Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

expectations

  • It is valuable to gain clarity on any subject. And in your life. But the pursuit of clarity can be something else…

  • Jesus’s miracle of turning water into wine is famous. But it isn’t the only thing that matters about this story.

  • Easter and expectations. The pressure of what we should do. Be perfect. Figure it all out. All of that is erased.

  • The symbols of Palm Sunday evoke a mixed experience in a pandemic-influenced holy day. They also remind us of the art of framing the story.

  • I like my fortune cookies to contain fortunes. It seems like a necessary part of the deal. Being in the name. That’s what I expect: a fortune. That’s also what I want. I take a moment, thinking of what I am in most need of, and crack open the cookie. Sometimes I don’t get a…

  • Suspense in action By the time the car pulls off the lot and drives down the road, I was more terrified than I had ever been by a movie. The beginning of Psycho had my guts wrestling my fast-beating heart for room in my throat. And yet nothing scary has happened yet at that point…