Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

belief

  • Missing Out

    In the famous story of Thomas and belief, we get to wrestle with our sense of witness. And how we come to believe.

  • For SundaySixth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord,…

  • I’m begging you to start with your principles. Your actual principles. As in the stuff you actually believe in.

  • Nicodemus comes to him because he saw the signs, because he believes, because he wants something more, something only Jesus can give.

  • Sometimes the problem isn’t whether to read the Bible literally or metaphorically. It’s the asking us to pick which distorts the point. Jesus gets gross with the bread of life. Proper 15B  | John 6:51-58 To be honest, I don’t actually remember the episode. It was so long ago, but I’m sure I’ve seen it.…

  • Being Present

    While Easter stories rely on the absence of Jesus in the empty tomb, they also establish the presence of Jesus with the apostles to be the presence of Christ for each other. Easter and the returning presence of Jesus Easter 3B  | Luke 24:36b-48 When someone tells me they like the prequels to Star Wars,…