Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

healing

  • Moving from the call stories to Jesus’s miraculous ministry might leave us with the wrong impression that this is normal.

  • Jesus looks at all of the people and he sees a whole—all of the people together—who need help and people to help.

  • This week’s gap between the lectionary readings seems like just a couple more healing stories. But we aren’t reading many.

  • Three Stories

    In these stories, Jesus makes miracles. But that is only possible because people fail to see the change we can make.

  • When Jesus gives sight to the man born blind, faith leaders try to destroy all the good that Jesus is doing.

  • The story of Jesus healing a man’s blindness should be joyous. Instead, faith leaders are making everyone miserable.