Susan's Pendulum

Thought the allergens were getting to me. Or the humidity. But probably it's a cold. Not used to being sick. I noticed yesterday tha...

Sick-day negotiations between union members and their employer were at an impasse. The union denied that their workers were flagrantly abusi...

We're all very familiar with the Palm Sunday epistle . Jesus emptied Himself. He took on human flesh to save us. He suffered the deat...

Oh, this is so mean. I shouldn't have laughed. But I did! You're sitting in your riverfront office one day, when you see a lawyer ...

Have you ever noticed how many times in the Bible a plural pronoun is attached to a singular noun? It says "our mind." Not "...

A man is waiting for wife to give birth. The doctor comes in and informs the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or legs. The son ...

The Gadarene demoniac in Sunday's gospel (Luke 8) lived among the graves and ran around naked. He had no shame over it, either. When Ad...

... has a silver lining.

Question: Has your family ever figured out a time to have family prayer that's not at meal-time? I realized recently that we are not ha...

A student called up his mom one evening from his college and asked her for some money because he was broke. His mother said, "Sure, swe...

On Paul's orientation day at college, we happened to be chatting in the cafeteria with one of the women on staff. Turned out Patti was ...

I haven't exercised at all since last August. But my leg problem is clearing up, and I have inserts in my shoes to deal with the foot p...

It is a fact that baseball players, especially catchers, started using metal cups --and later hard plastic-- in the 19th century. They did ...

A very large dead branch came down out of the crab-apple tree shortly before vacation. We haven't gotten around to dealing with it yet....

I keep checking the want ads, just in case something perfect shows up. And wow! Did I see a nifty-looking job this weekend! Now I need to...

A very wealthy lawyer retreated for several weeks each year to his summer home in the backwoods of Maine. Every summer, he would invite one ...

Ah, the smell of neighbors' fire places! One neighbor has a smoke-house. We seldom smell it. Smoking is usually done during the chill...

Martin had just received his brand new drivers license. The family troops out to the driveway and climbs in the car, where he is going to t...

My son-in-law pointed me to an article by " America's Worst Mom ." She writes: We have to be less afraid of nature and more w...

The trucker knew the upcoming bridge was low, but the detour would be long and he thought he could make it through. Unfortunately, he manag...