Susan's Pendulum

Luther said something somewhere about how staying away from the Supper causes us to grow cold to it. The practice within our church body (L...

While bopping around the internet today, trying to find extra math drill for a child on ratios and proportions, I bumped into an article on ...

I took Mags to the beach yesterday even though I thought it was kinda chilly. But even SHE doesn't want to go today: it's 63. It...

I love my grocery store. I love the way Woodmans was run when Mr Woodman was still alive. And from a customer's perspective, it hasn...

Barbara linked to a YouTube video on finances. It was a hilarious Steve Martin skit . Only two minutes. But as funny as it is, it's ...

Pr Weedon had a post yesterday that I loved. I have been scolded for thinking too highly of justification. But in his post, Pr Weedon not...

In late June, I started smelling that lovely, spicy perfume again. Most flowers smell sweet, but there's that one time of year when the ...

Rachel got a job . Shall we say "hooray, with reservations"?

I woke up this morning with the worst case of pink-eye I've had in over a decade. Now that I look back, I realize I had a few minor sym...

Yesterday we spent a great day with my parents and sibs and the cousins. Mom brought a picnic lunch for us all (what a treat!) and we did a...

The end of 1 Peter 3 tells us that Noah and his family were "saved through water." This confused me for a long time. Okay, so th...

I totally wrote off last week as far as math, spelling, history, or housework. All I planned was to get meals on the table (that included o...

It was once common for Christians to pray together, in their churches, each week (or even each day), for many needs of their communities, na...

Genetics and pre-natal testing are often discussed among mothers of special-needs kids. I heard a recent conversation about the dangers of ...

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...