Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • Weekly bread daily

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    2 min read

    Americans don’t have a daily bread culture. We don’t shop daily. We set things up for the week. Which means we miss the point.

  • The no longer secret

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    1 min read

    The surprise of finding a secret place that is no longer so secret. And what we do when disappointment is not the plan.

  • Return to the water

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    1 min read

    I grew up on the water. I feel a constant pull from it to return. Like a beacon, drawing me to it, wanting to be near it.

  • The Lord’s Prayer (Proper 12C)

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    1 min read

    In this week’s gospel, the disciples ask Jesus how to pray. And he responds by giving them a prayer to pray.

  • Indebted to sin

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    3 min read

    In teaching his disciples “The Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus reveals the relational vision of forgiveness; as an opportunity.

  • Debt — the enemy of faith

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    1 min read

    Debt it is often treated as the neutral arbiter of balance. But it is the way we justify inequality, enslavement, and separation.