Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

abide

  • This week, we wrestle with an uncommon word: abide: and what it means for us. To abide with Jesus when we’d rather do our own thing.

  • Jesus’s vine image and the challenge of abiding in him Easter 5B  |  John 15:1-8    A Green Thumb My Mom is a gardener. When we moved up to Alpena from southeast of Detroit, we were moving into a rectory: a two-story beauty with a side porch and slightly sloping lawn. Big, mature trees next…