Don Owens
The Powerful, Inauspicious Laity
Your mentors, had mentors. The gentleman I meet with each week was mentored by a man named, Bill Garrison. Garrison left behind many...
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Don Owens
- Nov 24, 2017
- 2 min
The CEO as Soul Keeper
Chief executives are expected to think strategically, drive change, persuade politically, prepare for the future, and rally the troops. ...
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Don Owens
- Oct 21, 2017
- 2 min
Insurance: Preaching Resilience
This week thousands from the insurance industry descended upon Chicago for the Annual PCI (Property Casualty Insurers of America) Annual...
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Don Owens
- Oct 4, 2017
- 2 min
Rescuing Rousseau: Part 3 – No More Students, Only Disciples
Jean-Jacques Rousseau can further be rescued if we look to his expectations of the teacher. He would have us consider the great weight...
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Don Owens
- Sep 30, 2017
- 3 min
Rescuing Rousseau: Part 2 – Travel to Learn
Jean-Jacques Rousseau would not have a student sitting in a class room for hours on end. He would have the student labor and travel. I...
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Don Owens
- Sep 27, 2017
- 3 min
A Life Built From Work
Focusing on your professional life, can lead to a full life in every aspect. There are many songs about refusing to grow up, but even...
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Don Owens
- Sep 27, 2017
- 3 min
Short Term Mission Season is Over - Now What?
It is the end of summer and for the most part, the end of short-term mission trips. During the summer months when we work in Central...
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Don Owens
- Sep 27, 2017
- 2 min
Papa Hemingway and the Next Generation
Ernest Hemingway, like all men, is a paradox. If we combine some of his better tenets we have a hero for boys and men of the next...
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Don Owens
- Sep 27, 2017
- 3 min
Europe Deserves More than American Christianity.
Europe Deserves More than American Christianity. It deserves the love of Christians with the heart to live with them, speak their...
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Don Owens
- Sep 27, 2017
- 3 min
Rescuing Rousseau
I disliked Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) for many years. Most of what I knew of Rousseau came from textbooks and intellectuals so I...
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Don Owens
- Jul 30, 2017
- 2 min
Traveling? Take a Deep Breath
Travel has always demanded patience, but even more so today. Frequent flight delays and cancellations, fewer upgrades, smaller seats,...
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Don Owens
- Nov 26, 2014
- 2 min
What Shall We say at Your Funeral?
I think an important exercise is to consider what you would want said at your funeral. It is an event people will be attending soon and...
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Don Owens
- Oct 8, 2014
- 5 min
Learning from a Good Old Catholic
“Orthodoxy” is great reading for those that have dipped their toes into the system of Christianity and left with questions. It is...
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Don Owens
- May 1, 2013
- 10 min
On Old Age
At 44 years of age I am becoming the “old man” in many of the circles in which I run. This is not a negative to me and I’ve found an ally...
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Don Owens
- May 1, 2013
- 4 min
Midnight in Paris
“He went to Paris – looking for answers to questions that bothered him so.” – Jimmy Buffett I went to Paris to see my favorite...
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