Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • Last night I presided over a reaffirmation of marriage for an amazing couple.  Bill and Amy have been married for 20 years, and as they described to me, almost all of it has been wonderful.  But some of it was incredibly rough.  So this was  a really big deal. I was moved by their devotion to one…

  • Since the Occupy protests began, I’ve been struggling with what is so objectionable to so many people about protest.  Perhaps I am as pinko as my former rector, Matt+ says I am, but I’ve never found protest in itself to be ugly.  Between my own limited experience and the research I’ve done, criticisms of protests of…

  • A New Theme

    I’m testing out a new theme for my blog.  Come take a look and let me know what you think.

  • Being a journalist has got to be hard.  Nasty emails and public trashing because, heaven forbid, you write a piece that doesn’t come off as some lukewarm non-story of two babbling idiots yelling at each other: particularly when your area of coverage is DC or the state capitols where those red-faced blowhards are your regular…

  • Elizabeth Kaeton preached the quintessential Advent 4 sermon–about Occupy Wall Street.  Amazing! This has me moved to see a simple idea.  Head on over, read it, and then reflect over that picture of Bishop Packard for a moment.  When you are done, come back and ask yourself the following question: What if, in the midst…

  • A New Call!

    I’m pleased to announce that we have accepted the terms and I will become the Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in St. Clair, Michigan! We will begin in January.  Thanks go out to all of those that have been praying for us over the past year.