Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Postmodernism

  • Obama’s Postmodern Moment

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    2 min read

    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…

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  • The Postmodern Condition: Blame Must Be Shared

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    4 min read

    I watched a TED Talk a couple weeks ago that included a simple picture. The speaker began talking about distraction, because the picture, like the one I’ve provided below, demonstrated what he meant about distraction. The original picture was of a Dad at the park and he was playing with his smart phone while the…

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  • Don’t fear deconstruction

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    1 min read

    As part of an ongoing project, I’m collecting some instructive ideas and understandings on this site into a new category called “Emergence“.  You can click on it in the headings above or click through the link.  I plan on describing what emergence is and what the emerging church means for liturgical and social justice Christians…

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