Drew Downs
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Unlocking the bigger picture
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5 min read
There’s a paradox in understanding other people—to being open to hear them and in their words not telling the whole story to us.
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On Literal and Metaphorical—for Proper 15B
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2 min read
This week’s gospel reflection is about how we take the meaning of an image, its linguistic challenge, and what we need to focus on.
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The game of not getting it
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2 min read
With following Jesus, the point is not to understand or to win, but to understand Jesus. To get what he is about and wants for us.
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Making him king—for Proper 12B
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2 min read
In this week’s reflection, we respond to the people’s reaction to a Jesus miracle: that they want to make Jesus a king by force.
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Feeding—meeting the needs of multitudes
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1 min read
Our own experience of the miracle feeding of the multitudes is often plagued by the skepticism that creates the need for it.
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Between Proper 11 + 12 (Year B)
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3 min read
Our gospel this week switches over to John 6, which tells the story we skipped in Mark 6. It’s just that this version is a little different.