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Another Pirate Looks at Fifty
“Life is a journey that's measured not in miles or years but in experiences, and the route your life takes is built not of roads but of...
Don Owens
4 min read
A Friend of Patience
It was freezing outside in Northern Michigan last summer as Trevor Sabsook and I stepped outside to stare up the night sky. It was early...
Don Owens
4 min read
People Been Friendly, But They'll Never be Your Friend"
“There’s people been friendly, but they’ll never be your friend. Sometimes this has bent me to the ground.” – Rich Mullins “Elijah” Each...
Don Owens
8 min read
Full of Fears and Full of Hopes
Alexis de Tocqueville ends his 1840 review of American society “Democracy in America” by writing, “I feel full of fears and full of...
Don Owens
4 min read
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