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  • A new Read With Me: Life After Doom

    Drew Downs

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    March 6, 2025

    A new Read With Me: Life After Doom

    Join in the current Daring Read: Life After Doom by Brian McLaren, in which we explore what can come after the lowest point.

    Living
  • Of remembering death and life

    Drew Downs

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    March 5, 2025

    Of remembering death and life

    On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust, that we are of the earth and will return to it, in a communal activity of living.

    Sermons
  • The power we won’t acknowledge

    Drew Downs

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    March 4, 2025

    The power we won’t acknowledge

    The relationship between the pursuit of control in our lives is also the pursuit of power over others and our environment, even our faith.

    Faith
  • The Means Are the Ends—for Lent 1C

    Drew Downs

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    March 4, 2025

    The Means Are the Ends—for Lent 1C

    In the temptation in the wilderness, we get to see the challenge of power — not for Jesus exactly, but for every one of us instead.

    Faith
  • What we tend to do when life gets complicated

    Drew Downs

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    March 2, 2025

    What we tend to do when life gets complicated

    It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.

    Sermons
  • It’s not controversial just because you say it is.

    Drew Downs

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    February 28, 2025

    It’s not controversial just because you say it is.

    Episode 92 of the Make Saints podcast

    Podcast
  • We need something beyond humility

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    February 27, 2025

    We need something beyond humility

    A tension in the Transfiguration event is how Jesus responds afterward — in decrying to the people’s faithlessness.

    Preaching
  • In their confusion, a voice — for Epiphany Last C

    Drew Downs

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    February 26, 2025

    In their confusion, a voice — for Epiphany Last C

    The Transfiguration is a big, bold event, full of bombast, but present are disciples who are confused and frustrated. Much like we are.

    Faith
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