Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Proper 9B

  • Choosing to Live

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    9 min read

    When Jesus is stymied in his hometown, we may be tempted to hear their stubbornness as rational, rather than what it is: delusional.

  • What’s our work here?

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    4 min read

    In their desire to keep things as they are, the townspeople struggle with the opportunity Jesus offers them: to make a new normal.

  • Home again?—for Proper 9B

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    3 min read

    Going home can be a kind of strained time travel. The past and present collide and people think we must always be the same. Always.

  • Between Proper 8 + 9 (Year B)

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    2 min read

    As we prepare to focus on Jesus’s return home, we should keep in mind just how famous Jesus has already become and why.

  • The Power Inside

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    7 min read

    We read a gospel filled with Jesus’s surprising power. In what ways do we continue to be surprised by that power? Jesus and the incredible possibleProper 9B | Mark 6:1-13 This morning’s gospel has two parts. Two parts that go together. And these two parts fit into an ongoing story. A story that isn’t just…

  • Limits of Power / Limits of Belief

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    2 min read

    For SundaySixth Sunday after Pentecost Collect O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord,…