Susan's Pendulum

After struggling for months with the location of the closet rods in the front closet, and not being able to fit the coats in, it suddenly cr...

Little David was in his 4th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers c...

Time flies when you get old! I can't believe the two youngest kids don't remember this cake. This is moist and delicious -- and ea...

Our health-insurance card says we have a $20 co-pay for an office visit and a $100 co-pay to go to the emergency room. Because all labs, x-...

Pastor used a word in the Epiphany sermon that he doesn't usually use: sovereignty. He was talking about the star that led the wise men...

Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it nevertheless remains popular?

I didn't get the trash out for the weekly pick up this morning before leaving for Bible class. When I saw the neighbors' cans out, ...

Maggie's exercise today was a stress test on the treadmill. She did fine. Didn't quite have the endurance they would like to see, ...

Excuse me. I was lost in thought there for a moment. (It was unfamiliar territory.)

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Anthony. Anthony attended the public high school. Anthony had never been overly fond of school. H...

What do you call a row of rabbits walking backwards? A receding hare-line.

In 2 Corinthians, what did Jesus tell Paul? My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect when you get strong too? My grac...

What's red and green and goes 200 miles per hour? A frog in a blender. (Eeeeuuuwww! Courtesy of Mork from Ork.)

Lily (my god-daughter) is now FOUR and a HALF! And I'm tickled because she sent me a "happy happy happy Epiphany" picture yest...

It can be interesting to live with a person who has central auditory processing disorder. The standard definition of dyslexia is that the l...

In the first 24 hours after church on New Years Eve, Gary and I watched four movies . Is this a harbinger of laziness and increased tv-ad...

In today's collect we pray that God would grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit that our hearts may be made pure from all sins. ...

We trust in God. We trust Him for guidance in how to live our lives. We trust Him for the power to do those good works. We trust Him for for...

Snow tally for the month: 8" on December 1 3" worth of shoveling drifts on December 2 6" on December 3 3" on December 6 ...

My friend Karl was telling us last week about his trip to Ghana last summer. He said that, after he returned to the States, it really strik...