Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • My entire life, I’ve felt lesser. As if my opinion didn’t matter. In church, that is. In the world, it was a completely different story. I was a good student, Honor Society and all that. In high school, I co-chaired a youth initiative for the regional community foundation and served the state on its youth…

  • I recently discovered some email problems. They are now resolved and ready to go again. If you have attempted to email me since switching servers more than a month ago, please resend your email and I will now get it! Sorry for the inconvenience!

  • I love taking the opportunity to share a post I would’ve written. Even better is when it is a post about finding GOD in the unlikeliest of places, including from the lips of a noted skeptic. That’s my kind of work. Zack Hunt nails it this time with his “A Lesson On Faith From Neil…

  • a Homily for Trinity Sunday Text: Matthew 28:16-20 Incomplete We return this week to the Gospel According to Matthew, for this writer’s resurrection story. We normally don’t think of this passage that way; as a story of resurrection. We’re focused on the writers we call Luke and John. Their accounts are different. More story-like. These…

  • When the first iPhone debuted, it changed everything. It wasn’t just a hot seller or a fad gadget, but a certified game changer. Suddenly everyone was signing up for data plans, and the U.S. and world markets exploded over the new technology. iPhone was king. Apple’s strategy with the phone, like its strategy 30 years…

  • a Homily for The Day of  Pentecost Text: Acts 2:1-21   Into the Unknown There are those moments when we read scripture that, if you’re anything like me, you are saying “Yeah…I’m not sure I would’ve done that.” Last week, we read about how Jesus left the disciples, disappearing behind a cloud. The disciples went back…