Susan's Pendulum

The kids and I recently began reading Farewell to Manzanar , a book about the relocation of Japanese-Americans during WWII. The Wakatasuki ...

I was editing Pr Fabrizius's volume on Luke this morning. One of the questions was about the woman with the continual flow of blood spe...

The centipede infestation continues unabated. Neighbors have told us they're having the same problem, so it must be something with the ...

I put the chicken in to broil for dinner about 10 minutes ago. And now I'm smelling "church." This is weird. I wonder if th...

Surgery has been rescheduled for the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. That's seven weeks away. We've already been waiting eight weeks. B...

Pastor was talking about the curse of the fall the other day. The curse of the fall is the sorrow women have in motherhood and their desire...

Driving home from errands today, I didn't even notice the sign at the smut house around the corner. I noticed that I didn't notice ...

Writing is one of the things the kids are supposed to do for schoolwork. The older four didn't have as much trouble coming up with thin...

Surgery is canceled. The nurse will call later today and reschedule, probably for November they told us. The doctor did lots of heart tran...

The Rev Dr Stephen Wiest entered eternal glory on October 4, 2003. Three years ago today we buried him. "And devout men carried Steph...

Last night, a couple of us were at a Mission Festival in Greenfield. Pr Fehrmann preached. I did listen to the sermon; really, I did. But...

This child is still snotty-nosed and coughing. Still no fever. If we're leaving for a week, we need to spend tomorrow afternoon packin...

Well, my husband mentioned to the church council what had happened with regard to the candidate's yardsign on the church property. The...

Son phones from work. Oh, no, panic time. This week he's learning to solder and he's already given himself a couple of minor burns...

Three and a half days to pre-op, and this kid has a runny nose and froggy throat. I hope it's allergies. We haven't been good abou...

For years I had a really hard time with the fact that so much false teaching is allowed to go unchecked in our church body. But in the last...

I started the grain soaking for the bread last night. When I went to put the other ingredients into the dough and knead, there was no yeast...

Friday we went to APT for our last show of the season -- Romeo and Juliet. It's not one of the plays I like, but it was being produced...

Pastor keeps talking about how the job of the angels is to minister God's word. He keeps telling us how they preach in the unseen realm...

Three years ago today was the last time Steve talked to me. I had a few more days to talk to him and sing hymns to him and sit in his hospi...