Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

deconstruction

  • When tradition must be broken

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    10 min read

    When the Pharisees enter the story, I see the religious establishment. They are the truth police, arresting those who compromise their view of the world. You are doing what we tell you not to do. Seeing them, I see the church today. In every skeptical comment the Pharisees make and every philosophical trap they try…

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  • Obama’s Postmodern Moment

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    2 min read

    Last week, as the country was staring down the sequester deadline, the president made a reference to not being able to “Jedi Mind Meld” with his opponents. The interwebs went crazy, with people jumping over themselves to criticize the president for such an obvious slip up. This means a whole lot of people missed two…

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  • Don’t fear deconstruction

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    1 min read

    As part of an ongoing project, I’m collecting some instructive ideas and understandings on this site into a new category called “Emergence“.  You can click on it in the headings above or click through the link.  I plan on describing what emergence is and what the emerging church means for liturgical and social justice Christians…

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  • Compassion

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    4 min read

    The physical nature of the Compassionate Samaritan story can reveal a deep-rooted internal struggle in all of us.

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  • Section 2: Judgment–Tearing Down Mansions

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    7 min read

    This is the second of a tw0-part series covering David Rudel’s Who Really Goes To Hell?—The Gospel You’ve Never Heard. Rudel looks at how Scripture (The Bible) and our understanding of GOD’s purpose and of Jesus (The Gospel) intersect and where they diverge. My introduction can be found here and Section 1 is here. In…

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  • Sunday

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    6 min read

    Part Three. Here are parts one and two. Over the last few days I’ve been reflecting on the nature of sin and humanity; GOD and Jesus; death and loss and what comes next.  And the reality is that Sunday is the one day we feel ready to deal with.  We read the Passion only so…

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