Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

  • [A couple of weeks ago I began writing about change.  I argued that we are called to change and that we actually like change.  You may want to go back and read them both again.  Now I’m going to write about another aspect of change: intransigence.] One of the aspects of our view of change…

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    I’ve been playing with Instagram on my iPhone lately and having fun. I thought I’d share one of my favorite pictures. It reminds me of a 4ad album cover.

  • We are responsible. This isn’t about someone else.  It is about us.  We haven’t been doing enough. Last week, when confronted with the fact that he sent 234 inmates to their execution, including an innocent man, Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared jubilant and remorseless–and the Tea Party-filled crowd cheered.  As I tweeted, I had visions…

  • One of the most beloved children’s stories tells of an emperor who is tricked by two fashion hucksters to buy the most beautiful clothes—that don’t happen to exist.  The emperor, so taken with his new look, marches in a parade, covered in his new garments.  It is revealed, of course, that in the end, the…

  • This morning I was at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Rome, Georgia.  What a day to make one’s first appearance as supply!  But they were gracious and welcoming and I think we made some good worship! Of course, preaching on such a day as this, it is impossible (or possible, but cowardly) to…