Sure, Santa is a modern commercial icon. But it helps to remember that the original version was a real pastor who some 1700 years later is remembered for his kindness to children and strangers
Author: wally metts
Wally Metts is the daysman. He is a professor of English and communication at Spring Arbor University and co-pastors Falling Waters Bible Church. The father of four adult children, he and his wife Katie raise barn cats on 20 acres in Horton, Michigan. His grandchildren call him Santa.
Night Train
The paired butterflies are already yellow with August Over the grass in the West garden., From The River Merchant's Wife Translated by Ezra Pound Past midnight, past city lights, past country fires, the train to Xi'an snakes haltingly through deep tunnels past terraced fields and ancient bridges. I imagine you, waiting, in a smooth silk… Continue reading Night Train
Poetry assignment
iLove It took nine days For my iPod to get here from China. Our love is like that, As inefficient as FedEx on a bad day, As absudist as a playlist with Blackeyed Peas and Gregorian Chants. Where is the Love? In the ear pod. On the hip. It's everywhere you want to be-- The… Continue reading Poetry assignment
An abomination
We ran a series of posters on campus to promote a lecture series I direct, and at least one person really hated them. That would be the person who tacked one of them on my office door, with these words scrawled in black magic marker: "This is an Abomonation For EVERYTHING This school stands for! You should be ashamed! [sic]"
Almost famous
I had an opinion piece published yesterday at the Wall Street Journal's Collegejournal.com. The title is Spring Fever Can Harm Seniors' Job Searches.
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