Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Proper 7B

  • When Jesus and the disciples are caught out in a storm, it is telling how they respond. And more importantly how they don’t.

  • Why is the anxiety of the disciples more relatable than the calmness of Jesus? And why doesn’t it seem to bother us more than it does?

  • Preparing for the next part of the lectionary, let’s double up on the backstory. So we can be less surprised than the disciples are.

  • For SundayFourth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O Lord, make us have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name, for you never fail to help and govern those whom you have set upon the sure foundation of your loving-kindness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one…

  • In the stilling of the storm in Mark 4:35-41, Jesus opens the disciples to the frightening possibility that they were wrong. And it reminds us that Jesus has the same message for us. “Peace. Be still!” The fear Jesus gets his disciples to face is not the storm. It’s change. Proper 7B  |  Mark 4:35-41…

  • This is what trust looks like, what faith looks like. Not only in the mustard seed, but in the calming of storms. Not only in the theoretical, but in our lives; in our triumphs and challenges; in our doubts and our assurances; in our despairs and our elations. GOD is there and way more committed…