Drew Downs
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You are blessed.
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6 min read
When I went to vote on Thursday, I drove around the one-way streets trying to figure out where to park. I found a spot on the street and crossed. The sun was out. Our unseasonably warm weather confuses my family. We keep wondering when it will finally cool off. Maybe this will be the week…
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The other morning, as I took my kids to the bus stop, I saw a distillation of our present situation in these brief moments at the start of my day. A simple moment. One mistake. Then another. And a third. Our mornings are that strange mixture of rushing and waiting anyway. We were there with…
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Faith is about making choices. But not all choices are made in the safety of opinion and the personal chrysalis of our own transformations. Sometimes choices come through the fires of adversity. And sometimes we have to make up our minds because the circumstances suck. Our world is full of false equivalencies and poor narratives.…
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When are you living for?
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6 min read
We’re all conscious of time. It’s finitude and speed. Sometimes languishing and always passing, faster and faster as we age. There’s something about having less real estate left to cover which increases our velocity. We all have thoughts about time and how we live our lives. And we’re all focused somewhere: past, present, future. When are you…
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Climbing Trees
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7 min read
Did you climb trees as a kid? I never did. I wasn’t a climber. Maybe it was my fear of heights or insecurity about upper body strength. I’m guessing it has more to do with my being a pretty chill kid than anything else. So I didn’t climb trees. But that didn’t mean I didn’t…
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I wrote over a thousand words, trying to rationalize decision-making in the midst of bad choices. And it was all very sensible. And an utter crock. Because sometimes, we’re stuck with complete and total junk. Some of you might be thinking of the election. That’s fine. But there are many more choices that are far…