Susan's Pendulum

Five quarts of sour milk? When Maggie was sick and banned from milk, we ended up with a lot that soured before we drank it. (That showed u...

Begotten of the Father from eternity, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the ...

I read the label on that bottle. I did. Really. Not carefully enough, though. I saw the words "pure cornstarch" on the label. ...

Self-denial. We think of giving up chocolate for Lent. We think of denying ourselves what the flesh craves: a nice vacation on a beach, new...

Apparently, a formal "farewell to alleluia" has been gaining popularity for Transfiguration Sunday. There are a few things I don...

My friend Sandy tells about a recent meeting when the Kenyans and a few Americans were working on their new hymnal -- The first part of ou...

It used to be that food manufacturers advertised their products "as good as home-made" or "tastes as great as Mom used to mak...

In Thine arms I rest me; foes who would molest me cannot reach me here. Though the earth be shaking, every heart be quaking, Jesus calms my ...

A customer was really upset with me the other day. He was making a substantial withdrawal from his savings account, and I asked for ID. He...

"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...