Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

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It takes a leap, not certainty. A risk. Being wrong. Being changed. Growing. This is the character of our entire faith.

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When we establish a precedent, we are choosing to follow a certain path. We like to pretend that none of this is our choice.

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We want the rules of grammar to be fixed. They are not. Like everything in life, our desire for certainty is compromised by life itself.

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For a gospel passage that lays the foundation for some big tradition, shouldn’t we take the context more seriously?

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This week’s gospel comes after a change of scope and an offering of signs. The context, as always, is key to the story.

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There’s a way we talk about saving in the church; like its something we’re supposed to want but also totally don’t.