Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • The doctrine of the Trinity is a paradox. We totally hate paradoxes.

  • or how Catholics use natural law to avoid doing theology. Pope on Gender: “Stop oppressing my oppressive ideology!” I get that it must be confusing. You grew up looking at the world and thinking there are only two options. And really, they seem like the only real ones anyway. Man or Woman. Coke or Pepsi.…

  • Dealing with Neo-Nazis and white nationalists doesn’t need to be that complicated.

  • The Holy Spirit isn’t a fixer – like we’re gangsters who need someone to clean up our mess.

  • Desiring Glory

    No matter how many times God tells us love isn’t earned, we don’t truly believe it. We desire a kind of glory which will never give us love. When we desire a different glory, we find a different God.Easter 7C | John 17:20-26 We return again to glory. The author of the gospel we call…

  • Yes, the Ascension is a weird story. But it is more than a moment. In the Ascension, we receive our purpose, conviction, and ultimately, our hope. why the Ascension is essential to the storyAscension Day C | Luke 24:44-53 Years ago, when news broke that Mel Gibson was going to make a movie about Jesus,…