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 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
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
