Susan's Pendulum

"Your neighbor is the man who needs you." Wow. That's a quote from Elbert Green Hubbard , a man who differed from me philos...

Wingren's book isn't what I expected.  Loads of people had recommended it as a fabulous book about vocation.  There are definitely g...

Pastor commented recently in Bible class about how Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego served the Bad Guy.  They were faithful Jews/...

In Luke 3, in the story of John's preaching and baptizing, we hear three times that different groups of people come and ask him, "...

When you're a kid, you don't know what adults call their in-laws.  After all, parents usually refer to their in-laws as "Grandm...

Our catechism portion for the week includes: "Husbands, be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the...

Is there a finite amount of suffering, like there are groceries or library books or moving boxes? Sometimes it almost seems like someone can...

About a year ago, I was visiting Jane for several days. On Tuesday night, I began to help clean up the kitchen. "No, you don't!...

Although there is a need for relaxation (especially for those who tend to be perfectionist workaholics), too much rest and pampering oneself...

It is SO much easier to do what needs to be done for the people around you when you can do it freely and cheerfully. As soon as you're ...

On this St Matthias Day, Pr Eckardt writes on whether the Eleven should have chosen a successor to Judas so that they would again be the Tw...

Last Sunday in Bible class, we were starting the story of Joseph (in Genesis) . Pastor pointed out that it was not "tattling" whe...

A few weeks ago, a friend commented on her daughter's behavior after an afternoon at a homeschool co-op with all the other kids. I told...

A friend of mine wrote recently about Excellence in Mediocrity . I agree so heartily with what he said about how we idolize ourselves and o...

What a perfect day to have been stuck in the car, doing errands, giving Andrew practice driving on the interstate. The radio was on all mor...

Once upon a time, several of us were sick. The sickest we'd been in a long time. We were resting, sitting on the couch for a whole wee...

Bonnie is one of the lovely women at church. She was widowed quite suddenly last fall. Ever since I've known her, she always seems suc...

Recently someone commented anonymously (and thus the comment was not published), and mentioned in part that my husband should just take a ca...

In Bible class last week, somebody asked about whether "we" (as in, the congregation as an organized entity) should be doing more ...

Shortly before dawn I was returning home from dropping off one husband at one airport. Now, being up before dawn is not usually according t...