Drew Downs – Drew Downs

Are we willing to see the ways that poverty kills?

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3 min read

a poem (with commentary) about the relationship between poverty and suicide—and our common willingness to ignore it.

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9 min read

In Jesus’s first passion prediction, we encounter the language of Messiah and cross-carrying, which we need some untangling.

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2 min read

In this week’s reflection, we look at Peter’s proclamation of Jesus as the Messiah and what we should learn from mission confusion.

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1 min read

The word “Messiah” is loaded with meaning—then and now. And that meaning is built around expectations that Jesus won’t embody.

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9 min read

Between the gospels this week is a collection of snippets that help us see the way the disciples are starting to miss the point.

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8 min read

The grace Jesus offers in these healing stories is a grace of transformation, of change, of the true hope of learning to be new.