Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

October 2012

  • The Sound of Generosity

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    6 min read

    a Homily for Proper 24B Text: Mark 10:35-45 The Overwhelming Sound of Voices There are times when I hear too many voices. My son is chattering about something, my wife is trying to actually tell me about tomorrow’s plans, and my daughter is getting louder and hoping that I hear her above all the cacophony and…

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  • The Thunder Blunder (Eating Scripture)

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    1 min read

    Eating Mark 10: 35-45 This whole arc in Mark has been about discipleship; about following Jesus where He is going. Which is Jerusalem and death. And then resurrection. After Jesus foretells His death for the third time, we have this third epic fail. And it is a doozy. Unfortunately for us, even though we recognize half…

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  • time to ditch the old church language

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    2 min read

    One need not pray in another person’s language  The language of the King James Bible and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer is not ours, it is theirs. It doesn’t define church for me; it defines 17th Century English church. And it is alien to the 21st Century North American church. I have a devoted Rite…

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  • Getting Good with GOD

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    7 min read

    a Homily for Proper 23B Text: Mark 10:17-31 Jesus and Money Following Jesus is hard. He told the disciples so when He recruited them. He told them that they would have to leave their families and their homes and their work and they went along with it. When He showed them what it would be…

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  • Heaven Insurance (Eating Scripture)

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    1 min read

    Eating Mark 10:17-31 There is so much to feast on this week, and the main course is certainly the part where Jesus eats the rich. But something curious is offered up in the first course. Something about a man seeking assurance from a holy man that he can attain eternal life. and the holy man doesn’t…

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  • Surviving a Post-Facts Era

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    1 min read

    After last week’s Gish Gallop at the debates, we have to expect that lies=votes. Rather than wait for a moderator to cut the mic or the other candidate to shout “liar!” on stage, the only question is whether or not we should stand for it. 

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