Author: Drew Downs

  • New Love

    New Love

    We encounter the Transfiguration with our own skewed vision of the world; and our precious place in it.

  • Why laws don’t actually exist

    Why laws don’t actually exist

    We treat the law as if it were something other than the means of a people to create community with one another.

  • I haven’t gone back yet

    I haven’t gone back yet

    Giving up social media while on vacation, I’ve learned a few things about how I really use it to kill time.

  • Around the Mountaintop

    Around the Mountaintop

    Dealing with the Transfiguration in August is very different than In February. Because we are in a different place.

  • The Transfiguration

    The Transfiguration

    The Transfiguration is one of the most impressive, confusing, and distracting stories about Jesus in Scripture.

  • The value and depth of how we look

    The value and depth of how we look

    How we look communicates something to other people. Only part of which is something under our control.

  • Between Proper 12 + 13 (Year A)

    Between Proper 12 + 13 (Year A)

    In the gap in the lectionary, we skip over two essential stories which set up how we understand power moving forward.

  • Seeking something new

    Seeking something new

    The invitation to change—to be changed or to change the world around us—is both necessary and something we avoid.