Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

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

  • 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.

  • John the Baptizer invites us to talk about sin like it’s something we can repent and get rid of. Because it is.

  • The dark prophecies in our readings kick off the season of anticipation. They also help us find the message for our moment.

  • The parable of the talent is a mind-bending distortion of Jesus’s previous teachings. The negative proof of a positive vision.

  • The parable of the bridesmaids is a story of dysfunction in the middle of a pandemic. Which makes it pretty fitting for us.