Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Shalom

  • Theology as dialogue

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    6 min read

    I talk back to my TV. I don’t do it regularly.  I also don’t expect my TV to respond.  I don’t expect the actors in my favorite shows to stop, mid-script, turn their heads toward me, and respond to my comments or anything. But, from time-to-time, I need to respond.  Two shows seem to draw…

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  • a brief note on the oil crisis

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    1 min read

    I am feeling so much grief about the oil crisis–and I know I’m not the only one. My heart aches for the land… the people… the workers (from the rig and those cleaning up)… the entire ecosystem… the Creator and Life-Giver… and everyone directly and indirectly dependent on the Gulf of Mexico. And the question…

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  • Section 1: Questing—Seeking and Finding

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    5 min read

    This is the first of a three-part series covering David Rudel’s Who Really Goes To Hell?—The Gospel You’ve Never Heard. Rudel looks at how Scripture (The Bible) and our understanding of GOD’s purpose and of Jesus (The Gospel) intersect and where they diverge. My introduction can be found here. We often take it as a…

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  • Friday

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    5 min read

    let’s deal with “the greater sin”

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  • Starbucks: Christian Style

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    1 min read

    Here’s a new video by Richard Reising. What are we communicating on a Sunday morning–let alone a Tuesday afternoon? Why should your church get a free pass from healthy critical analysis?

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