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a guide to tipping in India

January 7, 2014January 7, 2014 wally metts6 Comments

How much to tip seems like an unimportant question when there are two families living on the sidewalk outside my hotel window.

Posted in commentary, cultureTagged human trafficing, india, international justice mission, tipping

passage to India

January 4, 2014January 7, 2014 wally metts3 Comments

The colors are rich and vibrant—the flowers and fruit and fabric join the assault on the senses. It makes you wish you had a better camera. Or at least a better memory

Posted in commentary, cultureTagged cross-cultural, india, mumbia, sophia college, Spring Arbor University

the silence of the night

December 8, 2013 wally mettsLeave a comment

I’m not saying if we sang a few Christmas carols our politicians would quit lying and our celebrities would quit fornicating. I’m just saying we have gained nothing by banning such music and have lost a great deal.

Posted in celebration, commentary, cultureTagged carols, christmas, Christmas carols, classical music, handel, Holiday concerts, messiah, Paul Tice

the biggest little church in the county

November 14, 2013 wally metts2 Comments

There is no perfect church, only churches more or in some cases less dependent on God’s grace. But where He is welcomed He is working.

Posted in church, commentary, cultureTagged Christianity Today, country church, countryside bible church, Evangelicalism, Megachurch, rural churches

on table grace

March 7, 2013March 7, 2013 wally metts4 Comments

Even the devout often give thanks with no consideration to the rain, the soil, the farmer, the process, or even the taste. There is no awe of the miracle, especially if it comes in a box.

Posted in celebration, commentary, culture, foodTagged food, foodies, grace, prayer, thanksgiving, Wendell Berry

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