Jake Owensby

Jake Owensby is a writer and speaker whose work focuses on the spirituality of everyday life. He is the Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Western Louisiana and author of five books, including Looking for God in Messy Places, A Resurrection Shaped Life, and Your Untold Story.

Before entering ordained ministry, he earned the PhD in philosophy from Emory University and served as a professor at Jacksonville University. He has always been interested in how people find meaning and purpose in their ordinary lives. And he sees himself as a kind of midwife, helping his readers and those who participate in his workshops give birth to their own sense of what makes life worth living.

He has three adult children and lives in Alexandria, Louisiana, with his wife, Joy, and rescue pup, Gracie.