Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

gift-giving

  • At the heart of the Christmas season is God’s generosity. And our struggle to restrain it works against the very point of the holy day.

  • As Jesus prepares his followers for his departure, he offers them the Holy Spirit. Which reflects a very different idea of gift-giving.

  • One year my Mom tried to get us to make our Christmas gifts for one another. There is some serious backstory to all of this, but suffice it to say, she thought she was offering us an antidote to what ailed us. My Mom is an artist. So everyone groaned and thought she had a…