Drew Downs, Writing with Hope – Make a New Normal

Between Proper 24 + 25 (Year A)

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5 min read

This week, the lectionary skips over the confrontation with the Sadducees over Levirate Marriage. Another attempt to trap and discredit Jesus.

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8 min read

In our rush to live in a just world, we may find ourselves preventing the very means of making things just — that we are called to this.

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4 min read

When we focus on a moment, control how we see it, isolate our vision, we think we’re looking for the truth, but we’re blinding ourselves from it.

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5 min read

The popular phrase “war is hell” is close. But unlike hell, we think we can win it. Do it. And be called heroes for killing many, many people.

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5 min read

When asked about the Law and paying taxes, Jesus gives a response many are far too eager to see as supporting separation.

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3 min read

In our reflection for this Sunday, we examine what it is we want this gospel to do and why. And why this misses Jesus’s mark for us.