Facing death with Christian hope Fr. Bryan Owen October 30, 2017 Commentary If Jesus died was raised to life, then something akin to overturning the law of gravity has been unleashed.
Window into a larger world Fr. Bryan Owen September 12, 2017 Commentary After a year of worship, I embraced the Nicene Creed as a beautiful expression of truths at the heart of the gospel.
Gracious acceptance Fr. Bryan Owen July 14, 2017 Liturgy Our post-Communion prayer affirms that we aren’t merely tolerated by God. No, we are graciously accepted.
Ash Wednesday: Confronting sin and mortality Fr. Bryan Owen March 1, 2017 Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Ash Wednesday confronts us with two truths we probably don’t like to dwell on, truths our culture encourages us to minimize, deny, or simply ignore.
Is Advent a penitential season? Fr. Bryan Owen November 29, 2016 Liturgy, The Episcopal Church Many times over the years I’ve heard Episcopalians insist that Advent is not a penitential season.
Faith and hope after the Louisiana flood Fr. Bryan Owen September 6, 2016 Commentary A few days after the flooding started, I met an elderly African American lady who had lost everything. She looked me in the eyes and said: “I think God wants to use this to bring us all together.”
Hope in the midst of evil Fr. Bryan Owen July 11, 2016 Commentary One word has kept coming into my mind since the shootings, which we don't hear from many Episcopal pulpits: "demonic."
‘That they may be one’: Longing for Christian unity Fr. Bryan Owen May 20, 2016 Commentary Our Lord’s prayer on the night before he died remains painfully unfulfilled.