Don Owens

Opinions are my own and do not represent those of the companies or organizations I serve within.

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....

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...

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. ...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...