Susan's Pendulum

Every Wednesday and every Saturday I look at the ad papers, in case a Just-Right Job should appear in the want ads. This week I thought I s...

Furnace has been on for two weeks. Last year we didn't flip the switch until the last week of October or early November. We've had...

One day, little Johnny visited a doctor for a vaccination. After the doctor gave him an injection, he tried to bandage Johnny's arm. ...

As we have been traveling through the David stories recently, Pastor has been pointing out all these ways that David looks like Jesus ... bu...

Okay, so I'm very very slow. Pictures from early August ... The man with Gary is Randy, one of the bosses at Gary's work, and the g...

The company psychiatrist was interviewing Nancy. As she sat in the chair, the psychiatrist asked a series of questions to determine if she w...

Our story today was from the end of 1 Kings 8: Solomon's prayer upon the dedication of the temple. Over and over, Solomon prayed that G...

I have heard it said over and over again that we must realize clinical depression to be a physiological problem and not a spiritual problem....

Brain cells come and brain cells go, but... fat cells live forever.

I would have thought it was something we would all agree upon: worry is sin. But we don't. When I have talked about my sinful worrying,...

"I'm sorry," said the clerk in flower shop, "we don't have potted geraniums. Could you use African violets instead?...

Last time we bought a side of beef, I wasn't happy with the quality of either the cow or the packer. So we went back to Country Pride M...

Two gas-company servicemen, a senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out checking meters in a suburban neighborhood. They park...

A minister was planning a wedding at the close of the Sunday morning service. After the benediction he had planned to call the couple down t...

On Thursday before Bible class, as a bunch of us hung around the coffee pot and cookie trays, one of the women brought up a question. Her n...

On still another diet, Sue had lost a few pounds and a lot of her usual sunny disposition. After making a snappish remark to her husband, sh...

In a recent conversation about messy rooms, mommas wondered whether to fight the battle, whether to keep nagging, whether to shut the bedroo...

Growing up, I expected some snow before Thanksgiving. When we moved north, it was not shocking if there were snow or flurries before my son...

Ricky, Jimmy, and Stu were on the bus home from elementary school when a fire engine zoomed past their bus with blaring sirens. The three ki...

The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom. And to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28) When Solomon became king, God told him to ask for...