Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Proper 19C

  • In Luke 14:34-35, Jesus uses an imperfect analogy about salt losing flavor. Often we’re too distracted by the analogy to get the point.

  • Rose and I were newlyweds. We were married almost a year when I lost my ring. It was at the end of school–literally the last day of my second year, and I was about to drive back over the border from Ontario into Michigan. Needless to say, I was freaking out. Proper 19C |  Luke…

  • a homily for Proper 19C Text: Luke 15:1-10 In or Out? There are a million different ways to enter into this gospel. It is a familiar enough one that some of our long-tenured members are likely to have heard them all. The favorite approach is this one: these are two of the three “lost” parables:…