Susan's Pendulum

Once upon a time, a congregation was between pastors. They asked a man to serve as vacancy pastor. Having a full-time job, and knowing the...

Back in August, my young friend Matthew and I were talking about the new Harry Potter book. I'd recently finished it, and he was about ...

As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For the Lord knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. No matt...

For lots of good reading and ideas on homeschooling, the new week's collection of blog posts is listed at Why Homeschool . Enjoy!

Everybody left the house this morning. EVERYBODY! Paul went to work. Andrew went to a volunteer job working at the horse barn. Philip is...

Problems with the parsonage septic system were discussed today at church. As if the church wasn't having money problems enough, we are ...

Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who pract...

How ingrained is that old hymnal, in ways that I don't even realize? In LSB, some of the hymns have five stanzas in the music score. Wh...

Some kids just learn to sing naturally. Some don't. For the last month, my 12-yr-old and I have been spending 5-10 minutes a day trying...

We didn't used to like grape jelly. That's because we got it from the store. Grape jelly made from your own grapes is altogether d...

In the past, I was a sucker for any game which could be considered educational. We didn't play them as much as I envisioned myself play...

Child #2 didn't getten chosen for the job that looked to be a likely prospect. Major bummers. But for others who, like him, are still ...

In movies of olden times, sometimes you see the women going to the door with a bucket of dirty dish-water, and throwing it out, into the str...

You shall not bring the wages of a harlot nor the price of a dog to the house of Yhwh your God for any vowed offering, for both of these are...

It may be a humongous pain to have no way to dispose of water from your house. But it's way way better than not having water at all. A...

Pastor has mentioned on various occasions that he likes "You shall have no other gods" much better than the older catechism which ...

Public school started today. We've been hitting the books in a very UN-unschooly way for the last two weeks: with lists, and assignment...

Here's the problem with homeschooling. Your children use the water in your house. (I mean, really, now, can you believe they DO such a...

The women are mad. Changes are being made to my beloved grocery store . They expanded the produce section, moved some aisles, did a little ...

Until a couple of years ago, I'd never had schnapps. All I knew about schnapps was that it was popular among my classmates in high scho...