Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

unity

  • The challenge in Jesus’s teaching on divorce is not that he praises “staying together,” but that we don’t get what together means.

  • In this doozy of a gospel, Jesus seems to support division. What he really supports is freedom and community.

  • Jesus looks at all of the people and he sees a whole—all of the people together—who need help and people to help.

  • “What do we do with division?” The question is so common, yet we hardly question it. But it is based on a faulty assumption.

  • Jesus says he came to make us one. Looking around, we can all see that we aren’t. Of course, we could be wrong…

  • On Oneness

    What does Jesus have in mind for us after he’s gone? A reflection on the Spirit’s role in bringing us together.