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  • To See and Know For Ourselves — for Palm Sunday

    Drew Downs

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    March 25, 2026

    To See and Know For Ourselves — for Palm Sunday

    Our own experience of Palm Sunday invites us to witness again, with understanding and hope, that we might always trust in Jesus.

    Faith
  • Good — the perpetual challenge of our darkest day

    Drew Downs

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    March 24, 2026

    Good — the perpetual challenge of our darkest day

    I always struggled with the name “Good Friday”. But it isn’t a question of whether it is accurate so much as what we think is being called good.

    Faith
  • New Life and a Refusal to Die

    Drew Downs

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    March 22, 2026

    New Life and a Refusal to Die

    Christians often struggle with what is required for new life: that we accept that death has a part to play. We’d rather think the point is to live forever.

    Sermons
  • Unbind Him and Let Him Go — for Lent 5A

    Drew Downs

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    March 18, 2026

    Unbind Him and Let Him Go — for Lent 5A

    In the raising of Lazarus, Jesus defies the expectations of him and opens the people to see the situation in a completely new way.

    Faith
  • Unbinding — letting go of hangups and living

    Drew Downs

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    March 17, 2026

    Unbinding — letting go of hangups and living

    After Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, he says to the people there a line full of meaning: “unbind him and let him go.” He was physical bound to their rituals of death, so in a very real sense, he needed to be removed from all of that to return to the land of the…

    Culture
  • A New Opportunity to Live With Grace

    Drew Downs

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    March 15, 2026

    A New Opportunity to Live With Grace

    The encounter of the sighted man born blind with the Pharisees reminds us that the grace of God is something radically transcendent.

    Sermons
  • Trust in What You Can’t See — for Lent 4A

    Drew Downs

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    March 11, 2026

    Trust in What You Can’t See — for Lent 4A

    For this week’s reflection on the gospel, we must engage the physical and metaphorical meanings of seeing: and what it means to do both.

    Faith
  • See — on wholeness and ability

    Drew Downs

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    March 10, 2026

    See — on wholeness and ability

    Part of the way many people of faith talk about healing denies the humanity of the person. Jesus is about equity and inclusion.

    Faith
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