Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

discipleship

  • At the heart of discipleship is service. Whether we like it or not. And usually, we don’t. Because serving others also requires welcoming them.

  • The walk to Emmaus in Luke is a walk of doubt. And despite what we think is supposed to happen, that is the very time Jesus shows up.

  • Chosen Family

    The story of Molly Brant (Konwatsijayenni) forces American Christians to face our devotion to nation and to our human family.

  • The raising of Lazarus gives us the perfect window to see beyond the present crisis, to see how God’s grace and freedom persists.

  • Lent, that season before Easter, is known for abstaining and fasting. But it is more than that. It’s a learning lab with a deadline. Lent as a 40-Day Love ChallengeAsh Wednesday | Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 Today is the first day of Lent. Like many Christians, all over the world, I got up and focused on devotion.…

  • A New World

    The Transfiguration comes as a strange interlude. But its brevity reveals its true purpose is to reorient the disciples to their new journey.