Drew Downs
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Mr. Market’s Magic Emporium
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1 min read
MR. MARKET’S MAGIC EMPORIUM Welcome to Mr. Market’s Magic Emporium! Come learn how unwatched capitalists always do the right thing and his invisible hands turn your selfishness into personal wealth! At Mr. Market’s Magic Emporium, life is good! If you can afford armed guards and fund patrolled private schools, never mind the self-appointed guards at…
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Getting In
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9 min read
In the parable of the bridesmaids, Jesus gives us, not instructions on how to get into heaven, but an example of how not to. Proper 27A | Matthew 25:1-13 It was about this time 4 years ago when my friend Bruce died. He was a faithful and pious man. He had a real certainty about…
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We must start with love
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6 min read
We hear all these other things about who we are and what we’re supposed to be, but there is one place we all must start: Love beyond ourselves. Of all things, we must start with love. It is our hermeneutic, our fundamental. Our North Star and compass. Love is the start and our predictor. Most…
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Blessed in the Dirt
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8 min read
In the Beatitudes, Jesus shows us what it truly means to be blessed, revealing the truth about the kin-dom. It isn’t about winning or getting in. All Saints A | Matthew 5:1-12 Do you feel blessed? I don’t mean #blessed or social media blessed. I mean really blessed by God. Right now, in this space,…
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The Greatest Commandment
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5 min read
When asked “What is the greatest commandment?” Jesus’s famous response isn’t just about loving God and neighbor. It says our love depends on it. When Jesus is asked to name the greatest commandment, he doesn’t skip a beat. Love God. But how he responds to this question is truly remarkable. There’s nothing remarkable in the…
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We Are One
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6 min read
31. We could with common voice, spirit, and heart, embody the love embodied in Jesus. All of the ways we experience God paint a portrait of the loving character of God. We see God in creation. We read about God in both Hebrew and Greek Scripture: what we call the Bible. And we meet God…