Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Proper 22C

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

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

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

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

  • Lead with Love

    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.…

  • A retelling of Luke 17:1-10 A Parable “There was a black man sitting in his home, watching TV. An off duty police officer, who was white, broke into his home and shot him in the chest. At her murder trial, the man’s brother was invited to testify. Everyone in the courtroom expected the younger brother…