Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • In celebrating the Feast of St. John, we are invited into an elaborate depiction of faith which combines multiple figures into one.

  • In the Feast of Stephen, we confront what light coming to break the darkness looks like in practice—when we face it in our midst.

  • John’s gospel invites us to see the scope of what we celebrate at Christmas: that an event changes how we see everything.

  • As we gather for Christmas Eve, we hear the story of the birth, the angels, and shepherds—and invited to hear that new things are in store.

  • Our preparing for Christmas is often treated like setting up for the main event, rather than readying for a new way of being.

  • I read a bunch of different books this year, but one book stood out. It rewired within me the very sense of what life actually is.