Praying Like A Pagan: A Challenge from My Sons

October 26, 2012

I wasn’t planning to write a blog tonight, but, after tucking my two youngest into bed, I decided to take …

A Universal Problem

August 9, 2012

A recent conversation with a teen proved again how normal sexual promiscuity has become. Having been through several failed intimate …

August 8, 2012

One of the hardest things about tackling the topic of sexual abuse, and breaking the silence and advocating for survivors …

August 6, 2012

Yesterday our family spent the day at Goderich, on the beach of Lake Huron, with some of Tim’s uncles, aunts, …

August 5, 2012

The conversation I had with Alicia just before her tenth birthday set a standard at the Metzger house. I took …

August 4, 2012

“Mommy, my friend said her brother’s girlfriend is pregnant. How can someone that’s not married have a baby?” Alicia, seven …

July 19, 2012

Having grown up on ‘Old MacDonald’s Farm’, with about two of every kind of animal, you would have thought we …

July 15, 2012

Though the Sandusky sex scandal, at Penn State, has drawn plenty of attention, I have not followed it closely. Bad news …

June 28, 2012

Nights like tonight leave me lost for words—a rare thing for me. A blend of emotions intertwine with a thread …