Drew Downs
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Listen
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7 min read
In the Transfiguration, we get the big spectacle event, so consuming with visual, power, and misunderstanding, we might fail to hear the voice in the middle of it all saying “listen to him.” Are we listening to Jesus any better than the disciples? Epiphany Last B | Mark 9:2-9 The story doesn’t begin at the…
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Predatory Society – A Pathology of Cruelty
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8 min read
In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the fifth pathology: a predatory society. In movies, an easy way to get the audience to connect with the characters on screen is to show…
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Extreme Capitalism – A Pathology of Exploitation
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10 min read
In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the fourth pathology: extreme capitalism. Of all the pathologies effecting us, this is the most divisive. And perhaps the most obvious. To root out why…
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Nomadic Retirees – A Pathology of Indignity
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6 min read
In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the third pathology: nomadic retirees When I was little, my grandparents moved to Arizona. They left Detroit, where there sons lived. Leaving them, their extended…
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The Opioid Epidemic — A Pathology of Escape
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5 min read
In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the second pathology: the opioid epidemic. When I left my small-town high school for college, two things rocked my world. The first was the real…
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School Shootings – A Pathology of Violence
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7 min read
In a challenging new essay for Eudaimonia & Co., Umair Haque names 5 social pathologies of collapse. And I think they can kickstart a conversation around our culture’s greatest needs. This is my reflection of the first pathology: rampant school shootings. I remember how I felt when I first heard about the school shooting at Columbine High…