Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Gospel

  • Christians often struggle with what is required for new life: that we accept that death has a part to play. We’d rather think the point is to live forever.

  • As the disciples move closer to Jerusalem, our awareness of the journey mirrors theirs: distracted, distant, and self-directed.

  • There’s always something. A question. Curiosity. Frustration. Exploring that stuff is where the real action is.

  • There’s a consistency to our talk of decline. What to blame. How to fix it. Talk and action. Still missing the point.

  • Gospel, like “good news” is loaded. And WE don’t always like it. But the question was never whether we like it.

  • Relationship

    We start with the question: What is the story so far? This week, we recognize that the story came to a sort of end in what we call the Old Testament (or Hebrew Scripture). It also marks a beginning in the New Testament (or Greek Scripture). Those of us who read genre fiction or watch…