Drew Downs
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Christmas Stories
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7 min read
We expect our Christmas stories to be full of joy. But they often only end that way. How we get there is how we find grace.
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Breaking the Chain
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5 min read
My attempt to be productive during the pandemic took an interesting turn. I moved away from measuring and toward showing up.
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Why I stopped hating on 2020
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4 min read
Getting the challenge of 2020 right is essential to understanding what is at stake next year. And the year after.
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Saint Stephen’s Way of Love
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3 min read
Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia.
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A Christmas Message
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3 min read
Many centuries ago, communities would gather to pray. They observed that the days grew shorter; the night was winning. Perhaps soon the day would disappear entirely. So people gathered during these long nights and they would pray for the light to come again. Long before Christ entered the world, these ancient people gathered because their…
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Getting Picked
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6 min read
In picking Mary, God shows not just who the invitation to grace is for, but how we get a similar invitation.