Drew Downs
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Is God All Up In Our Business?
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5 min read
When you have a person in your office hysterical because their son completed suicide and they are worried about where they’re going or the most pious lifelong Christian worries on his deathbed that he hasn’t done enough to please God or some of the most generous people you’ve met in your life can’t have a…
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Dude, Where’s My God?
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5 min read
It is far easier to find God at work in our history than in our present. There God is all pulling the strings and making things happen. Here? Well, that depends on your theological proclivities. Our theologies have grown out of problems and the choices we make in response to them. Much like we’re doing…
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How Has God Been Active in the World?
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7 min read
If we want to know who God is, one important place to go is to look at who God has been. Much like we think back on our childhood and reflect on our sibling relationships and how our parents treated us. Looking back is an important window at understanding who we are now. Of all…
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Depending on who you talk to, creation is either total garbage or the blessing of God, what God called good throughout creation. What does God think of creation? Well, that probably depends on what you think God is up to. Part of the problem is many Christians see creation as being two worlds. The world…
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That God, What’s the Deal?
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5 min read
I’ve studied effectiveness. I read Getting Things Done. Listened to podcasts and read Lifehacker every week. In the last 3 years, I’ve tried 7 different To-Do apps on my phone and gone through just as many calendar and email apps. I’ve been trying to life hack my life to be happier and more productive. Countless changes…
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Hey God! What Should We Call You?
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4 min read
Christian faith and scripture presupposes we can talk with God. While this is not consistently applied in tradition, there is an expectation that we can directly address God. Even if that address is through Jesus. From the first humans in the Garden chatting with a god who walked among them to Jacob wrestling with God…