Author: Drew Downs

  • Holy Week Homilies

    Holy Week Homilies

    Through Holy Week and Easter, the church engages in a process of corporate remembering. These homilies try to help with that.

  • Go Slow

    Go Slow

    For Easter, we contrast a ridiculous footrace with Mary being there. She witnesses the resurrection they miss.

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

    This dynamic of showing up and doing because it’s the thing is at the heart of the gospel and Easter itself.

  • Blame and Purpose

    Blame and Purpose

    The place of the crucifixion in our public imagination is as an act of consequence or violation rather than revelation.

  • The Biggest Day

    The Biggest Day

    Preaching on Easter is both simple and difficult. Precisely because everything about it is supposed to be normal.

  • Surprised by Easter

    Surprised by Easter

    A brief reflection on the Easter gospel and the reminder that what we come to expect from the predictable is surprise.

  • Mary and the power of showing up

    Mary and the power of showing up

    In the Easter story, Mary Magdalene offers a contrast to the competitive character of discipleship we too readily prefer.

  • Between Palm Sunday and Easter (Year A)

    Between Palm Sunday and Easter (Year A)

    The vain attempt to cover all of the action that takes place between the two Sundays. At least the first part anyway.