Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

discipleship

  • wading into the weeds

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    7 min read

    Jesus’s parable of the weeds among the wheat challenges us to see evil in the desire to pluck weeds when we know it’ll kill the wheat.

  • An odd idea of rest

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    7 min read

    Jesus offers us rest – through transformation. Rest from the swirling chaos, confusion, and dissatisfaction with a simple idea: change it.

  • Listening within the chaos

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    8 min read

    What does it really mean that Jesus comes with a sword to bring division? We first need to realize we’re looking at our own world wrong.

  • Doing Right or Being Right

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    4 min read

    It is strange how Christians celebrate martyrs. Not like lions of the faith, but as sheep slaughtered. There’s something behind that.

  • The Cost of Silence

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    8 min read

    The root of discipleship is in sacrifice–a concept which, much like acknowledging white supremacy and racism, is a truth we’d rather avoid.

  • For laborers deserve their food

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    6 min read

    The slogans of our world can help us better understand the mandates of our faith. That we are called to better the circumstances of our neighbors. to understand Jesus we have to trySaint Barnabas | Matthew 10:7-16 We don’t know a lot about Barnabas, of course. His place in tradition is dwarfed by Paul. And…