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Lent: Day Fifteen

Lent: Day Fifteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The eleventh rung of humility is:SPEAK GENTLY, CALMLY, AND BRIEFLYThis makes me think of when Kevin Smith used to make films. His two returning charac..
Offending God

Offending God

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


I DARE YOU TO READ THIS!
Lent Day Sixteen

Lent Day Sixteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The last step to humility, according to St. Benedict is to be humble in everything action.The twelfth degree of humility is, when a monk is not only h..
Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, God IS Real

Lent: Day Seventeen--Even if God Doesn't Exist, Go..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Every once in a while I run across an atheist who decides he is going to show my the error of my ways and the level of my delusion. A rational, educat..
Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much Worse...

Lent: Day Eighteen–I’m No Judas! I’m So Much..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When I was still in college, I had a dream that I was sent back into time to the time of Jesus. In the dream, my job was to make sure that Jesus was c..
Lent: Day Nineteen

Lent: Day Nineteen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Jesus said to his disciples:“Don’t assume that I have come to sabotage Moses’ set of rules or the prophets’ teachings. I haven..
Lent: Day Twenty-One

Lent: Day Twenty-One

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


A biblical scholar heard them debating and approached them. When he saw how well Jesus responded to the clergy, he asked Jesus, “Which commandme..
Lent: Day Twenty-Two

Lent: Day Twenty-Two

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Then Jesus told this story to those who look down on everybody else, while being convinced that they themselves are hot stuff. “Once upon a time..
Lent: Day Twenty-Three

Lent: Day Twenty-Three

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Tax-collectors and people with notoriously bad reputations flocked around Jesus so that they could hear him speak. But the lay-ministers and bibli..
Lent: Day Twenty-Four

Lent: Day Twenty-Four

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Cain sacrificed his brother to his jealousy and sin, and that blood never stopped accusing him, declaring his guilt; God sacrificed His Son for us..
Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The reign of King David was coming to an end. To put it plainly he was old. He was definitely tired. The first half of his life was spent building a k..
God is Love

God is Love

A Poem by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


could be a poem; could be a sermon; could be a passing thought...
When Bad Things Happen

When Bad Things Happen

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Written in the morning; Tragedy in Boston in the afternoon...
Atheists Too?

Atheists Too?

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


When Jesus says "No one comes to the Father except by me" and "I am the way, the truth, and the life," and when it is claimed that through Jesus, all ..
The Kingdom of God is Here -- Right Here, Right Now!

The Kingdom of God is Here -- Right Here, Right No..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


The Kingdom of God is not something new. It is something old. It is the original purpose for the earth. The Kingdom of God is the way the earth is des..
Spiritual Tax-Collectors -- The Sick Leading the Sick

Spiritual Tax-Collectors -- The Sick Leading the S..

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


As Jesus left from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in a tax-collecting office. Jesus said to him, “Be my student!” And Matthew g..
Show, Don't Tell

Show, Don't Tell

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


Maybe at Confirmation, or at Conversion, or at sometime in Sunday School or Youth Group, experienced Christians should be giving all new or budding Ch..
A Prayer That Always Seems Relevant To Me

A Prayer That Always Seems Relevant To Me

A Poem by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


There is no option for "Prayer" so I chose Poem.
Winning the Gold

Winning the Gold

A Story by Bishop R. Joseph Owles


There is no Gold Medal Olympic Runner who sprang out of the womb knowing how to run, or how to win races. Every Gold Medal Olympic Runner who ever ran..