Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Proper 4B

  • Being Alive

    We know Sabbath as the day we’re supposed to take off from work. But the expectation is way more important than a day off.

  • The religious leaders struggled to see what Jesus was getting at with his teaching on the Sabbath. Well, honestly, so do we.

  • Our view of Jesus’s transgression of Sabbath law is often guided by our own view of laws. We must remember God’s vision for Sabbath.

  • Our move back to Ordinary Time means we pick up the narrative near the beginning. Here’s a refresher on what we’ve missed.

  • The Pharisees confront Jesus because his disciples break Sabbath law. Jesus turns the story around to show how few of them are really keeping the Sabbath. We could easily say the same about us. In Breaking the Sabbath, Jesus seeks to keep it. Proper 4B  |  Mark 2:23-3:6 “One sabbath Jesus and his disciples were going…

  • In Two Worlds

    a Homily for the First Sunday After Pentecost, year B Text: John 3:1-17  click here for the audio seeing with different eyes The most important verse in this morning’s pericope is not John 3:16, but 3:8. Here’s how we get there. As you may have noted, we covered this part of Scripture back in Lent.…