And the man and his wife were both naked and they were not ashamed. —Genesis 2:25 In 2000 a young feminist named Wendy Shalit published A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue. Why," asks Shalit, "is sexual modesty so threatening to some that they can only respond to it with charges of abuse or… Continue reading Modesty matters
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.
First comes love, then comes…
“It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains the love.—Dietrich Bonhoeffer” In an interview in the Wall Street Journal today, Elizabeth Gilbert discusses her new book: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage. Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray Love, is in her second marriage. She… Continue reading First comes love, then comes…
who is Jesus
I'm posting a series of essays as preparation for my upcoming ordination council. You can find these at http://bit.ly/1ps22J Here is an excerpt from "who is Jesus and why does it matter?" the king thing? We have no idea at all, even though Christ as sovereign Lord is where an understanding of who Jesus is… Continue reading who is Jesus
A tale of three fathers
Personal influence on art and craft (Note: there is a brief video of me lecturing on this topic on my professional blog. You can view it here.) “In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot In his classic essay "Why I Write" George Orwell says we write for sheer egoism, aesthetic enthusiasm, historical impulse and… Continue reading A tale of three fathers
old flames
I’m not much of a “what if” guy. I never spend a lot of time thinking about what would have happened if I had made other choices. It’s probably the Calvinist in me. But sometimes I run across things that remind me of what those choices were. I reconnected with an old college crush on… Continue reading old flames
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