Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

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

  • Have you ever laid in the dirt?

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    6 min read

    A poem for All Saints’ Day about the Beatitudes, the spirit of God, and what it means to be alive in this moment.

  • Tracing two lines back

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    7 min read

    The blessed servant or the righteous king lineage. When these two stories compete, which wins? And what does this say about us?

  • What goes to the emperor?

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    8 min read

    We forget the question of taxes is a trap. And Jesus’s answer isn’t a solution to modern society. It is, however, essential.

  • Being There

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    7 min read

    Our blindness to the presence of God is normal. But it is also an obstacle to our work of building the kin-dom.

  • Facing the truth

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    8 min read

    Jesus challenges the Temple leaders to change. And we’re being invite to do the same. Even in the midst of a pandemic.

  • No Debate

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    5 min read

    This teaching isn’t about word vs. action. It’s about a relationship with God that may begin in one spot, but ends in trust.