Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

I don’t want to see crosses in nature

•

4 min read

Many of us pretend this symbol is both innocent and inspiring. That it isn’t political. But it always is—especially in nature.

•

3 min read

Our soil is dying. We’re killing it. And this idea messes with us. With how we see ourselves in light of this danger.

•

6 min read

Jesus gives us a parable that compels us in ways that make us feel and think. What we choose to do with that is telling.

•

2 min read

The greatest challenge with being good is often that we don’t know what to do with our sense of evil; and when that is us.

•

1 min read

We treat good and bad as absolutes, rather than subjective identifiers of what could be. Which means we can be wrong.

•

4 min read

A couple pieces the lectionary skips over reveal a lot about the texts we’re reading. And much more about ourselves.