Drew Downs
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The Dignity of Work
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2 min read
The dignity of work is a strange phrase. It is almost never used as an abstract truth, though it intends to be. Otherwise we would hear related truths: The dignity of leisure. …of sleep. …of walking your dog. Or even more telling:The dignity of driving while black. …of sleeping on the sidewalk. …of walking in…
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Going Away
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2 min read
For SundayEaster 7B Collect O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives…
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The Love Command
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6 min read
Learning how to love when it isn’t forced. Or optional. It is quite truly the only way we all can live full and true lives. Doing what needs to be doneEaster 6B | John 15:9-17 Jesus commands us to love. In American culture, that plays like an oxymoron. We think command and love don’t belong…
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Taking Commands
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3 min read
For SundayEaster 6B Collect O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our…
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Love and the Vine
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7 min read
In comparing himself to the vine, Jesus gives us an opportunity to see the communal nature of love.
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Not Much of a Gardener
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3 min read
For SundayEaster 5B Collect Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who…