Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • More John the Baptist

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    4 min read

    While figuring out what more to say about John the Baptist in Advent, we may first want to address the elephant in the living room.

  • More Light—for Advent 3B

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    2 min read

    As we hear again from John the Baptist, we’re invited to explore his purpose (and ours) in light of the one who is to come again.

  • Light in darkening times

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    1 min read

    During these darkening days, let us remember ancient practices which saw times of rising darkness as time to act to return the light.

  • Between Advent 2 and 3 (Year B)

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    2 min read

    In Advent 3B, our attention stays on John the Baptist, but moves to the gospel of John. Here’s a bit of the context for us.

  • We get to start somewhere

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    6 min read

    This week, we read about the beginning of the good news. Mark’s gospel is a story without an ending. It only ever begins.

  • Watch

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    1 min read

    A poem about the experience of witnessing lies, how we receive them, and how we forget our role in allowing them to stick.