Susan's Pendulum

you're talking with your co-worker about enjoying history. She agrees. She tells you that they didn't learn enough history in scho...

I don't like to be wrong. I don't like to be corrected. I suspect nobody does. So maybe I get just a bit annoyed when I try to ...

You folks in Wisconsin -- mark your calendars for the 15th. Supreme Court race.

After God whopped the Jewish Christians upside the head with the evidence that His grace and mercy were for the Gentiles too, we read that t...

Human fathers get their title because they are called after the true Father. It's not that we call God "Father" because He is...

Sunday's [3-year] appointed Old Testament reading was from Isaiah 58: Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wic...

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. ...