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 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.
The Cost of Love
Dear Inner Circle, Last Friday, on Valentine’s Day, we hosted a morning tea at Kings Cross for people who have pledged to include Wayside Chapel
Thorns and Roses
Dear Inner Circle, Lisa and I were recently profiled for a piece in the Good Weekend magazine here in Sydney called “Two of Us”. It’s
A Snail’s Wisdom
Dear Inner Circle, “Do you even know what’s going on around here Rev?” Walking through the park and into Orwell Lane, I had been joined by
Back in the Saddle
Dear Inner Circle, How I’ve missed typing those words! Welcome back to another year of story sharing. As we reconvene here in this note, I’m
The Way Out Is Through
Dear Inner Circle, Most of us have childhood memories of Sundays being a little different to other days, be it a slower pace or a
Stuff and Nonsense
Dear Inner Circle, The most basic form of love is attention—and the task of attending to someone has become something of a radical act these
Poison Running Through My Veins
Dear Inner Circle, In the late 90s, as a response to the escalating heroin crisis and the high number of overdose deaths, Wayside Chapel opened
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
