Drew Downs

Tag: Scripture

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    Being Martha

    What does it mean that we are so eager to slip on the persona of Martha? Why are we so eager to come to her defense?

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    Compassion

    The physical nature of the Compassionate Samaritan story can reveal a deep-rooted internal struggle in all of us.

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    Sunday

    Part Three. Here are parts one and two. Over the last few days I’ve been reflecting on the nature of sin and humanity; GOD and Jesus; death and loss and what comes next.  And the reality is that Sunday is the one day we feel ready to deal with.  We read the Passion only so…

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    Saturday

    I played around with the idea of leaving a blank post.  Get it?  Absence…I decided that doing that would be perhaps a little too cryptic/existentialist. Yesterday we dealt with one of the problems of Good Friday, the day God died.  The day we remember the tragedy and triumph of Jesus’s death by crucifixion.  This happens…

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    Friday

    let’s deal with “the greater sin”

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    Bartimaeus

    This Sunday was my first opportunity to preach at my new parish.  And what gospel do I get, but one of the deepest, most revealing stories in Mark–and therefore one of the most difficult. But in my wrestling with this pericope, something was awoken within me.  Something that still has me wrestling. My homily wasn’t…