Drew Downs
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Living into the consequence of living
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8 min read
In the John the Baptizer, we encounter the very revelation of God. An encounter we have to recognize is also with us.
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When reality isn’t extreme
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2 min read
Most of the time the stuff we’re arguing about really is what we’re arguing about. It’s easy to play it out, to slide down that slippery slope, take it all the way to the inevitable conclusion. And stake a claim out there. For them. That what they’re saying is so unbelievably ridiculous. To assume we…
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Playing with Presentation
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3 min read
Sometimes I like to play with the look of this website. Often it is because I’ve gotten bored or I’ve seen something I like somewhere else. And sometimes it isn’t about my site, my vision, or my expectations. I sometimes get the desire to change things up because something in the world changes and I…
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Advent
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6 min read
Episode 8 December 2, 2021
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Repentance – an invitation to freedom
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3 min read
For The Second Sunday of Advent Collect Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you…
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Create – the forgotten language of the season
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1 min read
One year my Mom tried to get us to make our Christmas gifts for one another. There is some serious backstory to all of this, but suffice it to say, she thought she was offering us an antidote to what ailed us. My Mom is an artist. So everyone groaned and thought she had a…