Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

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

  • The Love Command

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    6 min read

    Learning how to love when it isn’t forced. Or optional. It is quite truly the only way we all can live full and true lives. Doing what needs to be doneEaster 6B | John 15:9-17 Jesus commands us to love. In American culture, that plays like an oxymoron. We think command and love don’t belong…

  • Love and the Vine

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    7 min read

    In comparing himself to the vine, Jesus gives us an opportunity to see the communal nature of love.

  • Love fuels sacrifice

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    6 min read

    As the good shepherd, Jesus opens us to the idea that sacrifice, his sacrifice, is central to understanding love. Hearing the Good Shepherd within the chaosEaster 4B | John 10:11-18 I struggle with the shepherd image. Because I have a hard time relating to it. And I don’t know sheep. I don’t know what it’s…

  • Finding Grounded

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    7 min read

    The pandemic disrupts our sense of normal. Jesus invites us to join in the transformation because normal isn’t the point.

  • The Power of Forgiveness

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    6 min read

    We usually center our attention around Thomas, faith, and doubt. But this, like others, is really a story about Jesus.

  • The Resurrection Shouldn’t. But it is.

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    5 min read

    Easter and expectations. The pressure of what we should do. Be perfect. Figure it all out. All of that is erased.