Susan's Pendulum

A woman from Wisconsin had 50-yard-line tickets for the Super Bowl. As she sat down, a man came along and asked her if anyone is sitting in ...

The absolution spoken on Sunday morning after the general confession sometimes begins: "Upon this your confession, I by virtue of my of...

Scars. When things go wrong, upbeat Christians will sometimes cheerily assure you that God will see you through the troubles. When things g...

No getting out the front door this morning. It wouldn't budge. We raised the garage door, made a narrow path, and started moving snow....

On the road to Emmaus, Jesus explained to the two disciples (Luke 24) how the entire Old Testament was about Him and His work. Earlier He h...

Three dig-outs and counting. This stuff is WAY lighter and easier to shovel than the Snow of Good Friday '08 . (That was overwhelming: ...

Matt Harrison writes in "A Little Book on Joy" regarding the paradox of the holiness of the Church even though Christendom is divi...

The Lord is great. Our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases, He does, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deep place...

Maggie has not been healthy since she first came down with that bad cold on December 14. The round of antibiotics seemed to have no effect ...

In Psalm 27, David writes, "I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle." What is that? A sacrifice of joy? If it's joy...

Yesterday our mechanic suggested looking into the cost of leasing a car instead of buying. His point was that --with used-car prices so hig...

I'm nearly ready to give up on car shopping. We just can't bring ourselves to pay the going rate for a car that's 10 years old....

Two men have been sitting out on a lake all day long, ice fishing. One has been having no luck at all, while the other has been pulling fi...

Rosie has been on a cord-chewing spree along with her let's-intimidate-Athena quest. This morning I found the answering machine dead. ...

Now that I have a couple of appointments lined up to see and test-drive some cars, all sorts of safety issues are running through my mind. ...

I knew I'd have to stay home from Fort Wayne this week because of my job. (I'm so glad Jane and Colin came here to visit earlier th...

Phew -- it's not pneumonia or bronchitis. Just a sinus infection. Maggie has been sick for four weeks. No fever the whole time. But ...

At Didache last night, Pastor said something he's said a gazillion times before. But I never remember it until he's in the midst of...

Sign seen today outside a church: Bi-lingual Pentecostal services. (C'mon. Think about that...)

Nothing has been done toward car shopping or computer replacement. That's a little stressful. Lots of editing to cram in this week and...