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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.

a word of rest

April 14, 2019 wally metts3 Comments

From a sonnet cycle on the seven sayings of the cross. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet… Continue reading a word of rest →

Posted in lent, poetryTagged seven sayings of the cross

how pilgrims flourish

April 8, 2019 wally mettsLeave a comment

Just take one step after another, across a good and level land, with blessings all around and just ahead.

Posted in Nepal, pilgrimage, psalmsTagged Nepal, psalms of ascent, trekking

a word of need

April 6, 2019 wally metts2 Comments

Someone braved the jokes and jeers who knew the Living Water had run dry.

Posted in grief, poetryTagged cross, lent, sonnet

how pilgrims work

March 31, 2019 wally mettsLeave a comment

Meaningful work is when we find out what God is doing and join him in it.

Posted in Nepal, pilgrimage, psalms, travelTagged devotional, psalms of ascent, trekking, work

a word of loneliness

March 31, 2019 wally metts1 Comment

The pain that Jesus felt was not the nails, but a long and lonely tortured taste of hell.

Posted in faith, poetryTagged cross, lent, sonnet

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