Susan's Pendulum

There were two house blessings on Thursday. Pastor forgot to make handouts for us to follow along. So theoretically we weren't suppose...

"We have personally selected a small group of alumni to participate in the 'listening process'" for an "initiative...

Much of "Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing" is about avoiding temptation or overcoming temptation by meditation upon His cross an...

There are some money problems at church. A survey was sent out (I'm not sure by whom) to the members of the congregation, asking for su...

The tag-game running around [ha ha!] the blogs these days is to tell seven true things about yourself. Laura and Melynda and an amusing o...

If somebody ran a marathon on Saturday, it'd be goofy to try to go cut and haul firewood the next day. If somebody had been sick and fe...

I was awakened this morning at 6:30 by the phone ringing. Philip was stranded and needed rescue. When he was car-hunting, it seemed to me l...

And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing tha...

With the editing I'm doing right now, most of the articles have been previously published. So there's not as much stress on the bra...

I had been told that I wasn't going to be working on the second volume of CCA 's Scaer book because I had my hands full of other pr...

If the pastor is the "man" and the congregation is the "bride," then IF there were to be a lay-led Bible class, would i...

Instead of John 13 this morning, we heard about Pastor's trip to Sweden. So we talked about the Church in a way far different from what...

Gary's desktop computer died. He's feeling stuck. As we discussed this, we began to realize the problem is the change in routine. I...

Been a little stressed. (Ha! What an understatement!) Our health insurance is due to be terminated, retroactive to May 31, if the past-du...

They're building a huge new subdivision in the village near us. It is adjacent to Andrew's paper route, and we've been watching...

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. As I've continued to struggle with the changes to the hymns I've memorized, ...

I tried really hard not to TOUCH ANYTHING as I disposed of his poor little lawn-wreckin' body. But it didn't work. When I came in ...

Everybody kept asking us, "So if you do catch a skunk, what are you gonna do with him?" Uhhhhh.... Kill him? How? Dunno. We h...

For a week of being tempted with tantalizing tuna, and a delicious side dish of wormy apples, the skunk had refused to bite. Last night we c...

When a pastor rushes through the liturgy, speaking rapidly and maybe even deleting parts of the Service, what message is given to the people...