Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Racism

  • Getting the challenge of 2020 right is essential to understanding what is at stake next year. And the year after.

  • The gospel is always social. It is the tangible intersection of faith and action: of belief and the active living into a life of wholeness and hope.

  • What does it really mean that Jesus comes with a sword to bring division? We first need to realize we’re looking at our own world wrong.

  • The root of discipleship is in sacrifice–a concept which, much like acknowledging white supremacy and racism, is a truth we’d rather avoid.

  • Set Free

    The gospel challenges us to show up when it’s hard, not pretend false neutrality absolves us of any responsibility for the world around us.

  • We usually believe symbols inject meaning into the conversation. For the white power movement, empty symbols are more powerful. We visited the National Archives when I was a teen. I was almost as nerdy then as I am now, so I was excited to see the Declaration of Independence. But I was easily distracted from…