Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

The perfect length of beard

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3 min read

The pursuit of the perfect beard is a false expectation. How we deal with self-sabotage and perfectionism, however, is the real work.

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7 min read

Fireworks are the definition of public displays. Explosions of sound and light, fire and power. A violent eruption to the mundane.

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4 min read

In their desire to keep things as they are, the townspeople struggle with the opportunity Jesus offers them: to make a new normal.

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3 min read

Going home can be a kind of strained time travel. The past and present collide and people think we must always be the same. Always.

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2 min read

We need to not only accept change, but the feeling that sometimes rejects it—there is something at war in us that time always exacerbates.

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2 min read

As we prepare to focus on Jesus’s return home, we should keep in mind just how famous Jesus has already become and why.