by Sally Metzger | Sep 26, 2023 | Faith, Poem, Prayer
| Embrace the Day | Let me not in anguish say, When tragedy knocks here, “Oh my, ungrateful fool I was! I missed the golden year.” Life is glad and joy is mine, But often pain reigns ‘round me. Reduce my days to trite concerns? Let mundane things confound me?...
by Sally Metzger | Jan 10, 2023 | Faith, Home, Raining Grace, Raising Kids in Christ
| 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...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | Faith, Prayer, Raining Grace
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....
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | Faith, Prayer, Raining Grace
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...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | Faith, Raining Grace
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,...
