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A pilgrimage of my own

January 16, 2014January 16, 2014 wally metts1 Comment

My dad loved India and part of why I've come is to see why. It becomes clearer every day.

Posted in church, familyTagged bondage, fathers, gospel, grace, india

Living on the streets in Mumbai

January 9, 2014January 9, 2014 wally metts3 Comments

It is easy to impose our own vision of home and happiness on people who don't care as much about it as we do.

Posted in commentary, culture, familyTagged charity, india, Mumbai, poverty, street people

an Advent(ure) of faith

December 2, 2013December 2, 2013 wally metts2 Comments

Tonight there were four candles on our table, but only one was lit. It is the first week of Advent and, if you let it, every meal can be turned to worship.

Posted in celebration, faith, familyTagged advent, christmas, Christmas stockings, family, stockings, tradition

waiting for Elias to come

April 13, 2013April 13, 2013 wally metts7 Comments

Your mom's love will steady you and her spirit will encourage you and her faith will sustain you. Some young men have mothers who drain them, even scare them. You are not one of those men.

Posted in celebration, faith, familyTagged childbirth, grandson, labor, motherhood, mothering, newborn

a common grace

February 23, 2013February 23, 2013 wally metts3 Comments

I still crave that fresh saltwater fish a few minutes from the bay—hot, juicy and oily, served with hushpuppies. I think that’s what Jesus served his disciples on the shore of the Galilee, after the resurrection.

Posted in celebration, family, foodTagged fish fry, fried fish, hush puppies, marriage supper of the lamb, old florida, recipe, striped mullet

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