Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Culture

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

  • This Week: Epiphany 5CGospel: Luke 5:1-11 The call stories in the synoptics are familiar for their common refrain: Jesus inviting them to come fish for people. It is a great line and one so recognizably inviting. We get the point, even when we aren’t professional fishermen. We can translate it pretty easily. Luke’s version has much…

  • When we are stuck in a fog and don’t know what we’re supposed to do, how do we see our way out of it? What will actually help us?

  • The disciples feel like the situation is dire. And Jesus is in the back snoozing like it’s no big deal. But is it any deal at all?

  • We use algorithms to help us find the things we want. But they also serve up stuff we’d be better off not feeling like we want.

  • As a movie person, I love going to movie theaters. So why don’t we go anymore? Perhaps we should stop pretending it is about the movies.

  • As the current form of artificial intelligence grows, we are experiencing a dramatic transformation in how we live.