Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

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

  • What the Little Apocalypse of Mark reveals about following Jesus – and why we’re scared to learn the truth about ourselves.

  • Jesus doesn’t simply raise Lazarus from the dead. He commands those who love him to also unbind him and let him go.

  • The Greatest Commandment doesn’t answer a question: it responds to it. Which makes this a story of embodied love.

  • He has a name

    In the story of Bartimaeus, we encounter the limitations of our vision while Jesus invites us in to a new way of seeing.

  • James and John expose how confusing the way of love is. They ignore the teaching, but so do the other disciples.

  • In a story we assume is about wealth, Jesus reveals our misconceptions about life, grace, and the human project.