Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

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

  • We’ve been given a way out of this mess: The Baptismal Covenant. We just need to see that we already know the way.

  • My original homily for tonight was going to be light. In part because this day brings out the heady in me. It has a rich history that I am a geek to share as often as possible. But given the events at the capital today, I think we need something a little different.  Because this…

  • We expect our Christmas stories to be full of joy. But they often only end that way. How we get there is how we find grace.

  • Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia.

  • In picking Mary, God shows not just who the invitation to grace is for, but how we get a similar invitation.

  • In Advent, we aren’t just preparing for the Incarnation by decorating, we are preparing ourselves by changing course.