Drew Downs
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Jesus, Mary, and Martha
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5 min read
This story sticks with me. It always has. There’s something about it which tickles and fascinates. What is Jesus getting at with Mary? What is she doing which causes her to be doing the “right” thing? What is Martha getting wrong? Proper 11C | Luke 10:38-42 Several years ago, a friend who was an engineer…
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Wild Goose is Different With Kids
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6 min read
For my first Goose, I took it all in. I filled my days with sessions. I filled myself with the Spirit. I made friends and met many whose ministries I admire. I came expecting community and still being surprised at how amazing it is to actually find it. For my second Goose, I brought my…
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Dry, Clean, Secure
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1 min read
an ode to Wild Goose There is nothing quite like a shower and a fresh pair of underwear.
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The Encounter With the Lawyer
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3 min read
The most important part of the passage about the Good Samaritan in Luke may not be the parable itself. It is the two questions which provoke its telling. What must I do to inherit eternal life? And who is my neighbor?’ I usually enter the gospel by reading over the last chapter. I want to…
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Christian Love is Pornographic
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3 min read
AMERICAN CHRISTIAN PORN STARS or Christian Love is Pornographic We appeal to tradition but Sola Scriptura. We appeal to history but not institutions. We appeal to clear readings but not readings which are clear to me. We appeal to Jesus but not his followers. We appeal to creation but not the world. We appeal to…
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Always Faster, Utter Failure, Rising Now
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6 min read
We raced around the library, lap after lap, avoiding the few students left in the school. The halls were wide, the library in the center of the school forming a big square track for us. My freshman feet pounded the linoleum. Each lap somehow harder and easier than the last. Lap 6. 7. Maybe I can…