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Bryan Owen

Originally from Tunica, Mississippi, Fr. Bryan Owen was baptized and raised in the United Methodist Church. A hunger for liturgical worship and the weekly celebration of Holy Eucharist led him into the Episcopal Church, where he was confirmed on the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Fr. Bryan earned an M.T.S. from Vanderbilt Divinity School, a Ph.D. in Religion, Ethics, and Society from Vanderbilt University’s Graduate Department of Religion, and a certificate in Anglican Studies from the School of Theology at the University of the South. After ordination, he served as rector of the Church of the Incarnation in West Point, Mississippi and as Canon for Parish Ministry at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Jackson, Mississippi. He is currently rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

A husband and a father of two children, he enjoys cooking in the wok and on the Big Green Egg, watching Daredevil and The Walking Dead, and listening to Foo Fighters.

The Mirror of the Psalms

Fr. Bryan Owen
November 20, 2020
Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
By Bryan Owen Every once in a while, we hear words from a psalm in our corporate worship that trouble or shock us. It’s pretty rare that this happens in the eucharistic lectionary appointed for Sundays. But ... Read More...

Graveside Thoughts

Fr. Bryan Owen
August 7, 2020
Commentary, Liturgy, Ministry, The Episcopal Church
By Bryan Owen Every now and then the church gets a call for a priest to conduct a graveside service. It could be for someone who has little to no church affiliation. Or it could be for someone who was a chur... Read More...

God’s Amazing Grace

Fr. Bryan Owen
May 18, 2020
Commentary, The Episcopal Church
By Bryan Owen Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see. Even in our increasingly secular age, it might be difficult to fi... Read More...

Transformed by Jesus

Fr. Bryan Owen
February 23, 2020
Bible, Commentary, Contributors, Good Book Club, The Episcopal Church
May our reading of John’s Gospel inspire us to write more chapters of the good news of Jesus by sharing the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection with the world God loves so much.

Jesus’s Mission Statement

Fr. Bryan Owen
December 5, 2019
Bible, Commentary, Contributors, The Episcopal Church
Even Jesus had a mission statement to keep him on track with his identity as the Christ.

Preparing for Communion

Fr. Bryan Owen
September 27, 2019
Commentary, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church
The work of preparing to receive Holy Eucharist is not meant to scare us off. Nor is it meant to erect barriers. On the contrary, our preparation is meant to instill within us reverence and respect for the incredible gift of the Eucharist.

Caring for Creation

Fr. Bryan Owen
August 16, 2019
Commentary, Ethics, The Episcopal Church
Our unique task as stewards and caretakers of “this fragile earth, our island home,” as Eucharistic Prayer C puts it, is to participate in the unfolding of God’s new creation inaugurated in the resurrection of Jesus.

Social Media and the Christian Life

Fr. Bryan Owen
May 17, 2019
Ethics, The Episcopal Church
How do we as Christians deal with the discordant realities faced on social media?
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