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Our attempts to gain advantage, manipulate the game, put ourselves on top, or control the outcomes—it isn’t just cheating. It authorizes cruelty and destruction. Hatred and death. We don’t get to be those people who kill and pretend those lives we stole have no meaning.
03:48 PM - Oct 21, 2023
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The fact of war doesn’t cleanse the moral boundaries we cross to wage it.
11:36 AM - Oct 14, 2023
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We need a lot more than an end to fighting.
09:10 AM - Oct 12, 2023
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We have lived under an experiment that our own rules matter more than the rules we all keep. An experiment that is fundamentally false.
09:14 AM - Sep 09, 2023
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Peter walked on water.
And when the first gust of wind came, he freaked out.
That is what fear does. It would have us destroy our own miracles.
11:47 AM - Aug 13, 2023
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This isn't a decision I should be making.
08:11 AM - Aug 11, 2023
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This is what Christians ought to be good at, after all. Death and resurrection. Which means dealing with death. Talking about it. Confronting it. Grieving, loving, challenging, hoping, transforming it. Death is our bread and butter.
05:05 PM - Aug 07, 2023
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How deeply do we embrace our calling to be teachers? With fear? Excitement? Maybe both?

https://drewdowns.net/2023/06/04/one-with-god/
04:12 PM - Jun 05, 2023
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One of the potential challenges of preaching Pentecost Day.
And what to do with it.
07:49 PM - May 25, 2023
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This is clearly the necessary outcome. Jesus has to leave. But it is also the chosen outcome of the one who believes in us.
06:25 PM - May 21, 2023
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It was a lot easier when I only had one person to mind. And it’s somebody I trust. But now, I’m supposed to trust other people? And myself? This is the plan?
09:21 PM - May 14, 2023
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They took a stand 29 years ago. And they were right. Many of us agreed. But we did nothing about it.
08:15 PM - May 12, 2023
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This is an idea I've become really obsessed with. The way we focus on an idea/decision right in front of us—and to the detriment of the whole. It is how we can choose to do the right thing today and find that it wasn't right tomorrow.
11:06 AM - May 09, 2023
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So far, Spoutible is my favorite Twitter alternative.
Also, I am striving to use social media less.
This presents a challenge in establishing new relationships on a new platform.
10:29 AM - May 08, 2023
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Easter is about seeing what we don’t think we’re supposed to even be able to see.

https://drewdowns.net/2023/05/07/using-our-jesus-compass/
09:47 AM - May 07, 2023
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This place is so social right off the bat. It's making me feel bad about logging off for the night. Loving it already!
08:55 PM - May 03, 2023
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Each Wednesday, I write a reflection for the coming Sunday. I started doing this back in March 2020, publishing them on my blog and mailing them to the less tech-savvy. Here is a reflection for this Sunday.
08:37 PM - May 03, 2023
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I'll be sharing stuff from my blog on here.
Most of it is about faith, creativity, and communication. If that's not your jam, no worries.
08:35 PM - May 03, 2023
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thread 2 Threaded Spouts
Here's the closest thing I have to an official bio:

Drew is an Episcopal priest and blogger living in western Indiana who is obsessed with building up a vibrant and authentic church and 90’s era dreampop.
08:22 PM - May 03, 2023
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FYI — I like to use punctuation.
And am unapologetic about em dashes.
08:16 PM - May 03, 2023
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Obligatory first post.
08:14 PM - May 03, 2023
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