Susan's Pendulum

I don't make New Year's resolutions. But this year I am. Not because it's the new year and time to do that. But it just so ha...

Given the lateness of my state's primary, I figure I don't have to be in any hurry to make up my mind. There are things I like abou...

After caroling on Sunday, we arrived back at church for hot chocolate and cookies. Julie and I figured it was the best cocoa we'd ever ...

I thoroughly enjoyed Love's Labour's Lost , including (and maybe especially) the scene where the girls spend a couple of minutes hur...

Four kids (and a chauffeur) arrived this evening to begin tomorrow night's party already. "Fluxx" and "Apples to Apples...

Once upon a time, my friend Fritz mentioned to us that the icons of the "Adoration of the Magi" always had the wise men kneeling....

What Child is this, who laid to rest in Mary's lap is sleeping, Or resting in the ciborium or on the paten ? Whom angels greet with ant...

My husband has a bunch of theology books for sale. He priced them low compared to ebay or amazon-used or AbeBooks, because he wants to shoo...

For those of you who have had to sit by me in church, or across from me in Bible class, or beside me at a symposium (or have had to sit by a...

My friend Cheryl mentioned that her blog tends to be her thoughts and observations and musings, and seldom about the day-to-day goings-on. ...

After years of faithfully watching not only MASH but daily MASH-reruns, the finale came. Everybody was having MASH parties that night, gath...

Wow, did we have a lot of snow today! Unfortunately, the weather caused interruptions that put off my paper route until tomorrow, so now we...

It always amazes me when cash arrives safely in the mail. Although it's certainly not a regular occurrence, we have had mail go missin...

Recently someone commented anonymously (and thus the comment was not published), and mentioned in part that my husband should just take a ca...

Last August, Father Hollywood posted on Weedon's blog about ESV It has really hurt the cause of biblical literacy when the KJV ceased b...

I don't know how to tell when a roast has gone too far. And I don't know how to learn, except by repeated and expensive mistakes. A...

Having been told that the chief article is Christology and not justification, I found this quote to be interesting. Asserting that all theo...

We got a fantastic card game as a Christmas gift. Fluxx is basically Calvinball played with cards instead of a ball. It's whacky and...

At our church, the Christmas Eve service is full of carols and has a few of the good, solid, sturdy, Lutheran hymns mixed in. Christmas Day...

Thirteen years ago this evening, I went to Mass pregnant and cranky. I showed up at church about 30 seconds before the opening hymn, and I ...