Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Between Easter 7 and Pentecost (Year B)

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The other Pentecost reading, from the gospel of John, puts us once again into the place of examining the need to live differently.

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Jesus asks his followers to live differently: from what they know, from their families, and from the world around them.

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When Jesus says that we are not “of the world,” he isn’t talking spiritually. We try to avoid thinking about what it really means for us.

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Episode 77 of the Make Saints podcast

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In the Ascension, we are invited to reflect on the departure of Jesus from his disciples, and why it is that we always hate goodbyes.

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In preparing his disciples for his departure, Jesus prays that his joy be in them and that this joy be complete—a truly possible hope.