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where pilgrims look

February 18, 2019 wally metts1 Comment

"I will lift up my eyes to the hills" is not mere sentiment about how beautiful the mountains are or how big our God must be to have made them.

Posted in culture, psalms, travelTagged devotional, Nepal, psalm 121, trekking

where pilgrims start

February 11, 2019 wally metts8 Comments

We will never go where we should until we tire of where we are.

Posted in psalms, travelTagged langtang, Nepal, psalms of ascent, trekking

loving life and letting go

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 wally metts7 Comments

For an anniversary, there was surprisingly little nostalgia or remembering.  Our single most significant conversation was about our future. 

Posted in aging, celebration, marriageTagged anniversary

in defense of meetings

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 wally metts4 Comments

T. S. Eliot observed that we measure out our lives in coffee spoons. Actually, we are more likely to do it on an electronic scale. I put 12 grams of loose leaf tea in a beaker each morning. They use a scale at the coffee shop too. But my life is not measured that way. … Continue reading in defense of meetings →

Posted in communicationTagged coffee spoons, dilbert, meetings, speech act

only a picture

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 wally mettsLeave a comment

Our marriage easily becomes our idol, the thing we seek more than we seek God.  It is even easier for our expectations of our spouse to become an idol, the image in our head of what our spouse should look like or do. 

Posted in celebration, marriageTagged covenant, marriage, wedding homily

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