Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • The United Methodist Church didn’t listen to Jesus yesterday.

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    6 min read

    Today the United Methodist Church stepped away from unity. In fact, the only path toward unity was on the table and a simple majority rejected it.

  • Learning to Meditate

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    1 min read

    As Reggie focused on his breath, drawing his lungs full, he was reminded of balloons.

  • back to the future

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    8 min read

    In the Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6), Jesus tells us what we hoped we’d never hear: our world is upside down and we’re being called to flip it over.

  • Fair Play

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    7 min read

    You’re never the big winner. That’s Brett. He always wins. You watch as he deals the cards. He must be really good. Relatively speaking though, you’re not half bad. Your pile of chips is modest (it always seems to be). In the end, you’re pretty used to walking away with a little more than you…

  • The Deep Water

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    9 min read

    Jesus calls these specific people. He doesn’t pick the most talented budding theologians. He picks the people who could scale the actual work.

  • Seduced by Inequality

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    11 min read

    It’s important to have empathy, but humanizing the devil doesn’t change his plans.