Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Easter 6A

  • The struggle we have, entering into this particular gospel, is to recognize just how much context can reshape our vision of it.

  • Jesus talking about love in the midst of crisis is always relevant. Jesus saying each other is the way to know God is even more so.

  • Full of Love

    My parents were going out on a date and I was old enough to be left home without a babysitter. Just not old enough to make good decisions. I was asking them about going to a friend’s house (he’s moving the next day! I pleaded. I won’t see him again!) They weren’t going to be home anyway,…

  • a Homily for Easter 6A Text: John 14:15-21 Coming Home When my Dad would go on work trips; he would be gone all day. Often they were overnights. Alpena to Detroit is about five hours each way and when meetings went long, and he couldn’t make it all the way home, he’d stop and finish…