Susan's Pendulum

Dr Kleinig suggested that the response to Satan's accusations is to call the devil's bluff. Satan says there is no hope for a sorry...

There was a great article on VCFS in the Washington Post on Wednesday. Maggie has VCFS, and this article is a nice little introduction to ...

I picked up a short video series at the library this week on The Story of English . Last night's episode discussed the many different l...

Barbara links to an online calculator to help determine whether a wife's job actually adds income or costs the family more than she ea...

I love to laugh. And I love puns. I even love bad puns. I highly recommend that any of you who share my weakness take a peek at Barbara...

Satan will use anxiety, doubt, despair, depression, shame, self-pity, etc, to drive us from Jesus. The temptation to despair is to believe ...

Between our trip to the Gerhardt symposium and our daughter's wedding, I typed up some notes on Dr Kleinig's lecture Singing with De...

Cherry (makes 6 cups) 2.5 # bag of frozen (and pitted) pie cherries 1/2 teaspoon butter 3 cups sugar 1 package Sure-Jell Light Orange (...

A few years ago, the jelly-making got out of control. Several batches of strawberry, a couple batches each of peach and plum, quite a few b...

My mom is pretty. When my husband first met my folks, Mom was 42 and Dad was 46. My husband thought my mom was so pretty and young-looking,...

When I was making bread the other day, it crossed my mind that somebody might be interested in my quasi-soaking method. And then, lo and be...

Anybody who emailed us since about 11 a.m. Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday had their mail disappear in cyberspace. I'm curious curious curiou...

Had a hard time at church today, and I'm finding my joy and comfort in vegging at the computer. Not good. But, hey, it's what I...

When I first learned St Patrick's hymn, I thought it was saying that I am binding God's wisdom and power and might to myself, so tha...

My kombucha "mushrooms"/colonies are happiest when they just keep working. We've noticed that, whenever we go on vacation and...

For more information, here's a website that lays things out pretty clearly. I would, however, be leery of their recommendation that yo...

I found nutrition information online, through a company that sells bottled kombucha. His claim is that there are 30 calories per 8 oz serv...

Katie pointed us to another article on ethanol and how it will harm both the economy and the environment. Philip has been asked to come i...

I enjoyed drinking kombucha before I discovered bottling. I have to admit that I tried to make a very small batch every night so that it wa...

Oh, I'm so proud of the guys! When we needed a new back door, the one purchased was chintzy and it was installed wrong. Within a year, ...