Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Culture

What’s going on, who we are, and what the big deal is.

  • In Bad Faith

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    The political impact of these “don’t say gay bills” is furthering incoherent and illogical laws for culture war benefit.

  • 3 things a true social media replacement would need

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    The next gen social media app doesn’t need to be perfect. It needs to be good. As in making us better humans.

  • Responsibility and Integrity (Epiphany 6A)

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    The challenge of the Sermon on the Mount is that it demands we change the way we think about our actions in the world.

  • The Right Thing

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    We are always obsessed with figuring out what the right thing to do is in any given situation. When a person is killed by police, that right thing becomes even more fraught. When the killing looks like murder and we can see it with our own eyes? Well…you get it. We want to know what…

  • Blessing More Than Us

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    For SundayEpiphany 4A Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you govern all things both in heaven and on earth: Mercifully hear the supplications of your people, and in our time grant us your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.…

  • It’s still about race — MLK Day isn’t the end

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    The holiday doesn’t mark an end to racism. It reminds us of its consistency.