Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Prayer

  • That is the question I have for Monday. For the liturgical snobs out there, I know that it is Lent and we aren’t encouraged by Michno to bless in Lent, but to recite a “prayer over the people,” as was the most ancient custom of what would become the blessing much later.  It is a…

  • Being Martha

    What does it mean that we are so eager to slip on the persona of Martha? Why are we so eager to come to her defense?

  • As General Convention (the tri-ennial convention of the Episcopal Church) begins this morning, I thought it appropriate to lift up the people involved. God of Hope and Wonder, Your love for us knows no bounds.  You are with us when we fall and when we are lifted up.  You give us grace when we deserve…