Susan's Pendulum

Years ago, we had planned a camping trip with my folks. I had filled the cooler as full as it would go, but I still had a 1-gallon jug of i...

Some people think that it is wrong for pastors to commune children prior to end of eighth grade. The most common practice in our church bo...

First, a couple of serious ones. Do the things you most want to do when you have the most energy to do them. When you're feeling stuck i...

Last night Gary and I watched To Kill a Mockingbird . I had an ADD attack and noticed something that's somewhat beside-the-point in the...

I think I've got everything up off the basement floor or in plastic tubs so that the incoming water won't hurt it. We don't hav...

It's been dark. Two weeks of near-constant rain means dark skies to rival January's short days and lack of sunlight. Some people sw...

Check out my friend's primer on what to say to a depressed friend.

There was no end to the kids' curiosity when I was a young mother. We wondered about the stars. We wondered about the cake batter and ...

Sunday's epistle concluded with the words For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforeh...

When Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. So they try to happy-up Momma. Somebody wants to give hugs. Somebody offers to bake co...

Paul started his first college class today. Well, that's not precisely true. Last year he took a class in electronics which was self-...

Lucked out today at the DMV! We have been needing to get Andrew's (non-driving) state ID card renewed. I sat tight yesterday and didn...

When my older kids were homeschooling, they were insatiably curious. They needed to find out how things worked. They needed to know the tr...

From the new Reader's Digest: For Rachel: I went to a bookstore and asked the salesman, "Where's the self-help section?" ...

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...