Words from the streets of Kings Cross and Bondi Beach
About Jon Owen
“I am the Pastor and CEO of Wayside Chapel. I write with my heart wide open and my eyes looking at life. I am a philosopher, a dreamer, a tower of weakness, a leader and a follower, a husband and a father and I hope to give you a flavour of life by the wayside.”
About Inner Circle
The Inner Circle is a weekly letter with musings on humanity, acceptance, and love from the Pastor and CEO of Wayside Chapel. It often includes anecdotes of life at Wayside Chapel and speaks to anyone who wants to lean deeper into the question of what it means to be human.
Subscribe to Wayside Chapel communications and Jon Owen's weekly Inner Circle letter to hear all the news from the streets of Sydney's Kings Cross and Bondi Beach.
Where It’s At
Dear Inner Circle, A once-young man, well known in his community, fell into a coma after being assaulted. He recovered, but was never the same.
The November Migration
Dear Inner Circle, The start of November is when hearts begin their migration home, pulled by the same mysterious geometry that draws sea turtles back
What Weighs The Most
Dear Inner Circle, Last Tuesday, someone asked me the question I’ve been asked a hundred times before: “What should I do?” We were standing outside the op
The Price of Admission
Dear Inner Circle, For those of us of a certain age, we were taught the path to harmony was tolerance, to just leave each other
The Slow Jam
Dear Inner Circle, There are some spaces spoken of in Celtic mysticism described as “thin places” – areas where the veil is particularly thin, where
Yeah, Nah, Whatever
Dear Inner Circle, There are some compliments that just don’t land very well. One evening when the kids were young, they were sitting around the
Thorns and Roses
Dear Inner Circle, My wife Lisa and I were recently profiled for a piece in the Good Weekend magazine here in Sydney called “Two of
License to Renew
Dear Inner Circle, This past week, I had the absolute joy of officiating a wedding for a truly beautiful couple. Well, not exactly a wedding, a
The One Where We Talk About Feelings
Dear Inner Circle, I buried a young man recently who was perhaps the angriest person I have ever met — his rage knew no bounds.
Reality Bites
Dear Inner Circle, Meeting a celebrity is like having two people take control in your head at once. There’s one voice saying ‘Just relax, stay cool,
