Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

discipleship

  • The Pentecost invites us to be part of something bigger. An invitation which continues to be revolutionary.

  • For SundayEaster 5B Collect Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who…

  • The thing about Jesus’s rebuke of Peter is that we don’t see it coming. But we should. We’re often in Peter’s shoes.

  • Being a beacon of Christ doesn’t mean we need to be perfect. It means we still need to help others even when we feel lost.

  • We’ve been given a way out of this mess: The Baptismal Covenant. We just need to see that we already know the way.

  • Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia.