A 1,500 Year Old Man in My Room
The rain lifted after 48 hours and I was able to leave my musty hotel room for a walk. I stepped out onto the wet pavement with my mind...
Don Owens
4 min read
Wilde at Heart - "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Sit quietly in a room alone and eventually you’ll encounter the dark recesses of your soul. Blaise Pascal said this is why people filled...
Don Owens
3 min read
My Father's Shoe Shine Rag
Of the things I have from my father after his death, there is none I prize more than his old shoe shine rag. My dad, Donald Owens Jr....
Don Owens
3 min read
Eulogy for Marty Jones
Good Afternoon. This is a celebration of Marty’s life……so as I share please participate with me. If there is an Amen on your lips let...
Don Owens
11 min read
Walking with A Son of Thunder
A month ago our daughter set out on an adventure, walking the 800 km of the Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint. James) in Spain. ...
Don Owens
5 min read
Modern Christianity
Jerry Falwell Jr., Robert Jeffress, and Mark Burns will not help you live well as a Christian in the modern world. Their political...
Don Owens
5 min read
Oscar Wilde Loose in America
Some of the best observations of the American psyche have come from our European visitors in the past such as Alexi de Tocqueville,...
Don Owens
3 min read
Burn Your Ivory Tower
Over the past ten years I’ve spent 784 nights in a Marriott hotel and another 126 at Intercontinental properties. Two and a half years...
Don Owens
4 min read
One Great Teacher - Craig Hofmann
The day after Labor Day I walked downstairs at Glen Crest Middle School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois and into the 6th grade Social Studies...
Don Owens
4 min read
Never Let Go - Freeing Discipleship from Formulas
“You want to be a missionary? Got that missionary zeal? Let a stranger change your life How does it make you feel?” Paul Simon...
Don Owens
16 min read
Celebrating 25 Years of Friendship - May 1, 2019
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” - C.S. Lewis ,“Four...
Don Owens
4 min read
Why We Weep as Notre Dame Burns
Maybe you watched with tears as the symbol of a faith and a nation burned today. The 800 year old Notre Dame Cathedral is visited by...
Don Owens
2 min read