Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Peter

  • Good Like Peter

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    9 min read

    Peter, the Beloved Disciple, and why the way we judge ourselves keeps us from seeing how much we are truly loved.

  • So…Peter’s Naked?

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    3 min read

    It is so weird that Peter is naked and then clothes himself and then jumps in the water. How can we not talk about it?

  • Satan As a Swear Word

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    2 min read

    There is such power in this rebuke that it shatters our focus on the moment. Like when a trusted authority uses a swear word.

  • Definitely, Peter

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    8 min read

    What Jesus told them to do was follow him. Instead, 7 disciples went to the beach.

  • Changing the Image of Jesus

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    8 min read

    When Peter calls Jesus the Messiah, he gets the right answer the wrong way. A pattern we repeat in our fear of chaos and of intimacy. Proper 16A  |  Matthew 16:13-20 If you’ve ever watched a painter work a canvas, you see the very transformation of absence into presence. The white canvas gets swirled and…

  • Walking on Water

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    8 min read

    In the story, Jesus walks on water. So does Peter. He is just doing what Jesus did, offering us an option at a time of great fear. Proper 14A | Matthew 14:22-33 The first time I walked on water, I was 16 years-old. I had never done anything so intentional as that before. It was…