In a pandemic year the answers are shifting beneath my feet, even as we make (uncertain) plans for how to use this time for the greatest benefit.
what is a sabbatical anyway?
Author: wally metts
Wally Metts is the daysman. He is director of graduate studies in communication at Spring Arbor University and is a pastor at Countryside Bible Church in Jonesville, MI. The father of four adult children, he and his wife Katie raise barn cats and Christmas trees in Michigan. His grandchildren call him Santa.
no foreigners allowed
It’s also 2020, about 8 months since I had Covid-19. And the world is closed, mostly. At least the corner where I want to go: Nepal.
COVID-19 as a relationship accelerator
Things don’t have to accelerate, even if they are going poorly. Here’s why.
all clear. almost.
Much is unknown about this virus. But for now I'm more interested in the answers than the questions.
Tune it out or turn it down
This is not a call to avoid all social media or all entertainment; we’re depending on these connections in new ways, some of them valuable. But this is a time for more boundaries, not less.
