Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Borderlands—there are people who live between our worlds

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We often think about borders as a line, dividing two places, but our borders are places, too. And they are inhabited.

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7 min read

Before Jesus talks about what goes in is not what defiles, he is confronted about his disciples not bothering to wash their hands.

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8 min read

It’s easy to read this gospel and think it is about Peter’s lack of faith. But that is reading it completely backwards.

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6 min read

We love to say that politics and religion doesn’t mix, but religion is political by definition. They can’t be separated.

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This simple interaction—one many of us experience multiple times a day—is becoming far more complicated than necessary.

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3 min read

For a story that includes both Jesus and Peter walking on water, the fact that it isn’t more familiar is confounding.