Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Faith

The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.

  • For laborers deserve their food

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    6 min read

    The slogans of our world can help us better understand the mandates of our faith. That we are called to better the circumstances of our neighbors. to understand Jesus we have to trySaint Barnabas | Matthew 10:7-16 We don’t know a lot about Barnabas, of course. His place in tradition is dwarfed by Paul. And…

  • Shalom – No Justice No Peace

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    2 min read

    Hi Friends, There’s a word we should get really comfortable with. Shalom. Shalom is Hebrew for peace. It’s also Hebrew for justice. And reconciliation. And hope. And Health. Wellness. Safety. Because the idea of peace cannot exist without safety and wellness and health and hope and reconciliation and justice. I cannot have peace if I…

  • What if we can never commune again?

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    7 min read

    Stay-at-home orders have left many Christians without regular communion. But what if we can no longer share communion safely?

  • Faith and Politics – Frances Perkins and a living grace

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    5 min read

    We often fear the impact of faith on politics, or of politics on faith. The real problem is that we think faith isn’t political. May 13 | Luke 9:10-17 One of the easiest ways to settle most disputes is to say we shouldn’t talk about politics. It short circuits most conversations. Even the word sullies…

  • Harriet Starr Cannon

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    4 min read

    At the heart of discipleship is service. Whether we like it or not. And usually, we don’t. Because serving others also requires welcoming them.

  • Blessed are the poor in spirit

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    5 min read

    The Beatitudes remind us that what we get wrong about peace, equality, and generosity is that it ever comes at anyone else’s expense.