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Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Mar 3, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: The Great Departure
The season of Lent is a time for us to give up what we are, what we have been, in order to become what we are called to be. Scholar of...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Feb 23, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Flawed But Hopeful
For some years now historians, gossip magazines, and the media have highlighted Martin Luther King’s flaws, weaknesses, and brokenness. ...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Feb 16, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Peace Under Pressure
Feelings of stress are caused by the body’s instinct to defend itself. This instinct is good in emergencies, such as getting out of the...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Feb 10, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: God's Timing
I don’t know about you, but I don’t like to wait in long lines at a restaurant, or being stuck in traffic during rush hour, or being put...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Feb 2, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: What Is Your Call?
If you have been in church culture for a while, you have heard the term “calling” many times. You may have wondered what that term means....
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Jan 27, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Slaying the Giants
Do you ever wonder why certain people rise to meet a great challenge and others don’t? You’ve heard the story of David and Goliath,...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Jan 20, 20221 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: The Power to Change the World
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, a young, unknown Baptist preacher came home to find a large crowd gathered in the front of his house,...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Jan 13, 20222 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Fate or Faith?
Too often, we confuse “fate” with “faith.” Nothing could be more different! How many times have you heard someone say – or said yourself...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Dec 22, 20211 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Finding Christmas
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about some of the people in the Christmas story who missed Christmas: the innkeeper, the religious...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Dec 16, 20212 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Be Like Mary
Picture the scene: An angel has just informed Mary that she, a virgin, would soon be pregnant and, as a matter of fact, will be...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Dec 9, 20211 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: Will You Miss Christmas?
Every year, Christmas comes, and Christmas goes. It often comes quickly, before we are ready; and it often goes by without much notice. ...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Dec 2, 20213 min read
OUT OF MY MIND: The Rush to Christmas
We are impatient people, aren’t we? Every year around this time, I hear it. Sometimes, I get bombarded by it: “Why aren’t we singing more...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Nov 18, 20211 min read
Out of My Mind: The Shadow Knows
A Bible teacher once told the story of a time she noticed a boy sitting in the hallway with a stern look on his face, barking orders to...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Nov 11, 20211 min read
Out of my Mind: In God’s Image
What does it mean that we are made in God’s image? Does it mean that God has two arms, two legs, and a long-flowing beard as depicted on...
Rev. Dr. Dyton Owen
Nov 4, 20211 min read
Out of my Mind: How Do You Define Being Good?
What is your definition of “being good”? What would you say if asked that question? Many years ago, a great Jewish prophet gave the...
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