Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Luke 17:5-10

  • The very least you could do — for Proper 22C

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    Jesus teaches his apostles about faith and commitment — because they are afraid they can’t keep up with his commands for them.

  • Shifting Perspective

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    8 min read

    Jesus invites his disciples to look beyond the power, the expectations, and the culture to see what God is doing.

  • Some Sayings of Jesus (Proper 22C)

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    In this collection of sayings, the most obvious teaching is the mustard seed. But there are different ways to approach this.

  • The Faith We Struggle to Embody

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    3 min read

    Jesus offers several teachings that don’t seem related. But one thing that connects them is we don’t want to embody them.

  • Size — hope and an aspirational faith

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    1 min read

    The parable of the mustard seed is a treasured teaching we seem woefully unable to embody. At least we wish we could.

  • Lead with Love

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    9 min read

    We want Jesus to teach us how to love like it takes a methodology or more faith than we have. Instead, Jesus shows how that misses the point. Jesus and the teaching of uncommon forgivenessProper 22CLuke 17:1-10 We jump into the story with the apostles shouting “Increase our faith!” It makes it all sound random.…