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read more, write more

September 23, 2011October 9, 2011 wally metts12 Comments

Facebook updates are not the key to your future or your success. What you need is more long form reading in an age of Twitter.

Posted in books, communication, culture, educationTagged aristotle, books, classics, facebook, genderlect, reading, Tannen, tozer, writing

the perfect t-shirt

August 31, 2011August 31, 2011 wally metts22 Comments

I was glad we didn't get t-shirts at the staff retreat this year. The perfect t-shirt, after all, is the one you don't have to wear.

Posted in books, celebration, culture, humorTagged color-coded, community, microstyle, serendipity, t-shirts, teams

(re)collections on God’s faithfulness

August 22, 2011August 22, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

I've been blogging now over nine years, and am planning to pull together some collections of these essays as small paperbacks that could be shared with others. I've outlined them here, and welcome your feedback on which ones you might find helpful or interesting.

Posted in books, commentary, culture, family, marriageTagged book, career, grief, marriage, poll, wally metts

making peace with Potter

July 26, 2011 wally metts6 Comments

Many conservative Christians have had a love/hate relationship with the Harry Potter books, as in they love to hate them. And I understand their reasoning. Almost.

Posted in books, commentary, faithTagged Christian imagination, deathly hallows, harry potter

clean, well-lighted prose

July 9, 2011 wally metts5 Comments

You can see what Hemingway wanted but never had: a clean, well-lighted place where the shadows are held at bay. Add an unhurried and sympathetic waiter and perhaps your nothingness will disappear.

Posted in books, commentaryTagged books, depression, for whom the bell tolls, Hemingway, old man and the sea, son also rises, style, suicide, writing

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