Susan's Pendulum

"There is absolutely nothing in us that should cause God to forgive." What do you think of that? It's a sentence from the new...

We finished our work two weeks ago. The manuscript was delivered to the printer/binder; they've told us when they'll have the book ...

Barbara Frank has a new book out. It's about the economic changes in the last couple of decades and what impact that has on our familie...

Those new, expensive, "energy efficient" light bulbs seem to burn out much faster than the old-fashioned incandescent bulbs. Som...

In Exodus and Deuteronomy, the first commandment says, "You shall have no other gods before Me." What we recite is shorter, thoug...

Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? The question that Matthew answers here is answered succinctly by John: "In...

Sometimes clerks make mistakes. They may give you 15 cents too much change, or a penny too little. If the customer is shorted, he may thin...

Remember Joseph's dreams about how his family would bow down to him? It ticked off his brothers, and they decided to get rid of him. B...

A video about a friend's congregation and theology. Mom, I thought you might like to see Ken. Our godson Mark is the second person se...

In our Bible story today (Genesis 46), Jacob traveled to Egypt and met the pharaoh. He said he was pretty young -- only 130 -- not nearly a...

The book is in the mail to the publisher! Saturday morning, before heading off to work, I finished all my proofreading and editing. I coul...

You know it's been a slow day on the teller line when you wash your hands at lunch break and the water isn't black.

Teachers and other protesters have descended upon Madison. ABC News ran a story with interviews and video of the crowds. One sign (in very...

A five-minute video that pretty much sums up the logic of feminism. In places, it's a hoot (but only if you can laugh at some stuff t...

We've recently been in the Joseph stories from the end of Genesis. Joseph "tested" his brothers. I never quite understood wh...

Back when I was young, you had to lick the postage stamps. Remember when they first came out with the peel-n-press stamps, and you had to p...

My aunt sent Maggie a cheer-up package a few days ago: some of those fun Valentiney socks. So the sick (but improving) kid shows me her pre...

With grandparents living long distances from their grandkids, grandmas often mail checks for birthday presents and Valentine presents and Ch...

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 ...