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5 things to get out of retirement

April 20, 2015 by wally metts 4 Comments

I just want something simple to do, like, you know, save the world. And I want more leisure time. But not too much.

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how to keep your favorite blogger(s) going

April 8, 2015 by wally metts 0 Comments

You can encourage bloggers to write more about subjects your are interested in.

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a prudent woman is from the Lord

March 27, 2015 by wally metts 2 Comments

Katie gives our shared life roots and steadiness, things I need. Things every man needs.

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slow down, you live too fast

March 25, 2015 by wally metts 0 Comments

Believers have entered into a Sabbath rest: not just a day of the week but a habit of life. Such rest doesn’t preclude work, but it’s hard on worry.

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finding a safe space

March 23, 2015 by wally metts 0 Comments

The impulse to be kept “safe” is leading to more and more limitations on speech. To say speakers or teachers makes your feel “unsafe” is becoming the easiest way to shut them down.

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much ado about yoga pants

March 10, 2015 by wally metts 1 Comment

Veronica Partridge was not clothes policing or slut shaming. Her detractors are the real clothes police.

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a hidden agenda

March 3, 2015 by wally metts 0 Comments

In Darjeeling, in the clean air, among industrious and enterprising mountain folk, we were encouraged and refreshed.

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Christmas chimes

December 22, 2014 by wally metts 1 Comment

The winter will end. The darkness will recede. Everything will be as it should be. Every celebration points to this day and every disappointment does too.

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how to tell a sheep from a pig

November 13, 2014 by wally metts 1 Comment

Militant irreverence makes us pigs, by Christ’s own words. Not contempt for our views—but contempt for our God.

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decide who the pigs are

November 6, 2014 by wally metts 2 Comments

Jesus says there are swine before whom we ought not throw our pearls. This is not quoted very often, because it requires us to decide who the pigs are.

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