Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • My attempt to be productive during the pandemic took an interesting turn. I moved away from measuring and toward showing up.

  • Getting the challenge of 2020 right is essential to understanding what is at stake next year. And the year after.

  • Stephen sets our Christmas journey toward Jesus’s way of love by reminding us of the challenge of tradition and nostalgia.

  • Many centuries ago, communities would gather to pray. They observed that the days grew shorter; the night was winning. Perhaps soon the day would disappear entirely. So people gathered during these long nights and they would pray for the light to come again. Long before Christ entered the world, these ancient people gathered because their…

  • In picking Mary, God shows not just who the invitation to grace is for, but how we get a similar invitation.

  • In Advent, we aren’t just preparing for the Incarnation by decorating, we are preparing ourselves by changing course.