Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

saints

  • In William Temple, we have a vision of the world through the lens of faith that resembles the great promise of Jesus’s vision for us.

  • In the raising of Lazarus, we are encountering a story of the possible and the impossible, opening up what we see as each, or both.

  • The challenge of All Saints Day is to not just see it as a time of memory, but of a time of influence, conviction, and inspiration.

  • In the midst of talking about persecution, Jesus offers a kind of better-said-than-done bit of optimism.

  • Souls

    Honoring all who came before When we gather for our midweek service on Thursday, we are often given to honoring the life of someone the church lifts up as part of “the Great Cloud of Witnesses”. Which is another way to refer to those people we frequently call saints. Our collection of saints includes all…

  • It is strange how Christians celebrate martyrs. Not like lions of the faith, but as sheep slaughtered. There’s something behind that.