Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

missio dei

  • Not Afraid of the Dark

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    8 min read

    Banishing the fear that shrouds the light of Christ Lent 4B  |  John 3:14-21 In the Dark of Night When we pulled up to the bus stop this week in the inky-blue of morning, we found ourselves at the back of the line. A small handful of 3rd or 4th graders rule the stop and…

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  • The Church’s Missing Ingredient

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    12 min read

    I’m tired of the blame. The health and vitality of the The Episcopal Church and the Mainline generally is an oversimplified story of the 20th Century, too easily shouldered on the leadership of the 21st. It’s always the politics or the practice or the beliefs or the Bible or the liturgy or anything else ad nauseam, but…

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  • Ideas worth sharing–Advent Conspiracy

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    1 min read

      I love this ministry and I love this video.

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  • What John really means by “eternal life”

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    1 min read

    Actually, this is a link to my last homily at St. Paul’s from a few weeks ago.  I’d love to get some feedback on it, since I tried something new: I blended poetry and prose together and chose to describe the issues rather then answer them.  Let me know what you think! And by the…

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