Blog – Drew Downs

Rejected—and the morality of rejecting in return

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1 min read

Rejection is a prime example of something we hate experience and seem to love doing to others. Even when we don’t want to.

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2 min read

The confrontations in the Temple continue. And understanding how they got there, and how that makes us feel, is essential.

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7 min read

In his exploration of authority, Jesus confronts those confronting him, and reveals a way of being in the world that can save us all.

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5 min read

The existential challenge for libraries and other institutions is that they are the subject of political attacks the public doesn’t support.

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4 min read

At once obvious and devious, focusing on who starts a conflict is a clever way to avoid thinking about who is exploiting it.

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6 min read

Digging into the confrontation over authority in this week’s gospel, we might make interesting connections with our own conversations.