Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Love as extremely normal—for Easter 6B

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In commanding his disciples love one another, Jesus is setting as normal what we want to believe is optional—and really, occasional.

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We often treat love like an emotion that we merely experience. But Jesus commands us to love, to treat it like a behavior we are to learn.

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To understand the love command, we need to remember that Jesus is talking about community in light of our divided loyalties.

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As Jesus describes himself as the vine and we are the branches, he compels us to reexamine the way we approach our world.

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Campus protests around the plight of Palestinians are growing and the public is struggling with how to feel about the idea of protesting.

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Episode 75 of the Make Saints podcast