Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Sermons

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

  • About the Food

    We mistake the purpose of ashes – our symbol of mortality – for only being about death. They are also an invitation to life.

  • The Transfiguration is the showstopper. But what happens when Jesus comes down the mountain reminds us what Jesus is really doing.

  • In the Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6), Jesus tells us what we hoped we’d never hear: our world is upside down and we’re being called to flip it over.

  • Jesus calls these specific people. He doesn’t pick the most talented budding theologians. He picks the people who could scale the actual work.

  • Rejected

    When Jesus returns home in Luke 4, there’s a confrontation with the people. While we often focus on what Jesus says, we rarely realize what we do.

  • Today

    When Jesus comes home, he isn’t treated like a hero. But really, why would they? He challenges them. We just take a different path to reject the plan. With Jesus it is not about when it happened but when it happens Epiphany 3C  |  Luke 4:14-21 I just want to make sure we’re all on…