Sally’s Blog
Updates and Information About Sally’s Books, Mission, and Workshops as well as Inspirational Articles
Raining Grace – Introduction to My Blog
Today, be aware. God's Life floods your heart. It's always Raining Grace. "Do the thing and you will have the power" (Ralph Waldo Emerson). It's a quote I try to live by. I believe we all have incredible resources. The Master of the universe has decided to take up residence within us. If that weren't enough, In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). We are swimming in grace! As a longtime spiritual director and a chaplain for all faiths, I’ve witnessed firsthand the workings of grace. It rains abundantly. (Sometimes I wear a waterproof parka and can’t feel a drop. But divine grace awaits my awakening to it.) Hopefully, some of these reflections will encourage you to access more and more the grace God offers. If you'd like entries sent to your inbox, click here. May something you read help you remember what you've always known and live the truth within you.
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A Gift Concealed
A Gift Concealed Recently, it seemed my peace was surgically removed. Because of years of the repetitive motion of typing as a teacher and writer, I had an operation to cushion my thumb joint. I experienced the loss of the use of my dominant hand, pain, swelling,...
God Takes the Night Shift
During my action-packed, responsibility-laden teaching days, sleeping wasn’t always easy. Praying and relaxing my muscles usually helped me drift off at night, but one night I was drifting nowhere. I was stuck firmly—exactly where I’d been all day—awake. It didn’t...
Raising Kids Who Love God
| Tips for Parents and Grandparents |We always promised ice cream after church to make sure our kids would pile into the car happily on Sunday mornings. It worked—until the sad day it didn't. I'd foolishly gotten a carton of double fudge mid-week, and our bribe had...
Christmas Present: New Year’s Presence
Christmas is a time of gift-giving. In preparation for a new year to breathe, live, and enjoy another spin around the sun, we might want to ask Christ for the gift of virtue as our Christmas present in 2022. We’ll need virtue to live as fully as possible in the coming...
Divine Encounter
|I Struggled to Give My Son a Faith I Didn't Have| I flew out of bed at the sound of Brian’s chilling screams. My five-year-old sometimes had bad dreams, but this was different. The air in his room seemed charged with danger and dread. “It’s okay, honey.” I sat on...
Jesus, Were You Little?
|Experiencing Christ’s Humanity|As a child, I’d pull myself up and stand on the piano bench to gaze at baby Jesus. He slept soundly, stuck to His bed. I knew my mom was an artist when she cut stray branches from our Christmas tree and propped them up behind the stable...
Bring Us Healing – Body, Mind, and Spirit
My prayer (pictured above) asks for our healing—body, mind, and spirit. How can our world, still reeling from Covid, war, and mounting divisiveness, be healed? We need grace, Divine intervention, if you will. We also need to see. To see the possibility of a better...
Add Public Speaking to Your Comfort Zone
|Add Public Speaking to Your Comfort Zone| It was my first-year teaching theology at the school, and I’d foolishly agreed to speak to the 900+ educational community at a prayer service. What was I thinking when I said yes? Whatever my thoughts had been, I certainly...
THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
We all can enjoy great intimacy with God! Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite monk of the 17th-century, was the chief cook of his order and was always in the kitchen. His position was perfect for him because he made it his project to "practice the presence of God." At any...
Tune in to the Drama Within
Many of us have more or less sworn off "drama." We realize some people manufacture torment in their lives and relationships because it gives them something to do, enemies to fight, problems to gnaw on. We know there’s no need for such creative pursuits....
Twilight Zone (Or Lost)
I was five years old, squirming in my chair. My haircut successfully completed, I was waiting for my mom’s hair to be finished. “Honey, do you want to walk home all by yourself?” Today Mom’s hairdresser would call Child Services, but we lived in a small town, it was a...
When We Don’t Make the Grade
It was my last class of the week—my first week as a teacher. “Ms. Metzger, you made a mistake when you totaled my score on the quiz. I earned an 87, not a 92,” the student said. “Wow! How honest you are. I’ll fix it.” The student’s eyes widened. “You’re not supposed...
EMBRACE THE GRACE OF NOW
|Being Fully Alive in the Present Moment| During my teaching days, I looked forward to the occasional teacher-appreciation party, which involved FREE FOOD, comradery, and great door prizes. “Door prizes” got their name because a.) they get people in the door b.) you...
Great Expectations
|He's Carved Your Name in His Palm| “Are we almost there?” whined four-year-old Brian an hour into our twelve-hour drive. Our summer adventure had been carefully planned and enthusiastically explained. We were a family with great expectations. “Brian, honey, maybe you...
Authenticity Begins Where Ego Ends
Most of us struggle to be authentic. If we don’t win the battle to be ourselves, our self will never have a chance to be. No one else can take over the privilege and challenge of our self-expression. I believe the glorious freedom of authenticity lies in realizing our...
Tapping into God’s Creativity
I came home from church that Sunday not in my Sunday best. Oh, my clothes were okay, but my adolescent heart was in tatters. I’d been praying for a family member for months, seemingly to no avail. The Gospel reading that day had been about Jesus calming the sea, but I...
Faith Casts Out Fear
A True Story (All names have been changed to preserve confidentiality.) My husband and I, lay chaplain volunteers, entered Carolyn’s room with care, not wanting to awaken her if she were napping. We’ve grown to love all the “regulars” we visit, yet we can’t help but...
Bloopers, Embarrassments, and Benefits Spiritual Growth Hack
I'd just received a contract to publish my early reader, The Night of Mysterious Blessings. I was emailing Deb Haggerty, the Publisher and Editor in Chief of Elk Lake Publishing, the dream company soon to make my book available. Deb was warm and welcoming—still, I...
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