Susan's Pendulum

Last night, the local middle school put on their production of Fiddler on the Roof . One of my favorite kids from church was playing Tevye,...

Some of y'all will laugh at me for posting something that you find to be SO obvious. But no matter how well I learned the material in s...

What God ordains is always good. His will abideth holy. (TLH 521) The will of God is always best and shall be done forever. (TLH 517) It is ...

Samuel was in Bible class again today. He's 4 or 5. The huge majority of people in class are over 70, but there are now several of us ...

Don't know what happened today. We managed to get most of the house cleaned, made a nice dinner, and did a good job with schoolwork. Ho...

Sanjaya wasn't one of the best on American Idol. The first few weeks of the top twelve, he seemed timid. Each week, it seemed like he ...

Back when I was in school, I never much cared for Charles Dickens' works. I know he's one of those authors we're "supposed...

The story for Quasimodo Geniti (today) is the second half of John 20, also known as the "Doubting Thomas" story. The particular v...

We know that there are lots of places in the New Testament where the Old Testament is quoted by Jesus or Paul or somebody else. Psalm 118:2...

The one-year lectionary from LSB lists the Good Friday epistle as 2 Corinthians 5. The Good Friday epistle for all three years of the three...

A common question from non-homeschoolers concerns how much time it takes to homeschool children. Some people are "checking up" to...

Catching up on some blog reading recently, I was reading the last month's worth from Chaplain to the World . I really liked his report ...

We attended the Easter Choral Vespers in Milwaukee last night, led by the seminary Kantorei. It was the best one of those I've been to ...

We have used some materials from Critical Thinking Press . Although they are highly touted in many homeschool catalogs, I haven't been ...

Why is it that whenever my husband leaves for a conference, I seem to end up soaking wet, cold, and dealing with problems that take a man...

"This is the day which the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." That has oftentimes been sung as a song around the c...

I picked up a fun book at the library recently. Leonard Wise put together The Way Cool License Plate Book , published by Firefly Books in 2...

My kids linked to some of these things recently. I don't know how to post a You-Tube picture, but I can post a link to the Klein Four...

My son tells me that when somebody gets what's coming to them, they get their "just deserts," not their "just desserts....

I suppose this is entirely tacky for the mother of the bride to comment on. But some people have asked, so I'll answer. Rachel and Mat...