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Inner Circle

Words from the streets of Kings Cross and Bondi Beach

Jon IC AEFK

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 the Inner Circle Newsletter

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.

O Come All…

Dear Inner Circle, We are soon entering the season of Advent, a time of expectation traditionally marked by the lighting of candles. There is an

Smoke Dreams

Dear Inner Circle, Dare I say it? There’s only 34 days until Christmas. As the years go by, time really isn’t constant, it rolls downhill

All The King’s Men

Dear Inner Circle, Many years ago, Lisa and I ran our home as a drop-in centre, and two eager young mates would regularly stop by

A Few Vices

Dear Inner Circle, Walking to the train this week I heard some shouting and realised the Melbourne Cup race was on, so I hastily ducked

Two Princes

Dear Inner Circle, Most of you will know that the King was in town last week, what you won’t know is that the King also

A Homecoming of Sorts

Dear Inner Circle, What do a group of Bundjalung Elders, Bondi Beach, the Russian Mafia, cheap schnitzels and a dingo have a common? The answer

Memento

Dear Inner Circle, Those opening three words call us back to what matters, speaking to the intimacy that is shared between us. It’s lovely to

The Secret Between Us

Dear Inner Circle, Wayside’s strength comes from our ability to remain in proximity to the pain of this world, resisting the urge to fill that

Grand Finals

Dear Inner Circle, After conducting a “celebration of life” for a wonderful man at Wayside Chapel in Bondi, I took a few moments to walk

More Than Words

Dear Inner Circle, For some of you this may be your first note, while others have been here much longer than I have. I first