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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.

no Apple watch for me

October 14, 2014October 14, 2014 wally metts1 Comment

An Apple watch will tell you what you shouldn’t eat and how far you should walk. Siri-ously? I have a wife for that.

Posted in commentaryTagged apple, apple watch, tag heuer

a murderous, lustful king

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 wally mettsLeave a comment

Are we not all murderous, lustful kings? Our animosity is murder without opportunity or means. Our appetites are guarded lusts, motivating almost all our thoughts.

Posted in psalmsTagged bathsheba, kind david, murder, sin

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

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