Susan's Pendulum

The last line of the Venite (Psalm 95) says that we are "the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand." I don't know a...

Philip was telling us today that Matt (who is a doctor) has a t-shirt that says "Trust me, I'm a doctor." We looked up a pict...

A man went to his dentist because he felt something wrong in his mouth. The dentist examined him and said, "That new upper plate I put ...

I didn't think we'd have presents this year. But the tree is surrounded! 1. A stranger showed up last week with a large bag full ...

So does anybody else find enchanting the two celebrations for this one date? The antiphon for this day is "O Dayspring, splendor of lig...

Why the difference? Some people say, "I know this is hard for you," and you can feel the sympathy and the love coming through. O...

Phone calls around here often proceed thusly: Maggie: Hello, [last name] residence. Caller: Hi, Susan. [blah blah blah] Maggie: Ummmm.....

Some people like raisins in their cookies. Those people can click onto the next blog on their list right now. Some people complain when the...

Six days in a row I show up at chapel in a dress and hose and nice shoes. And then on the next day, I show up at chapel in my jeans, hoodie...

Lutherans have been told that transubstantiation is bad bad bad. That's what the Catholics believe, right? On occasion, when I have me...

My feet hurt. No surprise there -- LOL. And last week there was a lot of sitting in the training room, with only a couple hours a day on m...

In a conversation last week, several people were talking about their cool "vintage purse" or "vintage sweater" or "...

From Good Friday's Old Testament reading -- He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, ...

We seldom deal with fleas here. When the cats run across a flea or two, they usually take care of it themselves and don't become infest...

We sing it every Advent. It's from Psalm 24: Lift up your heads, o you gates, and be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of ...

Slavery versus abolition? Nationalism versus states' rights? You hear both sides. Tonight as Andrew and I were listening to a presentati...

So Maggie comments on how there aren't that many days until Christmas, but still Christmas seems So Far Away because, y'know, she d...

On Saturday I was chatting with a woman at Gary's company Christmas party. She had just started her job about five weeks earlier and ha...

Gary's business celebrated yesterday with their annual Christmas party. I was struck again and again by how many employees said, "...