Drew Downs
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Too Good
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7 min read
Many of us come to religion to learn how to be good. But it is this pursuit, to be the most good, which leads us to do the greatest harm. making the question about being right leads us to do wrongLent 5C |Luke 15, John 12:1-8 It never occurred to me the story would end…
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Believing in the Justice of God
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6 min read
In the resurrection, God reveals the power isn’t in condemnation and oppression, but in restoring life and building the blessed community.
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The Freedom of God
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5 min read
In the fourth chapter of Stand Your Ground, Douglas explores the nature of God as freedom revealed in the exodus and manifest in the gospel.
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Being There
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9 min read
This morning’s lectionary is full of conflict and confusion, but Paul and Jesus are both compelling us to see that we’re the ones creating it.
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Perpetual War
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8 min read
At the heart of Manifest Destiny is a tragic truth: it creates perpetual war on non-whiteness.
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The crime of being born guilty
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3 min read
In the second chapter of “Stand Your Ground” Kelly Brown Douglas explores the question “Why are black murder victims put on trial?”