by Sally Metzger | Jan 30, 2023 | God’s Grace, Prayer, Raining Grace
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...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 22, 2022 | Christmas, Prayer, Raining Grace
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...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2022 | Divine Encounter, God’s Grace, Prayer, Raining Grace
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...
by Sally Metzger | Dec 2, 2021 | Prayer, Raining Grace
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...
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 | God’s Grace, Grace of God, Prayer, Raining Grace
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...
