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July 3, 2025 17 mins

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.

Read more about Sara Myers online:
 https://meettheprof.com/view/professors/entry/sara-myers

Main Takeaways

  • God used Sara’s marital separation and academic stress to draw her into a deeper, daily relationship with Jesus.
  • Surrendering identity in career opened the door to spiritual growth and greater professional success.
  • Parenting teenagers and young adults involves discernment, surrender, and honest dialogue.
  • Professors often struggle with over-identifying with achievement and need reminders that identity is in Christ.
  • Professors can model faith by demonstrating transparency, humility, and prayerful dependence.

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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