Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Wrestling with the wicked

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8 min read

The parable of the wicked tenants challenges us to see in it more than the Passion, but of the actions we treat as inevitable.

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2 min read

With a parable of wickedness, our minds turn to their own kind of wickedness, not redemption, or goodness. But they could.

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1 min read

Rejection is a prime example of something we hate experience and seem to love doing to others. Even when we don’t want to.

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2 min read

The confrontations in the Temple continue. And understanding how they got there, and how that makes us feel, is essential.

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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.