In this episode of Meet the Prof, we sit down with Dr. Sara Myers, Professor of Biomechanics and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activity at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Sara shares openly about a challenging season in her marriage during grad school, and how God used that time to deepen her faith, reshape her priorities, and teach her to surrender both her career and parenting to Him.
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Main Takeaways
CHAPTERS
00:01 – Student question: How can professors be bold in faith and still honor legal boundaries?
00:50 – Introduction to Sara Myers’ roles and volleyball humor
02:30 – Embarrassing moment: forgetting a student’s name
04:06 – How God used marital separation to reshape her priorities and deepen her faith
08:50 – Identity in career vs. identity in Christ
11:23 – Trusting God with your marriage and taking faith steps
12:50 – Surrendering kids’ decisions to God as a parent
14:19 – Parenting teens with honesty and open dialogue
15:56 – Prayer for discernment in parenting
16:20 – Teaser for future episode on parenting + career
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