Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

We should not justify injustice—for Proper 24B

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When James and John request a special place, they make the mistake of thinking they’re better. We must resist thinking they’re worse.

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Following a leader into the unknown is never an easy proposition. Following when death and the end of the movement is even harder.

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In skipping over the third Passion prediction, the lectionary doesn’t help us connect the dots to the nature of the disciples’ error.

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When a man asks Jesus for assurance of salvation, Jesus ties his desire of assurance to his wealth—a message that scares us, too.

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When we talk about the problem with money, we need to dig into why we can’t trust in money to solve all of our problems now.

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The challenge of Jesus’s teaching with the pious young man is that Jesus condemns wealth in a way few Americans are willing to accept.