Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Culture

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

  • We all love Easter. Particularly after a tough Lent. This year’s felt heavy. Each year, I struggle with the scope of the great story arc that we deal with in Holy Week–with the rise and fall of Jesus of Nazareth. Then the fall and rise of the Christ. I have always taken this as the…

  • Whether you have a deep attachment to the stations of the cross or don’t even know what they are, check these out. Frank Logue, Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Georgia has put together a visual stations of the cross. Click the link and head over!

  • Right off the bat. I have to confess that I am predisposed to the modern Lord’s Prayer. Even better are some of the rewrites I’ve heard in the last year or so. Some really good praying is happening. Tonight, I’m now all in. Here’s why. Praying with my son. I used to argue that we…

  • According to the gospel we call Mark, today is the day Jesus is anointed by a woman. To us, she has no name. After Sunday’s dramatic rebuke of Rome, Monday’s trashing of the money-changers and dove-sellers, and Tuesday’s teaching at the Temple in which he humiliates and condemns the Temple leadership, Wednesday is a true…

  • Rob Bell’s new book, What We Talk About When We Talk about God is out tomorrow. It is a subject that is near my heart. Hopefully this video will tide you over or whet your appetite.

  • Last week, as the country was staring down the sequester deadline, the president made a reference to not being able to “Jedi Mind Meld” with his opponents. The interwebs went crazy, with people jumping over themselves to criticize the president for such an obvious slip up. This means a whole lot of people missed two…