catching up recently. We hadn’t seen each other for over a year. During that time, my life, though rich and full, had been continuing along its usual course. By contrast, my friend has travelled to faraway lands, met loads of new people, and...
by jakeowensby | Mar 1, 2017 | Ash Wednesday A, Uncategorized
We all hide. To one degree or another, we conceal things about ourselves from other people and obscure things about ourselves that we cannot bear to face. One of the peculiar things about humans is that we frequently wear masks. We can pretend to be someone or...
