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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.

the story of our sorrows

October 7, 2014October 7, 2014 wally metts3 Comments

What a story of human frailty it must tell, this book. And yet it is more than the story of our sorrows. It is the story of our security.

Posted in griefTagged psalms, sleeplessness, sorrows, tears

a meditation on snail slime

October 4, 2014October 4, 2014 wally metts2 Comments

We want the wicked's actions, indeed their very lives, to be meaningless, empty, inconsequential.

Posted in commentaryTagged imprecatory Psalms, ISIS, snails, vengeance

away with words

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 wally metts11 Comments

Short forms of writing are natural containers for humor but also for surprising things like poems, prayers, and epigrams.

Posted in communicationTagged blogging, roy peter clark, short form

for you delighted in them

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 wally mettsLeave a comment

The congregation converted a barn into a chapel in Omega, a village that no longer exists. But the church still exists. And thrives.

Posted in celebration, churchTagged arm of the lord, congregation, countryside bible church, providence

pleasant places

September 16, 2014September 16, 2014 wally metts2 Comments

Today I’m taking a long draught from this river of delight. Tomorrow shadows may fall across the lines of my life. But I will still have a beautiful inheritance

Posted in celebrationTagged blessing, delight, psalms, soverignty

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