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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.

it is the song that never ends….

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 wally mettsLeave a comment

Almost anything that has to do with disentangling your life for a few months involves unproductive hours on a phone.

Posted in communication, Nepal, sabbaticalTagged customer service, Nepal, phone tree, time management, UX

ask not for whom the bell rings

January 18, 2021 wally mettsLeave a comment

It took me two years to lose 15 pounds, and I don’t want to do that again. So, it’s back to the treadmill and setting an alarm.

Posted in sabbaticalTagged certainty, discipline, Nepal, productivity

No news is no news

January 15, 2021 wally metts3 Comments

Crossing things off your list doesn’t make the list shorter— its just makes you think of other things you forgot when you made the list in the first place.

Posted in culture, sabbaticalTagged covid, Nepal, waiting

Looking for a city

January 8, 2021 wally metts1 Comment

Valuable insights are not rooted in our attachments to certain foods, people, places or images, but in our detachment from them, our ability to stand back and see them for what they represent.

Posted in sabbaticalTagged Abraham, faith, Nepal

How little I know

December 29, 2020 wally mettsLeave a comment

I suppose there is some value to a conscious incompetence as opposed to a false confidence. But at this point I’ll be happy if I can have a slow conversation with a very patient Nepali.

Posted in sabbaticalTagged language learning, Nepal

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