Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

February 2012

  • Roman Catholic Bishops Out of Control

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    3 min read

    And especially not on contraception. Ever since Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Church’s senseless ban on birth control in 1968, few doctrines have been as vilified, ridiculed and outright ignored by Catholics – evidenced by a recent study showing that 98% of American Catholic women have used some form of contraception. It’s hard to believe,…

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  • No Level Playing Field For Small and Big

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    4 min read

    I used to have a reoccurring conversation with a friend in college about equality.  He is a libertarian and argues for minimal interference and rules.  I am not.  He would talk about the level playing field between he and minorities, including women.  He argued that they had the same chances he had.  I pointed out that he…

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  • Outside the walls of the city

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    5 min read

    a homily for Epiphany 6B                       Text: Mark 1:40-45 Nudy Trees My daughter and I have this little game. We point out the nudy trees to one another. She shouts: “That tree’s nudy!” Then she squeals and says “there’s another one!” I do it too.  Then I point…

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  • Destination Unknown

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    3 min read

    Text: Mark 1:29-39 Distractions This gospel is like life: it has a lot of distractions. There are lots of details we could run down; tangents we could explore: These new disciples, their mom and her mysterious ailment, the demon possession. This gospel, on the other hand, is actually about the gospel. It is about moving, finding,…

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  • Moving in

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    2 min read

    We arrived at our new home in St. Clair last Tuesday after a marathon drive up from Georgia.  As we continue to settle in to our new place, I thought I’d give you a rundown of the last couple of weeks.  First, they packed us up and filled this van.  As you can see, there wasn’t…

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