Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • One Table

    Receiving communion is an act of learning about God.

  • We thought violence could bring peace, rather than love.

  • He is Risen!

    The sign seemed pretty mundane. But they have no idea how their advertising defangs the power Easter can have for Christian communities. There’s a certain Methodist church I pass daily. They have an electronic sign which can display upcoming events and fancy graphics. It’s the kind of thing which inspires in me both jealousy and…

  • Their confusion over expectations of the Messiah isn’t Jesus’s fault.

  • Today’s conversations about poverty are based on a fundamentally flawed argument.

  • What Jesus told them to do was follow him. Instead, 7 disciples went to the beach.