Drew Downs

Category: Sermons

Sermons preached in a context, but written for people of all sorts and conditions.

  • Having to

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    Having to

    The boundaries evident in the passage about the woman at the well are evocative. And so is the way Jesus crosses them.

  • Plenty of Road

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    Plenty of Road

    Lent is a season of discipline. This week’s gospel is a real test for our ability to keep our focus on the goal.

  • God had him trade water for sand

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    God had him trade water for sand

    A Poem of Temptation

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  • The Temptation (Lent 1A)

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    The Temptation (Lent 1A)

    Wrestling with the Temptation of Jesus in the Wilderness, we can’t escape the story is about power and control.

  • Public Prayer

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    Public Prayer

    The gospel for Ash Wednesday invites us to rethink praying in public. And what it is we’re really going on about.

  • Listening

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    Listening

    The Transfiguration is not merely an event: it is a turning point in the work of teaching Jesus has been doing.

  • Between — The Big Sermon and the Transfiguration

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    Between — The Big Sermon and the Transfiguration

    A lot happens before the Transfiguration. But something right before it colors how we might understand it.

  • Assuming what Jesus says

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    Assuming what Jesus says

    It seems that we read this passage for the words Jesus says and then miss the message he conveys with them.