Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • Writing Visually

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    3 min read

      Very important heading here Several weeks ago, I spent several hours on the same piece. Not writing it. Not editing it. Posting it. Over and over. Some of it technical problems. Hitting the backspace key at the wrong moment, making the browser reload the last page, and losing all of my work. Formatting issues with…

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  • How to know when someone is lying to you

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    2 min read

    There is a simple test for dishonesty. You’ve been told to look for nonverbal cues: the other person is nervous or doesn’t blink. That stuff. You’ve even been told how to catch a lie in an email. But I’ve got a better measuring stick for dishonesty. When you are talking with someone, notice whether or not their sharing…

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  • The Gift: How Jesus tells us to re-gift GOD’s love

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    6 min read

    a Homily for Easter 6A Text: John 14:15-21 Coming Home When my Dad would go on work trips; he would be gone all day. Often they were overnights. Alpena to Detroit is about five hours each way and when meetings went long, and he couldn’t make it all the way home, he’d stop and finish…

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  • Have you checked out the new site, yet?

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    1 min read

    As most of you already know, I’ve moved my site, updated it, and put some new bells and whistles in it. I’ve connected my newsletter service and made that the primary way of keeping up with the blog. I also have a few surprises to come this summer that I am really excited about. If you…

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  • Flight

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    1 min read

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  • Change isn’t the hardest thing

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    2 min read

      We think change is hard. We associate all sorts of unpleasantness and discomfort with it. We moan about the unknown and cry but we hate change! when invited to try something new. We don’t really hate change. And change isn’t really all that hard. It just isn’t “normal” to us. Try eating at a…

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