fisher's paradigm

churchianity

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:17:59 -0400

Yesterday I was at the Hillsdale County Fair with some friends. At 2pm, there was a "religious service" at the band shelter. I left after a few minutes but I still has the privilege of hearing some of the most stereotypically reverent hymn-singin...

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narratives

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:41:53 -0400

I have a new passion for blogging. I need to be writing and combining that passion with my photography. I need to be sharing ideas and expressing myself. But these aren't really the reasons I'm all fired up about blogging again. The real inspirat...

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football conversion

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:13:11 -0500

Growing up, I played backyard sports. A little baseball, a little street hockey, a little soccer and a little football. I enjoy the competition and teamwork that goes into sports and some of my best memories of the ages 8-14 are of batting the bal...

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christmas of clichés

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:46:56 -0500

I'm spending Christmas this year with Karina's aunt and uncle in Pennsylvania. It's been real nice to just sit around a relax quite a bit. I get up later than everyone else and am fairly unapologetic about it. I make jokes that few people, if any,...

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art show...

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:22:08 -0500

Every fall semester, the Spring Arbor University art department has a show of the student's work from the their classes and extracurricular work. I'm not even an Art Major. I'm I Visual Communications major. I didn't expect to do very well in the...

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the photoshop phenomenon

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:23:06 -0500

The time has come for a rant. We see images all t he time. In today’s culture we are practically forced to be inundated by images selling everything from soda to mp3 players to cars to underwear. The thing about all this advertising is that almos...

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short term missions - for you or them?

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:31:41 -0400

“I’m going to Egypt to preach the gospel!” “Last summer I went to Bolivia and saved thirteen children in jungle tribes there for Christ!” “I just got back from China where we did a short-term missions trip and fifty people were saved!” We hear st...

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limited darjeeling

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:52:25 -0400

This is a review of The Darjeeling Limited that myself and Pardeep wrote for the Crusader. They have this new style of movie reviewing where two people sit down after a film and more or less just give their impressions. Here is the article. I im...

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go to church

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:20:36 -0400

The following was written as an editorial for The Crusader - The Spring Arbor University campus newspaper: The sights and sounds of the new school year assault our senses. Frisbees fly across the plaza, McDonald’s has business at midnight once ag...

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ping pong

nobody@vox.com(mjmetts) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:32:15 -0400

Some of you may know, others may not, that I'm moving back to Michigan after one semester at Moody. I won't go into the details of why I made this decision. If you're interested, I trust you'll ask me. This series of events has, however, gotten me...

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