Drew Downs
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Unbound Grace
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8 min read
The parable reveals how blind the rich man is to reality. And in reading it, Jesus hopes we won’t continue to share the same delusion.
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Between: those Lovers of Money
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11 min read
In just a few verses, Jesus ties us in knots and turns us into our enemies.
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Our problem is we fear courage. We want it to work for us. Never hurt us. And only ever conform to our desires and hopes for the world.
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Bad Economics
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8 min read
Jesus keeps teaching us about the limits of transactional thinking — and the life-giving beauty of sacrifice in his way of love.
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Between: the Parable of the Prodigal Son(s)
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6 min read
A look at the gaps in the lectionary. This week: the gap between Proper 19C and Proper 20C. The text: Luke 15:11-32. You know this story. Even if you’ve never read it, you know it. It’s in your bones and in your imagination. Artists have mused with it. Writers have cribbed from it. Filmmakers have…
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Being Lost and Being Found
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8 min read
The question isn’t what is lost or who is looking. These parables aren’t about the lost, but what it is to participate in losing and finding.