Susan's Pendulum

My apologies to those readers who have a blogger or netvibe subscription. I relabeled a bunch of posts tonight, so your reader will be full...

The pastor does not make social calls. He makes pastoral visits. When a person is sick or dying, he may not feel up to having visitors. Th...

For VBS, we're sharing suppers at church. Tonight Pastor is bringing chili, but they needed bread and salad. Because making bread make...

My son is now gallavanting around Japan. (Yes, Mom, he made it there safely!) Gary asked Philip to post daily to his blog because we can...

We are currently attending VBS. Mornings are for the kids to study Jesus' prayers during Holy Week and to work on their catechism memor...

Last Saturday Maggie and I headed to a get-together of homeschoolers. It was a long drive, but a good day. My friend Cheryl, who hosted, h...

People do not like poop on the beach. Nevertheless, people like to go to the beach and feed bits of bread crust to the ducks and sea gulls. ...

I've been trying to figure out how to salvage fitted sheets when the cloth isn't at all worn out, but the elastic has gone. It cros...

Seeing as how several people have asked in the last few days about Rosie, I guess I should make a general announcement. She is alive. She ...

Today's Gospel began with He also said to His disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was bro...

Let my prayer rise before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Ps 141 At the For You youth conference last w...

Rachel tagged me for the "Personal Style Quiz" that's making its way around our friends and acquaintances. I'm not taggi...

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways o...

For the last several years, I've been puzzling over the stories of the anointing of Jesus. John says (chap 12) the dinner was at Bethan...

Katie got a job ! Yee haw! Woo hoo! Hooray hooray! Hoping to post similar yee-haws about some other people in the near future.

Who may abide in the tabernacle, in God's holy hill? He who swears to his own hurt and does not change. How often the Lord swears His pr...

The Lord tests the righteous, But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. Interesting. That's one of those contrasts....

I took the boys to Minneapolis last week for the national Lutheran youth gathering. The theme was "For You." There were a lot of...

One of my most essential homeschooling supplies is my calendar. It's available from Miles Kimball and is boring as all-get-out. No pic...

If you feel a sore throat coming on, you can suck on zinc-&-C lozenges. If you feel a cold sore coming on, there's Abreva. If you ...