love – Drew Downs

Too close to Jesus? — Intimacy, love, and discipleship

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9 min read

When the disciples run into Jesus, Peter acts like a fool, jumping into the water. Peter is the way into that feeling, to examine ourselves.

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6 min read

In gathering at night for the Great Vigil of Easter, we are able to embody the remembering of Holy Week with love and gratitude.

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8 min read

It is easy, in the midst of confusion to not know who to listen to, so we can stop listening to anybody, including the one we need to hear.

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10 min read

In commanding his disciples to love everybody, Jesus is pushing us to reject the thinking we think is natural, obvious, required of us.

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8 min read

People often concoct incredible scenarios to avoid dealing with the stuff Jesus is trying to say about loving the people around us.

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2 min read

In the command to love, we are invited into a relationship that is neither weak nor stuck, but full of fidelity and life-affirming grace.