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  • The most difficult Sunday to preach

    Drew Downs

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    April 10, 2025

    The most difficult Sunday to preach

    Figuring out how to deal with Palm and Passion Sunday is tricky. And Christian tradition hasn’t made any of it any easier, or better.

    Preaching
  • From the entrance to the exit—for Holy Week

    Drew Downs

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    April 9, 2025

    From the entrance to the exit—for Holy Week

    Our approach to Holy Week ought to reflect our compassion and the vision we have learned from Jesus, of love and generosity and hope.

    Faith
  • Untying the colt — danger and fear in the triumphal entry

    Drew Downs

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    April 8, 2025

    Untying the colt — danger and fear in the triumphal entry

    Scripture offers us two visions of the triumphal entry, depending on how we imagine the moment and I kinda like the rebellious one.

    Faith
  • The Money Distraction — then what should we care about?

    Drew Downs

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    April 6, 2025

    The Money Distraction — then what should we care about?

    We may be tempted to hear Judas’s suggestion of selling and giving the money away as a reasonable response — we shouldn’t.

    Sermons
  • We’re all in this together

    Drew Downs

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    April 4, 2025

    We’re all in this together

    In the profound moments and the tragic, we are made keenly aware of being in it with other people. But the same applies to every moment.

    Living
  • Could we just not focus on the money this time?

    Drew Downs

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    April 3, 2025

    Could we just not focus on the money this time?

    The ethical question Judas offers is so tempting. But what would it be if we didn’t think of it as an honest question? Because we shouldn’t.

    Preaching
  • Celebrating in Grief—for Lent 5C

    Drew Downs

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    April 2, 2025

    Celebrating in Grief—for Lent 5C

    How we understand the character of Jesus, and more importantly, our relationship to that vision, determines our response to him.

    Faith
  • Prudence and the desire to just keep saving

    Drew Downs

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    April 1, 2025

    Prudence and the desire to just keep saving

    When we read this story and think of waste, we are being seduced, not with a virtuous desire for service, but an unhealthy desire to be right.

    Faith
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