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3 reasons to believe in Santa

December 4, 2013 wally metts2 Comments

Fantasy is a unique and viable way to think about things that really matter. Like, in this case, generosity and surprise.

Posted in books, celebration, commentary, generosityTagged Nicholas day, saint nicholas, santa, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, St. Nicholas Eve

a place for poets

November 22, 2013November 21, 2013 wally metts2 Comments

Today, 50 years after C. S. Lewis' death, we can still hear the lion roar.

Posted in books, celebration, commentary, poetryTagged c.s. lewis, Christian imagination, chronicles of narnia, jack lewis, john f kennedy, mere christianity

the biggest little church in the county

November 14, 2013 wally metts2 Comments

There is no perfect church, only churches more or in some cases less dependent on God’s grace. But where He is welcomed He is working.

Posted in church, commentary, cultureTagged Christianity Today, country church, countryside bible church, Evangelicalism, Megachurch, rural churches

tips for the toast

November 10, 2013November 11, 2013 wally metts3 Comments

Katie and I attend several weddings a year and sometimes the wedding toasts are painful. It makes you wish there were auditions. Or an age limit—I’m thinking 35. I can’t imagine life as a wedding photographer, listening to shallow people talking about themselves every weekend.

Posted in celebration, commentary, marriageTagged best man, maid of honor, wedding speech, wedding toasts

in praise of (good)wives

November 2, 2013November 2, 2013 wally metts4 Comments

I’m blessed to have a helpmate who helps. The Puritans referred to their wives as goodwives. Pretty wise, those Puritans, to see a wife as a blessing, a literal gift from the giver of every good and perfect thing.

Posted in commentary, humor, marriageTagged goodwife, katie metts, puritan wife

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