Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Climate change

  • Future Now

    Why do we struggle with taking steps today that would bring a better tomorrow? We tend to hide part of the equation.

  • Our problem is we fear courage. We want it to work for us. Never hurt us. And only ever conform to our desires and hopes for the world.

  • The Holy Spirit isn’t a fixer – like we’re gangsters who need someone to clean up our mess.

  • Being a journalist has got to be hard.  Nasty emails and public trashing because, heaven forbid, you write a piece that doesn’t come off as some lukewarm non-story of two babbling idiots yelling at each other: particularly when your area of coverage is DC or the state capitols where those red-faced blowhards are your regular…

  • A new discovery of methane gas in the Arctic could spell trouble: Russian scientists have discovered hundreds of plumes of methane gas, some 1,000 meters in diameter, bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean. Scientists are concerned that as the Arctic Shelf recedes, the unprecedented levels of gas released could greatly accelerate global climate change… Keep reading…

  • Think back to your junior year of high school.  Remember the things that made your blood boil: what you really cared about.  Have it?  Now write down some words that come to mind.  Just take about 2 minutes to do this exercise. Now look at the list.  What do you notice?  Who are you now…