Drew Downs
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Between Advent 1 + 2 (Year C)
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3 min read
As we move into Advent 2, our focus shifts to John the Baptist, which puts us into the strange place of skipping ahead a bit.
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A Christian New Year
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10 min read
This first Sunday in Advent, we explore Jesus’s apocalyptic vision and what it says about the way we work through our present.
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Let’s get apocalyptic! Again!
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6 min read
The apocalyptic talk of the first week of Advent gives us a different opportunity to explore what is going on in the world around us.
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The end of privilege—for Advent 1C
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2 min read
The conflict that Jesus speaks to in his apocalyptic talk is about privilege, about fear of loss, about fear of a more just world.
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Division and the fear of change
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1 min read
We struggle to understand the true place of division in our lives, who it serves, and why our fear of it prevents us from achieving justice.
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Between Proper 29 + Advent 1 (Year C)
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2 min read
The new liturgical year begins where the old one ended: with apocalyptic talk and concern for the future—a most familiar feeling.