by jakeowensby | Jun 10, 2022 | John 16:12-15
Rebecca’s friend Rachel ran up to her with big news: “I know who the tooth fairy is.” They were in second grade. The night before, Rachel had awakened while the tooth fairy was exchanging the tooth left under her pillow for a dollar. “It was my dad!” she said....
by jakeowensby | May 13, 2022 | grace, John 13-17
This is Part One of Four in the Series “Wondering about the Resurrection” Charlie was in the final stages of a terminal illness. His friend and pastor John Claypool asked him how he felt about dying. John reports that Charlie said something like this: “As...
by jakeowensby | Feb 18, 2022 | grace
Life is complicated. What we should do—or not do—is not nearly as clear as some people seem to think it is. Or as I often say, life is messy. Look, I’m not saying that there’s no such thing as good and evil. Actually, I believe the opposite. There is a universal moral...
by jakeowensby | Feb 11, 2022 | Luke 6:17-26
She didn’t mean to do it. And I’m pretty sure she’s not aware even now that she did. But my friend Jan Brown caused a tectonic shift in my thinking about what wisdom is, why we need it so desperately, and how to grow in it. Jan and I were members of the Episcopal...
by jakeowensby | Feb 11, 2022 | Luke 6:17-26
She didn’t mean to do it. And I’m pretty sure she’s not aware even now that she did. But my friend Jan Brown caused a tectonic shift in my thinking about what wisdom is, why we need it so desperately, and how to grow in it. Jan and I were members of the Episcopal...
