Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Love is Living Art

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7 min read

In his exploration of authority, Jesus confronts those confronting him, and reveals a way of being in the world that can save us all.

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5 min read

The existential challenge for libraries and other institutions is that they are the subject of political attacks the public doesn’t support.

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4 min read

At once obvious and devious, focusing on who starts a conflict is a clever way to avoid thinking about who is exploiting it.

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6 min read

Digging into the confrontation over authority in this week’s gospel, we might make interesting connections with our own conversations.

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When Jesus is questioned about his authority, we are confronted with our own sense of it—and of trust, conflict, and how we are to each other.

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2 min read

We often treat authority, like our understanding of power, as disembodied and other, rather than based in our relationships.