Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • Why citizenship isn’t really the question

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    1 min read

    In asking Jesus about taxes, and whether it is right under the Law of Moses to pay them, we might miss what is really being asked here.

  • Between Proper 23 + 24 (Year A)

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    2 min read

    The passage we are moving into is so often taken for a story of binaries, separation, and articulation, but the question is filled with dishonesty.

  • Actual Love

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    9 min read

    The dark parable Jesus tells challenges us, not to learn what to do, but to recall and do what we’ve already learned from him.

  • The Collapsing Boundaries of War

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    4 min read

    War messes with our moral compass. But it is the sense of inevitability that does far more damage. Our work is to enforce those boundaries.

  • The Condemned

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    7 min read

    The parable is dark and disturbing. It doesn’t play out as we expect. And we’re not sure what it is supposed to mean. But maybe we should.

  • If one is Praying for Peace…

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    2 min read

    Then one is praying for new life. Hope. And everything that can come from it. Joy. And everyone who can experience it. And justice for all.