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.
Rubber-Thongs Rapture
Dear Inner Circle, Love surrounded us last week; it was a good thing to be present to. Our vision of “Love over Hate” exists at
Presence. Patience. Persistence.
Dear Inner Circle, It’s funny how the gift of seeing someone out of their usual context can completely throw you sideways. Walking the dog, catching
Lashings of Glitter
Dear Inner Circle, It had been a long night. Foolishly, and this is no humble brag, for some reason the night we marched in the
The Velvet Rope
Dear Inner Circle, We made quite the sight. In front of a movie theatre fully awash in celebrities, fake tans and not a consumed calorie
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
