Drew Downs

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  • Between Easter 3 + 4 (Year A)

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    3 min read

    What we need to know between weeks three and four of Easter is that we are revisiting a moment we started in Lent.

  • How a blind beggar became the greatest disciple

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    8 min read

    This final moment has a blind man in front of them, but can they see him? He is shouting for Jesus, but can they hear him? Is the man like a tree, walking to them? Are his shouts like the buzz of a mosquito? Do they not understand yet, even now, at the end of…

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  • Leaving the Cave: seeing, believing, and true power

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    6 min read

    a Sermon for Lent 4A Text: John 9:1-41 Plato’s Cave In Plato’s Republic, the philosopher introduces a strange scenario in which a prisoner is trapped in a cave. The prisoner knows nothing of the world as we know it. He’s stuck in one place, staring straight ahead for a long, long time. Behind him is…

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