Drew Downs
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From Brutality to Peace: Transformed By Love
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8 min read
Jesus reveals the evilest character of the world is its brutality. That true peace cannot come through fighting but through the triumph of good: the peace of Christ. GOD revealed in Acts, culture, and mothers Easter 7C | Acts 16:16-34 This morning, we get a story of revealing, of true revelation. A story of…
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Ascension: The Third Wheel of Faith
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6 min read
Be honest. When it comes to Jesus and GOD and that metaphysical cocktail of intense love and monogamous boredom all shaken together then poured over the rocks of existential longing, you hear the death and resurrection as the whole story. For us, it isn’t Romeo and Juliet, it is Crucifixion and Empty Tomb. That is the…
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Should Christians Vote?
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6 min read
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I think there’s an election coming up! You wouldn’t know, what with how little the media is covering it… I’m kidding, of course. Election coverage is everywhere. And today is Primary Day in Indiana, so there is all sort of focus and attention going on right now. We…
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GOD’s Greatest Gifts
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9 min read
This is the life Jesus talks about, the life GOD reveals, the life the Holy Spirit inspires us to live. A life of a revealed GOD and the presence of Shalom. A life of hope and opportunity to serve and be served; to love and be loved. A life of true living. How Jesus reveals…
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Mocking Jesus
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9 min read
Jesus gets mocked. A lot. I’ve always known that people mock Jesus in each telling of the Passion. But I am struck by how the gospel we call Luke uses the mocking of Jesus as a recurring theme. [bctt tweet=”The mockery is an active participant, a character in the story.” username=”revdrewdowns” nofollow=”yes”] For Luke, the…
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Church and Politics
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1 min read
One of the ways I struggle with our arguments about church and politics is that we don’t use the word the same way. Another is that Jesus’s actions seem quite political. Check out my thoughts on my St. Stephen’s blog. One way a church must be political