Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

politics

  • Protests are an opportunity to hear from the powerless. They aren’t a problem that needs to be fixed.

  • What is Hope?

    Prayer God of Hope, be with me, with us today. Inspire us, encourage us, stir us up that we might know you better. That we might love you better. That we might see you, among these friends, today. Amen. Introduction The format is simple. Some teaching, some talking, some summarizing, some homework. Questions Think of…

  • The problem with the phrase, you can’t make me, is not whether it’s true. The problem is that the very idea is fundamentally unjust.

  • Honor

    In giving Rush Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom, President Trump seeks to redefine honor and freedom from the American people.

  • There’s something to the way we talk about the tit-for-tat of politics that deeply confuses us. The danger for us is how it narrows our understanding.

  • Political isn’t a dirty word. It’s a big word. A word many are so very frightened of. But it’s also an important and wild word.