Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • Telling Someone To Get A Real Job In the Gig Economy Doesn’t Help

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    6 min read

    Some people know the power of joy. My friends at Starbucks do. We greet each other, How are you? – Awesome! Big smiles brighten my day. Today, one of the biggest smiles was being pushed around. I’m supposed to be praying the morning office. Well, I am, but I can’t help but hear them passed my earbuds. She’s…

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  • Debt Sucks the Life Out Of Us

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    9 min read

    There’s a moment at the end of a night when the sounds have disappeared and conversations fade. You look around and see the stragglers are all that’s left of the party. Often ones who helped set up or planned to help clean up. Ones who wait until everyone else is gone so that the real conversation can…

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  • How to raise kids you can be truly proud of

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    5 min read

    I’m sure you want really good kids. Or you love someone else’s kids and want them to be good. Here’s a poem which I hope helps you. HOW TO RAISE KIDS YOU CAN BE TRULY PROUD OF The first step is to try having sex. This won’t work for everybody, however. Some have bodies which…

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  • The two-word phrase we need to stop using

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    5 min read

    As a kid, I was too into comic books. As a teenager, I was too into civil rights. As a college student, I was too into critical theory. As a young adult, I was too into deep thinking. As a priest, I’m too into theology. Forever a nerd. Always told that I’m “too into” something.…

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  • What Exactly Are We Never Forgetting?

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    9 min read

    You’ve heard the calls to #NeverForget. Tragedy and trauma bring out sudden calls for solidarity and collective memory. As if time whisks away such frightening moments like a vapor. A morning mist dried by the first direct rays of sun. That this is in direct contrast to our society’s instruction in the midst of personal tragedy is…

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  • Why We Chose to Send Our Son to Kindergarten

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    13 min read

    Every parent wants the best for their kid. We want them to have every opportunity and live the life of their dreams. We want them to have every chance at success. We want it so bad. But do we ever stop to ask if our hopes for them are the right hopes or our sense…

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