Susan's Pendulum

Even though I've made ribs and they turned out good (or maybe "good enough") tonight was the first time I made ribs that knock...

In the Garden, when Judas showed up with the soldiers -- Jesus therefore, knowing all things that would come upon Him, went forward and said...

I don't get it. Jesus tells them that one of them will betray Him. They must've thought He knew what He was talking about. They di...

I haven't made time to hunt up jokes this week since my last batch of pre-dated blog jokes ran out. A bunch of you probably saw this on...

Yeah, yeah, I know "honey-roasted" makes ya think of peanuts on an airplane. I bought a chicken a few days ago. Andrew decided t...

Andrew has a HUGE space between his two front teeth right now. Today, as we're leaving church, Kara is coming down the driveway in her ...

The definition of socialism is a political and economic system where the government/public owns the means of production, such as land and fa...

Yesterday we thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon of sitting around with Rachel and Anthea (and part of the afternoon with Philip), laughing and ...

I'm putting together the Mexican Casserole of Awesomeness for Sunday dinner. I love refried beans. Truly, I do. But I do wish that, ...

Andrew has been using an expander the last week and a half. He doesn't want me to post a picture, but it's done its job. The expan...

Thursday was Match Day for the fourth-year med-school students all across the country. For those of you who hang out in LCMS circles, it...

This evening we watched a dvd that was a cross between a travelogue and a food show . It was a show about sandwiches across the nation. A ...

Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! I can do all things through C...

I used to think the brain was the most fascinating part of the body. Then I realized, hey, look what's telling me that.

Why do people wear shamrocks on St Patrick's Day? Because real rocks are too heavy.

This series doesn't look as interesting as the other two , but I want them sorted out for perusal anyway. After all, how will I know wh...

There aren't as many of Mike Venezia's books on composers as there are on artists . early 1700s -- Johann Sebastian Bach (baroque)...

Mike Venezia is the author of this children's series. The books are geared for grade-school kids, covering the life of the artist and s...

The doorbell rang this morning. When I opened the door, there was my mother-in-law on the front step. She said, "Can I stay here for a...

Or maybe I should title it ... When God Doesn't Answer the Way We Want. A friend was telling me excitedly the other day about her grands...