Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • Too polished

    As I wrote yesterday, I participated in an online conference called The Nines, put on by the Leadership Network.  The conference was free and open to anybody.  I was relatively pleased with it, and given a different set of circumstances, I would no doubt have made more of an effort to watch all nine hours.…

  • David R. Henson wrote today about a missed opportunity to attack evil: evil in the form of stay-at-home dads.  We are clearly where sin resides.  Read about it here!

  • This morning, the free conference known as The Nines will start. For more information about it, including how to register), see my previous post. I’ll be updating this post throughout the day with some of the highlights and questions that come out of it, so check back later. 12:24 pm: I just got home a few…

  • The Nines is an annual online conference set up by the Leadership Network.  It is free and open to the public.  So, unless you’re gone all day, it is worth it!  It is tomorrow at 10 am. I missed out last year and have to leave the computer to take my daughter to art class, but…

  • I love when Jesus kicks our butts in the gospel.  Seriously.  Some people want shiny, happy gospel lessons for Sunday morning, full of sunshine and affirmation for hard work we’ve done not screwing up our lives completely.  Not me.  That’s my vision for lame. So this morning, the lectionary dialed up a juicy one: Matthew…

  • “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.”